50 years of HSMC HSMC looks back over the last 50 years, celebrating its impact on research and evaluation, teaching and professional development. View our blogs, events and reminiscences
BRACE Evaluation cited in Women's Health Strategy The BRACE evaluation of Women’s Health Hubs has been cited in the first Women’s Health Strategy for England, which set out ambitions to improve the health and wellbeing of women.
06 September 2018 NHS staff often fearful of raising legitimate concerns, research finds A change in culture within the NHS is needed to ensure that managers are less resistant to hearing, and acting upon, bad news, research led by the University of Birmingham has found.
03 September 2018 Speaking Up in Health Care: The Canary in the Mine? Professor Russell Mannion summarises key findings on research which aims to sharpen up thinking around speaking up and whistleblowing in health care
29 August 2018 Key to lifelong good mental health – learn resilience in childhood Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Policy and Management Karen Newbigging in The Conversation: "Everybody benefits from more resilient children."
30 July 2018 Hope for Housing conference - a recap On 9 July HCRG held a conference to connect international academic research, local community activism and policy debates and support community-led housing in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
13 July 2018 Transforming primary care: lessons from Wales Critical appraisal of primary care Pacesetter Programme published New innovations in primary care services across Wales have proved positive, but greater impact could be achieved by supporting robust evaluation and public engagement, according to new research carried out by HSMC at the University of Birmingham.
09 July 2018 Hope for Housing comes to Birmingham The Housing and Communities Research Group is hosting a conference wto explore how the Government Community Housing fund could mean Hope for Housing in Birmingham.
05 July 2018 Record numbers of healthcare staff graduate with an MSc in Healthcare Leadership The University of Birmingham and Alliance Manchester Business School are celebrating with the NHS Leadership Academy as a record 1,309 people have now graduated with a Masters in Healthcare Leadership from its flagship Elizabeth Garrett Anderson programme.
28 June 2018 Cancer and age – looking beyond the numbers How is the rise in cancer for the oldest people in UK society significant for cancer services? A new report from HSMC academics for Cancer Research UK explores how treatment decisions and experiences of care should be improved.
27 June 2018 Belinda Weir talks systems leadership in a webinar on the Developing People-Improving Care' (DPIC) framework We were delighted to be invited by NHS Improvement to contribute to a webinar, discussing system leadership in the context of the 'Developing People-Improving Care' (DPIC) framework.
27 June 2018 The NHS: Life begins at 70? Will extra funding for the NHS be enough to set in on a path to a long and happy future? Martin Powell, Professor of Health and Social Policy at HSMC, offers his opinion in our latest Viewpoint.
25 June 2018 Two Weeks to go to Housing and Communities Research Group Conference on Hope for Housing On 9th July we are holding a research conference on community-led housing with a special focus on Birmingham and the West Midlands.
21 June 2018 New report on the impact of care integration on emergency hospital use A new report, co-authored by HSMC Deputy Director Dr Robin Miller, explores approaches to community services integration and their impact on emergency hospital activity.