• To coordinate and facilitate the delivery of large-scale research projects that will inform policy and practice as it develops.
• To coordinate and facilitate the delivery of large-scale research projects that will translate basic science into practical ways of helping people.
• To broaden the scope and capacity of research in mental health, including full involvement of service users and carers as well as frontline staff.
• To help identify mental health research needs (particularly in health and social care).
• To develop research capacity through a range of initiatives at a local, regional and national level.
• To raise the standard of mental health and social care research throughout Wales, the UK and internationally.
  
  

Structure

• Management Group
• Executive Committee
• Research Portfolio Development Fellow
• Clinical Research Groups (CRGs)
• User and Carer Participation (UCP) programme
• Research Professional Network (RPN)