This instalment of North West ENRICH News focuses on the various events that have taken place this summer in which the North West Enrich network has been engaging.

Nutritional expertise at Northumbria University, Newcastle has helped enhance the menus of a prestigious care provider.

ENRICH and the Research Ready Care Home Network doesn’t only support researchers, many new Masters and PhD students are looking to the network for help.

The NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme has announced a new funding call to deliver research that will help service leaders and managers to make decisions about commissioning and delivering care for people with dementia.

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Amanda King is an NHS Occupational Therapist on the NIHR-funded Masters in Research Methods (Health) at the University of Nottingham. She is She is conducting a small empirical study as part of her dissertation (which forms the basis of PhD proposal): Care homes for older people and access to outdoor mobility, activities and spaces

The ENRICH network continues to grow in the North West with over 30 homes now participating and three research studies being undertaken.

North East continue to recruit more homes across the region. Over the past few months we have liaised with researchers at local universities and we’ve have had the privilege of attending two big local meetings of Gateshead and Newcastle dementia champions, thanks to the Tyne and Wear Care Alliance where we managed to sign up more homes!

The Thames Valley ENRICH team have had a busy six months: growing their network of care homes, developing an online training tool, and piloting a care home participant experience group.

Across Yorkshire, the ENRICH network now has 33 care homes who are keen to take part in research.