NHS trusts benefit from participating in health and care research, which goes beyond offering new treatments and improving evidence-based practice. Research suggests that involvement in clinical research enhances care processes, fosters a culture of improvement, and encourages new collaborations. To support this, we have developed a tool to capture the impact of research in health and care organisations. The VICTOR tool is designed to discover the perspectives of research teams, clinicians, patients and families on the changes that occur as a result of clinical research. These changes are often inviable to others, but they can make a significant impact on patient and staff experience. VICTOR identifies changes in workforce, skills, service delivery, patient experience, and economic benefits, often described as the by-products of research. Piloted in 12 Yorkshire and Humber organisations, it is now available for free to download from an online repository. https://www.e-repository.clahrc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/visible-impact-of-research/.

Information is gathered through questionnaires sent to research participants, clinicians, managers, and researchers, focusing on the specific impacts of being involved in a research study. Findings are categorised into six domains: health, service and workforce, research profile, economics, influence and reputation, and knowledge generation and exchange. NIHR, Yorkshire Himber Clinical Research Network has funded VICTOR's development into an online e-platform. For the first time, VICTOR is available online and support is provided for researchers to access and use the system until the end of September. Previous users have found VICTOR can help demonstrate the importance of research in NHS organisations, CGC inspections and quality reports. It also helps to highlight research impacts for clinical academic Allied Health Professionals.

Find out about VICTOR to research impact tool designed for AHPs and nurses as well as other researchers.

Powtoon - VICTOR Making visible the impacts of research

This is the VICTOR help site there are lots of videos and resources to help people get started with using VICTOR

VICTOR Resources (google.com)

Researchers’ stories of using VICTOR

https://youtu.be/8f7NIrKv1m0 Bev Taylor Senior Research Nurse

https://youtu.be/TGEnRwwi7_8 Lyn Wilson Lead Research Nurse

https://youtu.be/RLbJUltQYng Professor Bev Snaith

This webinar is hosted by CAHPR Yorkshire and led by Dr Natalie Jones. CAHPR is the community of AHP research. It is a network of volunteers that promote and support AHP research at every level. We work closely with our stakeholders and other research groups to encourage all AHPs to take an interest in research activities. To find out more, visit https://cahpr.csp.org.uk/

An introduction to VICTOR - making Visible the ImpaCT Of Research