Call 09/1006: NHS responses to financial pressures
The NHS is facing severe funding constraints following years of substantial resource growth, which provides an enormous challenge to health care organisations and staff. The scale of the problem is worsened by increasing demand, due to an ageing population with higher incidence of chronic disease, technological advances and rising costs.
For many NHS managers the period ahead will be the first time they experience financial 'austerity'. The SDO programme wishes to commission primary research that can report quickly, and provide useful and timely results.
The SDO is particularly interested in proposals for research into the following broad headings:
- variations in clinical practice including disinvestment and more effective use of interventions
- use of the NHS workforce
- service reconfiguration and redesign
- financial management in the NHS.
Commissioning brief
09/1006: NHS responses to financial pressures (pdf, 52.4kb)
N.B. Applicants must take care to provide thorough, realistic and accurate details concerning the costing and duration of their proposed project. The SDO programme will only grant extensions to funded projects in exceptional circumstances.
Deadline
The process of commissioning will be in two stages and applicants should submit outline proposals via the SDO website by 1pm on Wednesday 23 December 2009. No late proposals will be considered. No paper-based only submissions will be considered.
Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their outline application by end of February 2010.
Apply for the above topic
The outline proposal web form is available here.
Call specific questions
Our frequently asked questions provide advice and guidance based on previous queries we have received. You may find this helpful in preparing your proposal.
Queries and problems
If you have a query, please contact: SDO Commissioning Team, Alpha House, Enterprise Road, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS.
Telephone: 023 8059 5586 Fax No: 023 8059 5639, Email:sdo@southampton.ac.uk
