An intervention to improve the identification and referral of patients affected by domestic violence and abuse, from clinical trial to national programme

Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a violation of human rights that damages the health of women and families. The health care sector, including primary care, has been slow to respond to the needs of patients affected by DVA, not least because of uncertainty about the effectiveness of training clinicians in identification and engagement with survivors of abuse.

To address that uncertainty, we conducted a cluster-randomised trial in Hackney and Bristol, finding that both identification and referral to specialist DVA services substantially increased in the intervention practices. In the webinar we will map the (not always smooth) trajectory from trial results to a nationally available programme commissioned by Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and local authorities in over 50 areas to date, including getting into guidelines/policy, further implementation research, negotiating with commissioners, and setting up a social enterprise (IRISi) to drive the scaling up of the intervention.

This webinar is open to anyone with an interest in moving research into practice and the impact on commissioning and policy. It will be of particular interest to primary care commissioners, policy makers, specialist DVA service providers, clinicians and researchers.

About the contributors:

Gene Feder is a Professor of Primary Care at the Centre for Primary Care, Bristol Medical School & Director of the UKPRP VISION consortium & GP at Montpelier Health Centre

Medina Johnson is co-founder and CEO of IRISi

We will send you a Zoom link to join the webinar a day ahead of the event. This event will be recorded and a link sent to everyone who has registered within a couple of weeks of the event.

For queries or to discuss access requirements, please contact: phc-info@bristol.ac.uk. in the first instance. We are happy to call you if it's easier to discuss these over the phone.

About the webinar series: 'Innovation and impact in primary care research'.