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📢Out now - our November newsletter includes:

🔸Highlights from our annual public involvement events & recent maternity conference

🔸A new project exploring how care coordinator roles are developing within integrated care systems

🔸Events, blogs + more

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📢Out now - our November newsletter includes:

🔸Highlights from our annual public involvement events & recent maternity conference

🔸A new project exploring how care coordinator roles are developing within integrated care systems

🔸Events, blogs + more

mailchi.mp/3cf2327c5437...
Graphic for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London November Newsletter. The left side features geometric shapes, the NIHR logo, and the text ‘November Newsletter’ on a dark blue background. On the right, a photo shows a group of people seated at an event, smiling and clapping, framed within a red and blue diamond-shaped border
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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❄️🗓️🎀 Count down to the holidays with our popular #ARCadvent calendar from all ARCs across the country!

☃️🎁👉 Follow #ARCadvent from 1-25 December for daily posts unboxing the most clicked-on ARC stories of the year

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November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Over 100 local people, researchers, healthcare professionals and others explored how collaborative health and social care research can be strengthened across London at our annual Active Involvement in Research events. #AIRD25

Catch up with highlights of the day 👇

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A split-screen graphic. On the left, a blue background features the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) logo and a large quotation mark icon, followed by a quote about the importance of involving people in research. On the right, a photo shows a bright, modern indoor event space where groups of people are standing and sitting at tables, talking and networking.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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New research will examine the nature of new care coordinator roles and how they are working in practice within integrated health and care systems. 👇

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A graphic from NIHR ARC South London. Text on a blue background reads: "Care coordinators support people - often those with long-term conditions or frailty - to access the right care. They link teams, coordinate services and advocate for individuals. This project will explore how these roles are developing within integrated health and care systems." There is a photo of an older man talking to a healthcare professional.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Our recent conference brought together researchers, policymakers, community partners and practitioners to explore holistic approaches to tackling health inequalities in maternity and perinatal mental health and care.

Catch up with the day's key takeaways 👇

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A graphic for ARC South London. It shows peer researcher Abigail Mensah speaking into a microphone at a podium on a purple background with decorative white shapes around her. Beside her is a large quote box containing the text: ‘This project was like a family. I have experienced true growth from being part of this peer research. Your voice can be heard and it [research] can be done effectively.’
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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You can now register your place for our final Knowledge Exchange Event, which will take place in January 2026. 👇

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A graphic from NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London. Text on a blue background reads: "Knowledge Exchange Event 2026: Doing inclusive applied health and care research in turbulent times. Join us for our final event, where we will be deepening our focus on building inclusive research and valuing different kinds of knowledge. Who should attend? Public members, researchers, health and social care practitioners, and community partners." Calendar icon with text: Thursday 15 Jan 2026, 10am–2.30pm. The Great Hall, King’s College London, Strand Campus." A red circle reads “Lunch included.” On the right side, a photo shows an audience seated in a lecture room, attentively listening to a speaker.
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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New research finds Black and mixed ethnicity pregnant women, and those living in poorer areas, face more children’s social services involvement.

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Graphic with NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London logo. Quote reads: “Our study found stark differences between pregnant women with and without involvement from children’s social services. While over half of the pregnant women with involvement from social services had risk factors that warranted a referral during pregnancy, it is worrying that for nearly half of them, we could not identify such risk factors.” Kaat De Backer, NIHR maternity and perinatal research fellow ARC South London. To the right, there is a photo of a pregnant woman in profile, holding her bare belly.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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This evening we are connecting patients, carers, community members & researchers at our annual Active Involvement in Research online event.

Cherelle Augustine, @arc-nwl.bsky.social engagement coordinator, is sharing why diverse involvement in applied health and care research matters. #AIRD25
Quote graphic from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The quote reads: “There’s no such thing as ‘hard to reach’ – only people too easy to ignore. Inclusion shouldn’t be an afterthought or a token gesture. From the start, ask: how can we involve diverse communities as true partners, shaping and benefiting from the work we do?” Cherelle Augustine, engagement coordinator, ARC Northwest London. The NIHR logo appears at the top left, and abstract geometric shapes decorate the right side on a dark blue background.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Register for our webinar on Tue 18 Nov, 11am-12pm, where we will be discussing inclusive practices around consent and mental capacity in palliative care research.

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Graphic from the NIHR. Text on a blue background reads: Webinar: Developing inclusive practices around consent and mental capacity in palliative care research. Join experts Dr Caroline Barry (ARC East of England) and Dr Victoria Shepherd (Cardiff University) as they explore the ethical, legal and practical challenges of research involving people with impaired capacity in this latest session from the NIHR ARC Palliative and End of Life Care National Leadership. Microsoft Teams: Tue 18th Nov 11am-12pm" There is an image of a researcher out of focus speaking to an older person.
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A two-year project will evaluate how implementing Advance Choice Documents in an NHS mental health setting can support service users to plan ahead and have more say in their care.

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Text on a dark blue background reads: NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London. "Advance Choice Documents record a person’s mental healthcare preferences, made while they have capacity, in collaboration with their mental health team, carers or advocates. This two-year project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of their implementation in South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust." There is a graphic of documents and a yellow folder.
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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We were delighted to welcome 65 patients, carers, community members and researchers to our annual Active Involvement in Research in-person event on 28 Oct.

Missed it? Join the free online event on 11 Nov to connect and collaborate! #AIRD25

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Active Involvement in Research (AIRD) 2025: online event
Join us to help shape the future of health and care research in London.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Community Led Support is transforming adult social care across England—putting people’s strengths, relationships & communities at the heart of care

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November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Read more about our research exploring the experiences of women who give birth under general anaesthetic arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and...

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A slide featuring quotes from women with experience of caesarean section with general anaesthetic (GACS) and the following information: Black women more likely to have a GACS compared to White women Increased risk of postnatal depression, impaired bonding and negative birth experience
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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We’re inviting health and social care professionals to complete a short online survey about their understanding of immigration policy, NHS charging and their confidence in supporting migrant families qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

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November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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What would research look like if every conversation happened in the spaces people already trust?

@arc-southlondon.bsky.social’s blog offers rich insights into how listening within communities can reshape inclusion and improve maternal outcomes. #ResearchEquity #ReducingInequalities
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Watch the powerful film from the ARC study exploring how to improve discussions with families when things go wrong in maternity care on the Sands UK website:

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The DISCERN study | Sands - Saving babies' lives. Supporting bereaved families.
The DISCERN study looked at how to improve open disclosure when families are unexpectedly harmed while receiving NHS maternity care.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Read the NIHR Alert featuring Naomi Carlisle's research evaluating how the Preterm Birth Surveillance Pathway has been implemented in England and how it could be improved:

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Can we improve care for women at risk of early birth?
Research reviewed and made suggestions on how best to implement a pathway to care for women at risk of early birth.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Read more about the maternity theme's community listening event in Lambeth #holisticmaternity

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Doing research within the community: an enriching listening event in Lambeth
Why is it important to talk to service users within their communities? In this blog, Zenab Barry strategic adviser to ARC South London's maternity and perinatal mental health theme, analyses this ques...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Fantastic panel discussion with Brooklyn Masters, expert by experience, Kirsty Kitchen Director @birthcompanions.bsky.social and Maria Viner, CEO Mothers for Mothers #holisticmaternity
Pictured Brooklyn Masters, expert by experience, Kirsty Kitchen Director @BirthCompanions and Maria Viner, CEO Mothers for Mothers in a panel discussion chaired by Kaat De Backer #holisticmaternity
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Read the November roundup of top stories, blogs & opportunities from all NIHR Applied Research Collaborations ( #NIHRARCs) across the country

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The NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) November 2025 newsletter
The national newsletter from across all the NIHR ARCs. In this edition: Comprehensive new guidance for care planning, resources to improve admissions to mental health units for young people and their ...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Read about public involvement in the RELAX study, which is testing a form of ‘brain training’ designed to reduce anxiety in pregnant woman and new mothers, here: arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight...

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November 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Key recommendations from the Effectiveness and Implementation of Maternal Mental Health Services (ESMI-III) study #holisticmaternity
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Louise Fisher outlining how the ARC’s maternity research has been instrumental in informing clinical guidance and service delivery of perinatal mental health services. #holisticmaternity

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Informing national policy on perinatal mental health and maternity care
Research by ARC South London’s maternity and perinatal mental health theme has been instrumental in informing clinical guidance and service delivery of perinatal mental health services.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Outlining the scale of the problem, Kaat De Backer says: “Approximately 4,000 babies are placed into state care in the first week after birth every year” #holisticmaternity
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Kaat De Backer says that her research came out of her own experience as a midwife and realisation of “How ill equipped we were to support women with social care involvement” #holisticmaternity

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Improving healthcare and support for families with children’s social care involvement during pregnancy and the first two years of life
Our ARC's maternity and perinatal mental health researchers have collaborated with people with lived experience and charities to explore how to improve support for families with children’s social care...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM