Dr Manbinder Sidhu

Dr Manbinder Sidhu

Health Services Management Centre
BRACE Research Fellow

Contact details

Telephone
+44(0)121 416 6030
Email
m.s.sidhu@bham.ac.uk
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Address
School of Social Policy, HSMC
Park House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2RT, United Kingdom

Dr Manbinder Sidhu is a Research Fellow at the Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) working within the BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre.   

Manbinder completed his bachelor’s degree (BA Sociology) at the University of Birmingham (UoB) and immediately went on to complete his PhD at the Institute of Applied Health Research (UoB) funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). Most recently, he worked as part of the Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research (SAPPHIRE) Group, University of Leicester. He has completed a number of NIHR projects across a number of areas including patient experience and service evaluation of interventions designed for people living with multiple morbidities, weight management with high risk groups, cultural adaptation of behavioural change and lifestyle programmes for whole populations or minority-ethnic groups, and understanding the role of social networks and systems of support in migrant populations.

Qualifications

  • FHEA            University of Leicester, 2018
  • PhD              Health Services Research, University of Birmingham, 2012
  • BA (Hons)    Sociology, University of Birmingham, 2009 

Biography

Born and raised in Birmingham, Manbinder continues to have affinity working and living within West Midlands. After completing his PhD “Understanding health beliefs in relation to chronic disease and self-management in a socio-economically disadvantaged multi-ethnic population”, Manbinder worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Health Research (UoB) before leaving to take up a lecturer post at the University of Leicester collaborating closely with the Centre for BME Health. 

Manbinder has extensive teaching experience, co-leading modules as part of the MBChB (University of Leicester) and MPH programmes (University of Birmingham) respectively and supervising a number of Masters students.

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Sidhu is interested in supervising doctoral researchers who plan to use qualitative methods/methodology in whole or parts of their research projects. He is particularly interested in the following areas: 

  • Public health behavioural change and lifestyle programmes
  • Primary care
  • Patient and Public Engagement

Doctoral research

PhD title
Understanding health beliefs in relation to chronic disease and self-management in a socio-economically disadvantaged multi-ethnic population

Research

The evaluation of large-scale collaborations between primary care general practices, NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre (co-applicant)

Acute hospitals managing general practice services (vertical integration), NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre (co-Principal Investigator)

Community faith centre-based screening and lifestyle interventions to prevent Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review, NIHR CLAHRC East Midlands (November 2017, £19,297.68, co-applicant)  

Patient, healthcare professional and system level barriers and facilitators to initiation and adherence to injectable therapies for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of qualitative literature, NIHR CLAHRC East Midlands, (November 2017, £22,256.18, co-applicant)           

 Leicester through the life course: using arts-based methods to explore recruitment and engagement with multi-generational communities, Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund, Nov 2017 (£3840, principal investigator) 

Negotiating the tensions in everyday risk work: a workforce development tool for health and social care, ESRC Impact Follow on Fund, £10, 000 (March 2017, co-applicant)

Weight management with Men Employed in Transport Related Occupations (METRO) study, NIHR RDS West Midlands Public Involvement Fund, Nov 2016, £500 (principal investigator) 

Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids UK: a cultural adaptation and feasibility study of a weight management programme for fathers of younger children. NIHR Public Health Research Programme, 01/04/2016 to: 30/06/2018 (27 months), £446,793.00 (co-applicant) 

Evaluation of a text supported weight maintenance programme ‘Lighten Up Plus’ following weight reduction programme in the ‘Lighten Up’ service in Birmingham. Birmingham and Solihull NHS Cluster until Jan 2014, £18, 000 (co-applicant).   

Celebrating the success of NIHR CLAHRC PhD students (Workshop). National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Workshop Grant, May 2013, £2, 000 (sole applicant). 

Photo-Voice Study: A qualitative study using novel methods to explore the implementation and delivery of lay health services for patients at risk of CVD, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands (Nov 2012) 

Theory based evaluation of the Chronic Disease Educator (CDE) programme delivered to socio-economically disadvantaged multi-ethnic population, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands (Oct 2009)

Other activities

  • Member of the British Sociological Association
  • A regular peer reviewer for several journals and funding bodies   

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Georghiou, T, Sherlaw-Johnson, C, Massou, E, Morris, S, Crellin, N, Herlitz, L, Sidhu, M, Tomini, S, Vindrola-Padros, C, Walton, H & Fulop, N 2022, 'The impact of post-hospital remote monitoring of COVID-19 patients using pulse oximetry: a national observational study using hospital activity data', EClinicalMedicine, vol. 48, 101441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101441

Sherlaw-Johnson, C, Georghiou, T, Morris, S, Crellin, N, Litchfield, I, Massou, E, Sidhu, M, Tomini, S, Vindrola-Padros, C, Watson, H & Fulop, N 2022, 'The impact of remote home monitoring of people with COVID-19 using pulse oximetry: a national population and observational study', EClinicalMedicine, vol. 45, 101318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101318

Sidhu, M, Pollard, J & Sussex, J 2022, 'Vertical integration of primary care practices with acute hospitals in England and Wales: why, how and so what? Findings from a qualitative, rapid evaluation', BMJ open, vol. 12, no. 1, e053222. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053222

Bryne, J, Willis, A, Dunkley, A, Fitzpatrick, C, Campbell, S, Sidhu, M, Choudhary, P, Davies, M & Khunti, K 2021, 'Individual, healthcare professional and system-level barriers and facilitators to initiation and adherence to injectable therapies for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-ethnography', Diabetic Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14678

Cowan, K, Fulop, N, Harshfield , A, Ng, PL, Ntouva, A, Sidhu, M, Sussex, J, Tomini, S & Walton, H 2021, 'Rapid prioritisation of topics for rapid evaluation: the case of innovations in adult social care and social work', Health Research Policy and Systems, vol. 19, no. 1, 34 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-021-00693-2

Hussain, S & Sidhu, M 2021, 'Realist evaluation of the implementation and impact of the NHS carbon reduction strategy in the UK', BMJ open, vol. 11, no. 9, e044259. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044259

Vindrola-Padros, C, Singh, K, Sidhu, M, Georghiou, T, Sherlaw-Johnson, C, Tomini, SM, Inada-Kim, M, Kirkham, K, Streetly, A, Cohen, N & Fulop, NJ 2021, 'Remote home monitoring (virtual wards) for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients: a rapid systematic review', EClinicalMedicine, vol. 37, 100965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100965

Parkinson, S, Smith, J & Sidhu, M 2021, 'The early development of primary care networks in the NHS in England: a qualitative mixed-methods evaluation', BMJ open, vol. 11, no. 12, e055199. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055199

Vindrola-Padros, C, Sidhu, M, Georghiou, T, Sherlaw-Johnson, C, Singh , K, Tomini , S, Ellins, J, Morris , S & Fulop , N 2021, 'The implementation of remote home monitoring models during the COVID-19 pandemic in England', EClinicalMedicine, vol. 34, 100799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100799

Jolly, K, Griffin, T, Sidhu, M, Adab, P, Burgess, A, Collins, C, Daley, A, Entwistle, A, Frew, E, Hardy, P, Hurley, K, Jones, L, McGee, E, Pallan, M, Sun, Y, Young, M & Morgan, P 2020, 'A weight management programme for fathers of children aged 4–11 years: cultural adaptation and the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids UK feasibility RCT', Public Health Research, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1-198. https://doi.org/10.3310/phr08020

Rayment , J, Sidhu, M, Wright, P, Brown , P, Greenfield, S, Jeffreys, S & Gale, N 2020, 'Collaboration for impact: co-creating a workforce development toolkit using an arts-based approach', International Journal of Integrated Care, vol. 20, no. 2, 11, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5377

Comment/debate

Fisher, R, Smith, J, Sidhu, M, Parkinson, S & Alderwick, H 2021, 'NHS reform: Five key questions about the future of primary care networks in England', The Health Foundation. <https://www.health.org.uk/publications/long-reads/nhs-reform>

Commissioned report

Sidhu, M, Litchfield, I, Miller, R, Fulop, N, Janta, B, Tanner, J-R, Maistrello , G, Bousfield, J, Vindrola-Padros, C & Sussex, J 2022, The use of pulse oximetry in care homes to manage residents with COVID-19 and long-term health conditions in England: a rapid evaluation.

Smith, J, Parkinson, S, Harshfield, A & Sidhu, M 2020, Early evidence of the development of primary care networks in England: a rapid evaluation study. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr-tr-129678

Editorial

Smith, J, Checkland , K, Sidhu, M, Hammond , J & Parkinson, S 2021, 'Primary care networks: are they fit for the future?', British Journal of General Practice , vol. 71, no. 704, pp. 106-107. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp21X714665

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