Health Care Organisation, Management and Policy
Research within this theme focuses on understanding the organisational factors that influence how care is delivered and the quality of care provided. The studies being conducted address themes relating to:
- Performance and governance
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Organisational culture and major organisational change
- Workforce/workplace
There is also considerable methodological work and many studies involve mixed methods are multidisciplinary. Funders include NIHR SDO; ESRC and CSO.
- Endoscopy service redesign - Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with NHS Grampian
- The impact of changing workforce patterns in UK paediatric intensive care services on staff practice and patient outcomes
- Performance assessment and 'Wicked Issues': the case of health inequalities
- Understanding the dynamics of organisational culture change: creating safe places for patients and staff
- Translation Research in a Dental Setting (TRIADS) programme
- Telehealth in glaucoma services: evaluating a new mode of service delivery
- A Knowledge Transfer Partnership with NHS Grampian: Service Evaluation of the 'Referral Hub' and the use of Quality Improvement Tools
- A prospective study exploring the early infant feeding experiences of parents and their significant others during the first 6 months of life
- Feasibility study for a trial of proactive telephone support for breastfeeding women in disadvantaged areas provided by a specialised FEeding Support Team (FEST)
- Feasibility study for a weight loss intervention for women treated for breast cancer
- Improving access, efficiency and equity through family-centred goal setting: Good Goals intervention
- Quality and Safety in the NHS: Evaluating Progress, Problems and Promise
- Systematic reviews and integrated report on the quantitative and qualitative evidence base for the management of obesity in adult men
- From policy to practice: An international comparison of approaches to systemic quality and safety
- MODEL1: Birth mode after Caesarean Section - a preparatory phase for quality improvement
- Improving Quality in Healthcare: A Case Study in dental Primary Care in Scotland
