Programmes Our programmes test out new ideas for improving the quality of health care and fund research
Our aim is to take the best ideas and encourage uptake throughout the NHS, and publish research findings that will be useful to both policy and practice.
Shaping Health Futures
A programme to support health and social care policymakers to prepare better for the future.
Insight Research Programme 2019
This £1.6m programme will fund projects that research the development and use of data as a mechanism for improving health care quality. Applications open in April 2019.
Hospital Pathways
Five trusts took part in this programme during 2010/11. It aimed to achieve a breakthrough in patient and family experience, focusing on developing patient-centred care alongside strong staff engageme...
Flow Cost Quality
This programme started in 2010 and looked at the emerging relationship between poorly managed patient flow through a hospital and the wider health care system, and the outcomes of care.
Star: A tool for commissioners
Star – socio-technical allocation of resources – is a tool for commissioners.
Insight Research Programme 2014
This programme ran between 2014 and 2018 and offered five projects funding of between £250,000 and £500,000 for original research on informatics in health improvement. It closed for applications.
Taking action on the social determinants of health
A grant programme for UK Public Health Network organisations to work with partners from outside of public health to take action on the social determinants.
Translating improvement skills from training to implementation
This programme funded original research into identifying the barriers and facilitators for translating acquired improvement skills into frontline practice. It is closed for applications.
The Social and Economic Value of Health
Our programme exploring the impact of health on the social and economic outcomes of individuals and populations through funding original research.
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