Latest news from the Quality and innovation in service provision research specialism at the Health Services Management Centre.
News
- Description
- On June 4th leaders from across the NHS and Local Government attended an HSMC/Public Service Academy (PSA) event focussing on the challenges of involving citizens in a time of public sector austerity. Attendees heard presentations from Dr Marion Danis from the National Institutes of Health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, Professor Derek Bolton from Citizens UK and Mr Saidul Haque from Birmingham Citizens.
- Date:
- Thursday 13th June 2013
- Categories:
- Social Sciences, Vice Chancellor
- Description
- Jon Glasby's article 'Despite the difficulties the NHS is not dead yet' is published in The Conversation.
- Date:
- Monday 10th June 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- HSMC's Jon Glasby contributes to the Birmingham Perspective on the reform of long-term care.
- Date:
- Wednesday 22nd May 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Following the recently completed SDO-funded project exploring older service user and carers' experiences of transitions in care, a resource pack is now available for others involved in co-research projects to use.
- Date:
- Wednesday 10th April 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- HSMC academics are involved in new research projects.
- Date:
- Thursday 28th February 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- A new publication from Cancer Research UK 'Reverse, Pause or Progress' reports the findings of research carried out by HSMC to explore the early impact of the health reforms and NHS efficiency savings programme on cancer services in England
- Date:
- Tuesday 15th January 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- In a new study, HSMC academics Robin Miller and Kerry Allen surveyed a sample of Directors of Adult Social Services in nine Local Authorities to identify what they viewed as their top three investments in prevention services for older people.
- Date:
- Friday 11th January 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- A new national guide on supporting diverse and inclusive public involvement in research, features a participatory research study carried out by colleagues from across HSMC and IASS as an example of good practice.
- Date:
- Wednesday 20th June 2012
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Researchers have identified how organisations can support better care, write Yvonne Sawbridge and Alistair Hewison in a new article published in the Nursing Standard.
- Date:
- Tuesday 3rd April 2012
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Since the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, health services in the UK have been funded primarily through general taxation and delivered free at the point of access to individuals. However, recent decades have witnessed an expansion in the global market for health services. This has been manifest in various ways, including an unprecedented increase in the volume of patients willing to traverse national borders for the purposes of receiving medical care.
- Date:
- Monday 13th February 2012
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences