The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) is a leading integrated provider of NHS services. UHL believed that many of its nurses and other clinical staff were engaged in leading-edge healthcare practice that had wide applicability. However, these initiatives were often not formally tested or disseminated. To help bridge the gap, UHL proposed launching an in-house staff research journal, to be distributed in print and digitally.
We worked with colleagues at UHL to design the journal and agree an editorial production process, and supported UHL with production of the first year’s issues. The Inspire journal acted as a conduit for the spread of existing good practice, and to promote further research
