Hello Bluesky 👋 We're the COMPAS Keele Mental Health Research Group, funded by the NIHR. Follow us for updates on our research to improve mental health in communities and primary care. Find out more: bit.ly/4eD9YUq #MentalHealthResearch #MentalHealth #Research #NIHR #PrimaryCare

⏰ TODAY: Hear insights from the RAPPORT study on what works, for whom, and how to deliver sustainable support in Online Roundtable, 7 May 2026, 2pm via Zoom: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/launc... #MentalHealth #PrimaryCare #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

And we’re off! The Creative Methods Showcase @keeleuniversity.bsky.social has started off in inspiring form with a brilliant keynote from Dr Nicole Brown #cmcd2026 #creativemethods #creativeresearchmethods

Now on to the workshops! Absolutely magic walking around the three workshops hearing laughter and conversation and seeing people diving into their creative instincts. #cmcd2026

The Creative Methods Showcase had people attending from all over the UK, and we even had an attendee checking in all the way from Pakistan! #cmcd2026

A very proud showcase organising committee at the end of the day. From left to right: @thecharleshay.bsky.social, @richard-seymour.bsky.social, @rachelmarsden.bsky.social, Alice Faux-Nightingale, @carinawilliams.bsky.social & Erin Molyneux. #cmcd2026

Hear insights from the RAPPORT study on what works, for whom, and how to deliver sustainable support in Online Roundtable, 7 May 2026, 2pm via Zoom: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/launc... #MentalHealth #PrimaryCare #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

The next application deadline for a @nihrspcr.bsky.social PhD studentships is with @uonresearch.bsky.social 📅Deadline: Monday 27 April 2026 New opportunities will be added as they are made available Find out more: bit.ly/404redv #PhD #studentship #primarycare

A new study, funded by the NIHR Three Research Schools' Mental Health Programme, is calling for action to better connect community mental health services in England, as rising demand exposes gaps in care: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/connect... #MentalHealth #Research

NEXT WEEK: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of People in Agricultural Communities 🌾 Join our free webinar on 26 Mar, 12-1 pm to hear experts discuss research & support for rural mental health 🚜 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4t1bp4c #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

NEXT WEEK: Join our free webinar on 26 Mar, 7-8pm on 'Autistic adults’ experiences of dance, and co-creation of short films to increase awareness about autistic experiences and how to make dance more accessible.' 💃 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4s175kN #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

Join our free webinar on 31 Mar, 12-1 pm to share findings from the SPaCE Project - a co-produced research programme exploring the mental health of parent carers of children with SEND. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/40GIRQJ #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

🚨 DEADLINE ALERT: Want to build expertise in mental health research? Three Schools' Master’s Scholarships funding applications are ending soon. ⏰ Deadline: 13:00, 26 March 2026 🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/49wwWKI #MentalHealth #HealthResearch #Scholarships #FrontlineStaff @ashmore1973.bsky.social

Join our free webinar on 26 Mar, 7-8pm on 'Autistic adults’ experiences of dance, and co-creation of short films to increase awareness about autistic experiences and how to make dance more accessible.' 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4s175kN #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

🚜 Meeting the Mental Health Needs of People in Agricultural Communities 🌾 Join our free webinar on 26 Mar, 12-1 pm to hear experts discuss research & support for rural mental health. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4t1bp4c #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

Join our free webinar on 31 Mar, 12-1 pm to share findings from the SPaCE Project - a co-produced research programme exploring the mental health of parent carers of children with SEND. 🔗 Register: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/syste... #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

🎓💡 New funding opportunity! Want to build expertise in mental health research? Master’s Scholarships funding applications are now open. ⏰ Deadline: 13:00, 26 March 2026 🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/49wwWKI #MentalHealth #HealthResearch #Scholarships #FrontlineStaff @ashmore1973.bsky.social

Check out our PhD studentships available within @nihrspcr.bsky.social #primarycare research. New opportunities will be added as they are made available: bit.ly/404redv #studentships #research #PhD

Take a look at our new collection of journal articles highlighting the impact of research funded through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Three Research Schools’ Mental Health Programme: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/three-s... #MentalHealth #Research

The Abstract Booklet from the recent Three Research Schools’ Mental Health Programme Showcase in Birmingham is now available from our website: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/three-n... #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

Join our free webinar on 31 Mar, 12-1 pm to share findings from the SPaCE Project - a co-produced research programme exploring the mental health of parent carers of children with SEND. 🔗 Register: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/syste... #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

🚜 Meeting the Mental Health Needs of People in Agricultural Communities 🌾 Join our free webinar on 26 Mar, 12-1 pm to hear experts discuss research & support for rural mental health. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4t1bp4c #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

🎓💡 New funding opportunity! Want to build expertise in mental health research? Master’s Scholarships funding applications are now open. ⏰ Deadline: 13:00, 26 March 2026 🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/49wwWKI #MentalHealth #HealthResearch #Scholarships #FrontlineStaff @ashmore1973.bsky.social

🚜 Meeting the Mental Health Needs of People in Agricultural Communities 🌾 Join our free webinar on 26 Mar, 12-1 pm to hear experts discuss research & support for rural mental health. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4t1bp4c #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social

🎓💡 New funding opportunity! Want to build expertise in mental health research? Master’s Scholarships funding applications are now open. ⏰ Deadline: 13:00, 26 March 2026 🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/49wwWKI #MentalHealth #HealthResearch #Scholarships #FrontlineStaff @ashmore1973.bsky.social

🚨Three NIHR Schools Early Career Researcher Mtg. ECRs across the NIHR Schools' for Primary Care, Public Health & Social Care Research are invited: 📅 12 Mar 2026 | 📍 B'ham 🤝 Networking | 💬 Discussion |🔗 Collaboration 👉 Register by 26 Feb: bit.ly/4syYEhb @nihrsphr.bsky.social @nihrsscr.bsky.social

🎉 April marks 20 years of NIHR funding research that’s changed lives - from better treatments to stronger NHS & care systems. Join the celebration & share your story! 💙 #NIHR20 #HealthResearch

The AccEPT Clinic, supported by the NIHR Three Schools Mental Health Programme, is helping to close the “missing middle” in mental health care: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/blog/ac... @ashmore1973.bsky.social #MentalHealth

A new academic paper authored by Sonia Filmer, a master’s student on the Three NIHR Research Schools Mental Health Programme, has been published, shedding light on an important issue in adult mental health care: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/publica... #MentalHealth #PrimaryCare #Research

📢 New NIHR Three Research Schools Seminar Series recording! “Perinatal Redesign for Accessing Mental Health Services (PRAMS): Co-designing accessible and equitable perinatal mental health care for underserved women” Watch here ⬇️ youtu.be/Q3w-rbPPdLA?... #SPCR #MentalHealth #PrimaryCare #Research

New article presents findings from a co-produced evaluation, funded by the NIHR Three Research Schools Mental Health programme, on the role of lived-experience involvement in improving services for people facing multiple disadvantage. www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/how-liv... @ashmore1973.bsky.social

Join the SPCR Masterclass: Communicating effectively with policy makers 🗓️ Thursday, 20 November 2025 🕚 10am to 11.30am 💡 Sharing practical strategies to help you communicate your research clearly and effectively. 🔗 bit.ly/4h6uA7r @nihrsphr.bsky.social @nihrsscr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | The Homes for Ukraine cliff-edge: Ukrainian women's experiences being hosted and navigating follow-on accommodation. 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4p19pX2 #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social

Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Perinatal Redesign for Accessing Mental Health Services (PRAMS), 9 December 2025, 12 - 1pm. 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4nZlnAn #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social

🚨THIS WEEK! Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | What should emotionally safe coproduced research with lived experience researchers on sensitive topics look like?, 22 October 2025, 12 - 1pm: bit.ly/3WbpX2f #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social

✨ What a wonderful and inspiring two days at the #SPCRTrainees Event 2025. Thank you to everyone who joined us, shared ideas, and made it such a memorable event. Wishing all our trainees and speakers a safe journey home🚆💼

Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | What should emotionally safe coproduced research with lived experience researchers on sensitive topics look like?, 22 October 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/emoti... #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social

It's great to be at the RCGP conference sharing our research on general practice support for autistic adults, and talking about neuro-affirmative practice.

To mark Suicide Prevention Day 2025, the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) is highlighting some projects that demonstrate the power of community in supporting mental health and wellbeing: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/spcr-in... #SuicidePreventionDay #Suicide #PrimaryCare #MentalHealth

In a new publication, Anna Price, Three NIHR Research Schools' Mental Health Fellowship Holder, and colleagues call for a constructive dialogue around language use in ADHD research and practice: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/publica... #MentalHealth #ADHD @ashmore1973.bsky.social

Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Women’s prisons: how can we engage lived experience to improve primary care for women with severe mental illness, 24 September 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/women... #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social

Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | What should emotionally safe coproduced research with lived experience researchers on sensitive topics look like?, 22 October 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/emoti... #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social

Beautifully written piece about yesterday's conference. ⬇️ I joined online and it was such a powerful and valuable event. This also shows the value of hybrid events - the richness of the chat and sense of community it fostered are so important. Thanks to all involved 🙏

For anyone doing / interested in research co-production, this might be of interest ⬇️ #autism #autres

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in our survey about autistic adults experiences of dance, 💃🕺 and to all who shared the flyer and helped promote the study. Over 100 people took part and we are now starting to analyse the data. So grateful to everyone who shared their experiences 🙏

The Three NIHR Research Schools’ Mental Health Programme has published its Impact Report 2021–2025, highlighting three years of collaborative research achievements supported by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR): bit.ly/4lsHnlJ @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social

Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Women’s prisons: how can we engage lived experience to improve primary care for women with severe mental illness, 24 September 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/women... #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social

Former Three Schools’ Mental Health Programme award holder Stephanie Ejegi-Memeh is continuing to make an impact through her work championing equity in black-led public health: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/from-re... #MentalHealth #Research @georginaspcr.bsky.social @ashmore1973.bsky.social

The Three NIHR Research Schools' Mental Health Programme recently funded a grant writing workshop supporting early to mid-career researchers in developing stronger funding applications: bit.ly/4j1tXLy #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social