Aims and Objectives

LLAIS Aims and Objectives 2006-2010

(Please scroll down for revised aims and objectives 2010-2013)

Mission

The overall mission of LLAIS is to ensure that health and social care research in Wales takes full account of the bilingual nature of Wales and its speakers; and to enhance the delivery of health and social care services to Welsh speakers in Wales.

Aims

Its main strategic aims are thus to:

Provide advice and support to CRC Cymru on enhancing Welsh language awareness in health and social care research
Develop a research portfolio on culture and language appropriate services in health and social care
Enable the engagement of key stakeholders in the planning and conduct of research in relation to Welsh language awareness
Enable the integration of relevant research findings into mainstream policy and practice

Objectives

These aims are achieved through the following objectives:

To raise awareness of the implications of language choice for service users in relation to clinical, legislative and statutory requirements
To increase opportunities for TRNs to take account of the Welsh language and culture in the planning of research and development projects
To enhance Welsh language and cultural awareness at each stage of the research process
To increase opportunities for key stakeholders to be involved in the planning and conduct of research in relation to Welsh language awareness
To contribute to the integration of research findings into policy and practice relevant to the needs of Welsh language speakers
To increase the quality and quantity of research in health and social care in relation to the needs of Welsh speakers

Strategic Direction

Support Welsh language awareness within the health and social R&D infrastructure
Develop research portfolio on culture and language appropriate services in health and social care

LLAIS Revised Aims and Objectives 2010-2013

During the recent re-commissioning process, WORD was keen to ensure that language awareness is fully integrated into the new National Institute of Social Care and Health Research in Wales (NISCHR). This has led to a revision of some of the key functions of LLAIS; and new ways of working that will directly engage with the Clinical Research Centre (NISCHR CRC).

The main purpose of the revised LLAIS is thus to:

Liaise with NISCHR CRC in identifying, prioritising, planning and delivering on opportunities for integrating language awareness within the core business of NISCHR CRC.

This will be achieved through the following objectives:

To collaborate with NISCHR CRC to identify opportunities and priorities for embedding language awareness into the operational management of its core activities.
To engage with the RPN and RRGs to identify and establish ways of working that enhance language awareness in research and to respond to resource needs, such as Welsh Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).
To collaborate with the Research Professional Network (RPN) and Registered Research Groups (RRGs) to identify and establish best practice approaches to recruiting Welsh speakers to research studies.
To collaborate with NISCHR CRC to identify and establish ways of enhancing Welsh language awareness in workforce development.
To collaborate with the NISCHR CRC Training Team to identify the language awareness and language methodology training needs of the research community; develop a bespoke programme of work and integrate elements within the NISCHR CRC Training Programme.
To collaborate with NISCHR CRC to identify, prioritise, plan and deliver on opportunities for integrating language awareness within the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) function of NISCHR CRC.