Abstract
Aims and method To examine research productivity of staff working across 57 National Health Service (NHS) mental health trusts in England. We examined research productivity between 2010 and 2012, including funded portfolio studies and all research (funded and unfunded).Results Across 57 trusts there were 1297 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) studies in 2011/2012, involving 46 140 participants and in the same year staff in these trusts published 1334 articles (an average of only 23.4 per trust per annum). After correcting for trust size and budget, the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust was the most productive. In terms of funded portfolio studies, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust as well as South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust had the strongest performance in 2011/2012.Clinical implications Trusts should aim to capitalise on valuable staff resources and expertise and better support and encourage research in the NHS to help improve clinical services.
Highlights
Clinical implications Trusts should aim to capitalise on valuable staff resources and expertise and better support and encourage research in the National Health Service (NHS) to help improve clinical services
An average mental health trust employing about 3500 people would register about one National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) study and publish one peer-reviewed paper every 2 weeks
The number of published publications and number of registered NIHR studies was about equal, there was only a modest relationship between the two. This is because many of the publications appeared to come from unfunded non-NIHR work
Summary
We located data on 57 mental health trusts. The mean trust size by staffing was 3518 (range 527-8800) and the mean budget was £162.8 million (range £30-410 million). The bottom five trusts for funded NIHR portfolio research were: 53. Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; and 57. Sub-analysis of the top five trusts for research recruitment (number of NIHR participants/staff per capita) reveals the following: 1. Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; and 5. Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; 54. Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; 55. Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; 56. South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Sub-analysis of total research efficiency (number of published studies/staff per capita) showed that the top five trusts were: 1. Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
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