The CAHPR Greater Manchester hub ambition is to create a unique ‘eco-system’ of research and clinical skills that is specifically designed to support AHP research activity in the Greater Manchester area. CAHPR Greater Manchester work together with the hubs leads from CAHPR Cheshire & Merseyside and CAHPR Cumbria & Lancashire to make up a CAHPR consortium in the North West of England.
You can join the hub mailing list by clicking the JOIN OUR HUB button at the top of this page. You will recieve the CAHPR GM newsletter every six months, regular CAHPR bulletins and information about events and opportunities for allied health professionals.
Hub Leaders
Dr Claire Howard
Consortia lead for CAHPR North West and co-lead for CAHPR Greater Manchester hub
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Justine Theaker
Co-lead for CAHPR Greater Manchester hub
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Contact us
Email us: claire.howard3@nca.nhs.uk and justine.theaker@mft.nhs.uk
X: @CAHPR_GM
Our CAHPR Greater Manchester team of facillitators include:
- Claire Howard (hub lead and consortia lead for CAHPR North West: SRFT / NCA) Neuro Specialist Research Orthoptist at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust , working as a clinical expert in the area of neurological conditions and post stroke visual impairment. Claire is an active member of the VISION research unit at University of Liverpool.
- Victoria Dickens (Director of AHP’s, NCA)
- Kate Grimshaw (Dietetic Manager, SRFT)
- Steve Woby (Director of Operations: Research & Innovation, NCA)
- Tim Twelvetree (Research Fellow, MFT)
- Lloyd Gregory (Academic Partnerships director, Health Innovations Manchester)
- Janet Deane (NIHR Clinical Lecturer, University of Manchester)
- Debra Antcliffe (NIHR Clinical Research Fellow, bury and Rochdale Care Organisation, NCA)
- Kirstine Farrer (Consultant Dietician / Head of Innovation & Research, NHS Salford CCG)
- Heather Iles-Smith (Professor of Nursing, NCA / University of Salford)
- Helen Blackburn (Research and Innovation Manager, RMCH)
CAHPR North West Consortium Bursary
CAHPR North West Consortium periodically offer bursaries to facilitate small scale research studies conducted and led by AHPs.
These applications are only open to AHPs (registered with HCPC) who work in the North West England region. The research activity must be undertaken within this region within health and social care settings.
Successful applicants are expected to complete a small research project and provide a written report of results. They will also be invited to present the work at local events.
Examples of suitable studies may include pilot work (small scale preliminary studies) and proof of concept (feasibility studies collecting and analysing data to obtain evidence to support or refute ideas or plans).
Preference will be given to projects that incorporate patient and public involvement and for clinical projects over education projects. Please note that audits and service development are not supported.
Funding may be used in a number of ways, for example:
- To backfill staff time – release researcher from clinical duties to undertake the research.
- For training – for help with statistics, surveys, interviews, etc.
- For transcription costs.
- For payment of patient and public expenses.
Only direct costs can be covered by the bursary.
Since 2013, the hubs within the North West CAHPR Consortium have awarded 18 bursaries between £500 and £1,000 to allied health professions across the region.
Thirteen of these bursaries were awarded to clinicians and two to academics. Successful applicants have included dieticians, occupational therapists, orthoptists, physiotherapists and radiographers.
The applicant is expected to forge a link with a relevant and appropriately experienced research mentor who will be able to provide support.
In the video Sioned Davies explains her experiences of applying for the CAHPR bursary and how she was able to use it.
Please check out Sioned Davies’ video blog about her experience of being awarded a CAHPR bursary and what this meant to her.#AHPResearch pic.twitter.com/4K2THdhxXw
— CAHPR-Greater Manchester (@CAHPR_GM) July 3, 2024
Research development, training and funding opportunities
Events at CAHPR North West Consortium
The CAHPR North West Consortium uses X (formally Twitter) and the CAHPR Events page to share all relevant research news as well as to promote our upcoming events and activities.
Follow us on X to see all our announcements.
Our activities are all subsidised by national funding secured by the CAHPR steering group and places are open to all AHPs who work in the region.
We have generally been able to offer all our workshop events free of charge, but always ask that people reserve a place so that we can plan for room capacity and refreshments.