Mental Health Research in Coventry and Warwickshire Programme

Date: November 20, 2025 Time: 11:00 – 15:00 Location: The Box, FarGoVillage, Far Gosford Street,​Coventry CV1 5ED

Registration and tea/coffee (11:00-11:15)

Introduction (11:15 – 11:30)

Introduction to the event from WMS and CWPT senior leaders,

Lisa Dikomitis (Director of Warwick Applied Health Directorate at Warwick Medical School) and Richard Onyon (Chief Medical Officer, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust)

Current national mental health research led in Coventry and Warwickshire (11:30-12:00)

Social and digital mental health (including severe mental health conditions and learning disabilities) (Domenico Giacco)

Workplace focused research (Carla Toro)

Research and improvement infrastructure at CWPT (12:00-12:30)

Research and Quality Improvement Work (Michelle Webster)

Staff research networks (Karen Collier and Sarah Ballard)

Lived experience and health equity perspectives (12:30-13:00)

Reflections on lived experience involvement and priorities for moving forward (Last Mafuba)

Research Engagement Network (Jo Merry and Helen Wesson)

Lunch (13:00 – 13:45)

Working groups (13:45 to 14:30)

How can research improve the support we provide to service users and carers? (Group 1)

How can WMS and CWPT increasingly become research and improvement leaders in mental health (Group 2)

How can research improve the support we provide to our mental health workforce, including experts by experience? (Group 3)

 Feedback from working groups and conclusion 14:30 to 15:00

Discussion on themes arising from working groups, particularly overlaps

Meeting closure