The Offender Health Research Network is funded by Offender Health at the Department of Health, and is a collaboration between several universities, based at the University of Manchester. 

• to develop a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency network focused on offender health care innovation, evaluation and knowledge dissemination
• staff capability building through training opportunities and active involvement in health care research
• to work toward developing the frequency and quality of user/carer involvement in offender health care provision and research 
• to develop a "pathway to research", outlining the processes required to successfully undertake research in the Criminal Justice System, including information on funding, research ethics and governance, and practical information about conducting research in such unique environment

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Policy and Reports (updated 30 April)
All Workstreams: Briefing: Women in Prison
Mental Health: Depression in adults with a chronic physical health problem: Evidence Update
Mental Health: Mental health and homelessness: Planning and delivering mental health services for homeless people
Mental Health: Long-term health gains: Investing in emotional and psychological wellbeing for patients with long-term conditions and medically unexplained symptoms
OHRN research: Alternatives to Custody for People with Mental Health Problems
OHRN research: Liaison and Diversion Services: Current practices and future directions

Conferences and Workshops (updated 30 April)
19 June: Health Services Research Network (HSRN) Annual Symposium - Delivering Better Health Services
5 September: 17th Annual NAPICU Conference - Low Secure and Psychiatric Intensive Care: Pathways to High Quality Acute Inpatient Care

Funding Opportunities (updated 30 April)
19 July: NIHR Health Services & Delivery Research programme - 12/64 Researcher-led workstream

Policy and Reports (updated 2 April)
All Workstreams: Consultations: Strategy for the Secure Estate for Children and Young People in England and Wales, Effective community sentences & Effective probation services
All Workstreams: Evaluation of the Youth Justice Liaison and Diversion (YJLD) Pilot Scheme
All Workstreams: Social Justice: transforming lives
All Workstreams: Learning from PPO investigations: Natural cause deaths in prison custody
Mental Health: Promoting Excellence in Therapy In Prisons: The 5-Year Strategy
Mental Health: Dual Diagnosis: A challenge for the reformed NHS and for Public Health England
Substance Misuse: The Government’s Alcohol Strategy

Conferences and Workshops (updated 2 April)
23 May: Peers in Prisons: Expert Symposium
29 May: Can Human Beings Flourish in Prison?
6 June: Modernising primary mental healthcare services in the criminal justice system: identifying need, improving access
7 June: Delivering Excellence in Prisons: 5th Annual Network Conference of the Counselling in Prisons Network
4 September: Custody and Caring
5-6 October: Drug users in custody: Learning the lessons – European conference of the ACCESS project

Funding Opportunities (updated 2 April)
17 July: NIHR Public Health Research programme - 12/3070 Studies using pre-existing data

Policy and Reports (updated 29 February)
OHRN research: The Development of a Pilot Electronic Multi-Agency Information Sharing System for Offenders with Mental Illness
All Workstreams: Improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS services
All Workstreams: IAP Deaths in Custody End of term report
All Workstreams: Health and Social Care Update February 2012
Mental health: Long-term Conditions and Mental Health: The cost of co-morbidities
Mental health: Guidance for Commissioners of Primary Mental Health Care Services

Conferences and Workshops (updated 29 February)
27 March: Health, Inclusion and Citizenship: On Target with Future Potential
2 May: Forensic Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (F-CAMHS): Everybody’s Business
9-11 July: 5th International Evidence Based Policing Conference
27 September: Suicide Bereavement Forum

Funding Opportunities (updated 29 February)
17 May: NIHR HS&DR - 12/5002 Research to improve knowledge transfer and innovation in healthcare delivery and organisation
17 May: NIHR HS&DR - 12/5004 Rapid Evidence Synthesis
25 May: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit - Competition 18

Policy and Reports (updated 31 January)
All Workstreams: NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies programmes Annual Review 2010/11
All Workstreams: Suicide Rates in the United Kingdom, 2006 to 2010
All Workstreams: Bulletin of the eighth meeting of the Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody
All Workstreams: Health and Social Care Update January 2012
Mental health: Service user experience in adult mental health
Mental health: Prison Transfers: A survey from the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Substance Misuse: Positive Practice Guide for Working with People who Use Drugs and Alcohol

Conferences and Workshops (updated 31 January)
22 March: A New Approach to Mental Health: Improving Outcomes for All
12-13 April: 11th International Conference on the Care and Treatment of Offenders with a Learning Disability 

Funding Opportunities (updated 31 January)
15 March: NIHR HS&DR - 12/5001 Researcher-Led Workstream
2 April: NIHR PHR - Evidence Synthesis