NIHR CPRU: Reflections on working with policy colleagues in Department of Health and Social Care

Prof Jenny Woodman will introduce us to the NIHR CPRU, sharing the challenges and successes of working with the Department of Health and Social Care and other government departments.

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NIHR CPRU: Reflections on working with policy colleagues in Department of Health and Social Care

13 Feb 2025, 12:00 – 13:00

G03
55–59 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0NU
United Kingdom

The NIHR Children and Families Policy Research Unit (CPRU) is funded as one of 20 Policy Research Units in England funded by the NIHR to provide high quality and timely evidence to meet the needs of policy makers in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and other government departments.

In this seminar, I will explain the structures and activities that our Policy Research Unit has in place to work with DHSC (including our Responsive Facility) and how these work in practice. Using two examples of our Responsive Facility work, I will share reflections on the experience of working with policy colleagues including the challenges and successes.

This event will be particularly useful for researchers and policy makers interested in public health, social care and children's health and wellbeing.

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Jenny Woodman

Professor of Child and Family Policy

IOE, UCL

Jenny Woodman is Professor of Child and Family Policy in UCL Social Research Institute (Thomas Coram Research Unit), co-directs the NIHR Children and Families Policy Research Unit and leads the Responsive Facility within the Unit. Much of Jenny's research describes and evaluates public services for children and their families, especially at the interface of health and social care services, primary and community healthcare, multi-agency services and in the early years of childhood.