OPRSI designed and held and reported on focus groups, in association with Effective Partnerships, as part of a commission by Ayrshire Councils, Ayrshire & Arran NHS, and the Ayrshire & Arran Alcohol and Drug Action Team OPRSI collaborated with the Health Care Commission, the Audit Commission and Commission for Social Care Inspection in the review of the progress against the National Service Framework for Older People The founder members of OPRSI studied in 2001 for the Certificate in Research Methods on a course sponsored jointly by the Department of Applied Science at the University of Lancaster and the charity Over the last eight years OPRSI has been involved nationally in workshops in health and research development at the invitation of NHS, Help the Aged and Age Concern