Introduction ARC West Midlands is one of 15 ARCs nationwide to have been awarded £260,000 to grow social care research capacity in the region. This

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What is public involvement in research? Public involvement in research is research done ‘with’ or ‘by’ members of the public rather than ‘to’, ‘about’ or

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