News and reports

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health is looking for female participants aged 18-30 to take part in a study on contraception decision making and online information.

Do you smoke?
Do you think about stopping smoking?
Is there anything that stops you reaching that goal?

If your answer is yes to any of these questions – Luminus would like to hear from you.

An opportunity for those who care for people living with dementia to take part in a survey being carried out by Dementia Carers Count, a national charity supporting, advocating and campaigning for carers.

This project is led by Samantha Laws, a PhD student at Cardiff University. She is conducting a study about the safety of non-conveyance. Non-conveyance is when ambulance crews attend patients when they call 999, but it is decided that they don’t need to go to the Emergency Department.

The SPACES research team at Oxford Brookes University are inviting women aged 40–65 to take part in a confidential interview study exploring a new alcohol support resource which has been designed for, by, and with mid-life women.

NHS England has launched a new central recruitment website for NHS volunteers, bringing health volunteering opportunities in one place for the first time.

This project, led by Willow McGowan-Crewe, a trainee clinical psychologist at Royal Holloway University, is looking at how mental health difficulties are experienced from the perspectives of people with learning disabilities when they were pregnant or up to two years after they gave birth. It will be exploring how people made sense of their mental health difficulties, what has helped with management and recovery of the mental health difficulties, and different types support that has been available.

An opportunity to take part in a survey that will be instrumental in shaping better services and informing future policy to support patients living with continence issues.

Opportunities to get involved include joining the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Public Panel and joining the GPhC Patient and Public Voice Forum.

An opportunity for members of ethnic minority communities to share their views on mental health services.

An opportunity to help test the National Cancer Patient Experience questionnaire and materials for the 2025 survey to ensure it makes sense and is clearly understood by patients completing it.

An opportunity to share your experience of your hospital stay.