HSMC is one of the foremost centres of research, education, and development for health and social care organisations.
Founded in 1972, HSMC continues to develop management and leadership education for local, national, and international practitioners, policy makers, and students. Its research continues to set the agenda for policy and practice in the areas workforce development, system innovation, and improving care services.
Our Mission is to achieve the following:
- To support the health and care Workforce with leadership and management knowledge and skills
- To critically engage with Innovation concepts, organisation, and technology to support Improvement
- To promote informed Decision-Making for planning, design, and implementation of change
- To build Collaboration across professional, organisational, and system boundaries
- To nurture environments that Care withpatients, users, and communities
Our approach is informed by the following Values:
- Inclusion: to promote care environments where voices are heard and responded to
- Equity: to proactively surface and challenge disadvantage and strive to improve health and wellbeing for all
- Quality: to promote care that is safe for patients, communities, and staff
- Compassion: to embody cultures of support and learning
- Sustainability: to advocate strategies of care that provide social, economic, and environmental value
HSMC are supporting the UoB 2030 strategy with a Research, Education, Engagement, and Impact agenda that makes a positive difference for policy, people, and communities both locally and globally.
Knowledge and Evidence Service (KES)
The HSMC Knowledge & Evidence Service (KES) is a specialist information provider which houses a unique collection of books, journals and electronic material on the non-clinical aspects of health care, including subject areas such as health management, commissioning, leadership, social care and health policy
The services provided by KES include; reference and enquiries, lending, literature searching, current awareness, and user education as well as a range of services supporting trends in both distance and e-learning.
A fully equipped IT resource room containing 12 PCs for private study, including one designated for disabled use, is also available.
More information about the Knowledge & Evidence Service
Contact details
Health Services Management Centre (HSMC)
University of Birmingham
Park House
40 Edgbaston Park Road
Birmingham
B15 2RT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0)121 414 2260
Maps and directions
Park house is located in the Green Zone on Edgbaston Park Road and is building G19.
Map of the Edgbaston Campus (PDF format)