• Research can often be seen as an activity that is far removed from day to day clinical practice.
• However, there are a large number of practising clinicians whose research interests ally closely with service evaluation and audit and are hence are directly linked to improving clinical outcomes.
• Although Learning Disability and Autism are priority areas in the 10-year plan for the NHS, well benchmarked clinical outcome frameworks are still sparse in this field. RADiANT will be a consortium that will help develop a robust outcomes framework and further improve evidence based care for people with developmental disorders. The expectation is that it will mirror the Cavendish Square Group success story, this time in the field of developmental disorders, while also exploring further avenues in staff development and public education.
• The vision is that RADiANT’s research will be driven by patients, service users, family members and community leaders, who will help identify research priorities that affect their daily life. Clinicians and academics will work with these priorities to co-produce methodologically sound projects.
• RADiANT currently supports a diverse range of projects, including grant funded primary research, service evaluation, quality improvement and clinical audit. 
  
  • For a summary of published projects supported by RADiANT, click here.
    
  • For details of ongoing research projects supported by RADiANT, click here.