NHS NELFT Research and Development Annual Conference 2025 – 12 November 2025
Wednesday 12 November: 09:15 – 16:00 Online Via Zoom
Book your place for the upcoming NELFT Research and Development Conference 2025, taking place virtually on Wednesday 12th November 2025.
This year’s conference will highlight emerging results from NELFT-sponsored research and feature a choice of engaging workshops designed to inspire and inform healthcare professionals, researchers, and community partners.
Conference Programme:
09:15 Welcome and Introduction. Speaker: Prof Russell Razzaque
09:20 Opening. Speaker: Paul Calaminus (NELFT CEO)
09:30 No-one left to cope alone: Results from an NIHR Programme Development grant for post-diagnostic support for people with dementia (NOLA). Speaker: Dr Charlotte Stoner
10:00 Compassion Focused Therapy for mood in dementia: Insights from a feasibility trial. Speakers: Prof Aimee Spector and Melissa Melville
10:30 Break
10:45 Journeys from clinical practice into research: the NIHR INSIGHT scheme. Speakers: Dr Kirsten Barnicot and Jane Burgess
11:15 Harnessing portable smart-camera technology to enhance the communication skills of people with aphasia. Speakers Dr Anna Caute and Leila Mirza
11:45 Helping people to come off antipsychotics: long term results from the RADAR study. Speakers: Prof Joanna Moncrieff and Nadia Haynes
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Workshops
- Inclusive practice in research with people who have speech, language and
communication difficulties – Facilitated by: Prof Victoria Joffe & Dr Anna Caute - Research in YOUR Community: What you don’t know – Facilitated by Ken Birk
- Understanding AI basics: What should NHS researchers know? – Facilitated by
Liberty Newlove and Panarai Ford - When “under-served” communities are the majority: case study of research in
Barking and Dagenham – Facilitated by Dr Hilary Toulmin
14:00 Group Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for people with dementia and learning disability: findings from a feasibility study. Speaker: Dr Afia Ali
14:30 Wellbeing – Chair Yoga. Facilitated by: Louise Foglia
15:00 The Remote Approaches to Psychosocial Intervention Delivery (RAPID) Study: Examining digital interventions for suicide in crisis. Speaker: Dr Lisa Wood
15:30 Closing Remarks. Speaker: Dr Sandeep Toot
