News and publications
Coeliac UK and Innovate UK announce £750k boost to research that unlocks important gluten free challenges highlighted by the PSP
20 February 2019
Coeliac UK, the national charity that led the Coeliac JLA Priority Setting Partnership, has announced funding for research projects in areas highlighted by the PSP, in collaboration with Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.Electronic Cigarettes PSP: the progress so far
19 February 2019
Louise Ross, Clinical Consultant, National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training, provides an update on the progress of the Electronic Cigarettes PSP.Utilising your resources for a successful Priority Setting Partnership
22 January 2019
Read about how the Heart Surgery Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) has been communicating with the patients, carers and clinicians it needs to hear from.The James Lind Alliance is recruiting advisers to join the team
09 January 2019
The James Lind Alliance (JLA) would like to recruit JLA Advisers to join the team. We are looking for independent consultants who will contract with the University of Southampton to support and facilitate JLA Priority Setting Partnerships.Electronic cigarettes: First time on a Priority Setting Partnership Group
13 December 2018
Louise Ross, Clinical Consultant, National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training, describes her experience of joining a JLA Priority Setting Partnership Steering Group.Cystic Fibrosis: PSP 2
11 December 2018
The Cystic Fibrosis PSP, which published its Top 10 in January 2017, has been continuing its work to make sure that researchers and research funders know the questions that really matter to those living with Cystic Fibrosis and the people who treat them.Hearing from workshop participants: young people, parents and practitioners
04 December 2018
Project participant feedback & interviews from the Learning Difficulties (Scotland) PSPA week in the life of a JLA Adviser
03 December 2018
Katherine Cowan, JLA Senior Adviser, describes a week in the life of a JLA AdviserCochrane-REWARD prize for the JLA for reducing waste in research.
19 September 2018
We’re delighted to say that the James Lind Alliance was awarded joint second place in the Cochrane-REWARD prize for reducing waste in research.Incontinence: the taboo hurting the dignity and health of millions
07 September 2018
Patients, carers and clinicians have highlighted continence issues as being important across James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships (PSPs) in Parkinson’s, Palliative and end of life care, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Dementia and MS.Digital Technology for Mental Health: reaching out to people
31 August 2018
The Digital Technology for Mental Health JLA PSP used a variety of methods to gather uncertainties from all the types of people it thought it was important to hear from. The PSP realised that using an online survey would not suit everyone.Answering the questions from people with autism, their families and health professionals
03 January 2018
The charity Autistica completed its PSP looking at research priorities from all those who know and understand Autism in May 2016. Since then, Autistica has set about funding researchers in the UK to help provide some answers to the questions that people who responded to the PSP thought were most important.Making sure your research priorities are built on diversity
19 December 2017
When we set out to find the top 10 priorities for Type 2 diabetes research, we wanted to make sure they represented everyone affected by the condition. In particular, people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, who are two to four times more likely to develop the condition.Breathing exercises help asthma patients with quality of life – first PSP research study funded by the NIHR HTA Programme announces its results
14 December 2017
The first JLA PSP to announce its Top 10 priorities for future research was in Asthma in March 2007. One of the questions that patients, carers and health professionals jointly agreed that they wanted future research to tell us more about was “What are the benefits of breathing exercises as a form of physical therapy for asthma?”Tricia Ellis and Toto Gronlund in conversation: our two newest JLA Advisers talk about what the JLA means to them
12 December 2017
The JLA's two newest Advisers, Tricia Ellis and Toto Gronlund, reflect on why they joined the JLA, what it means to them and how far they think it can go.