New research published by the SDO programme
27 January 2010
News release from NETSCC, SDO
The start of 2010 has seen the publication of reports from five projects funded by the National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation (NIHR SDO) programme.
The REFER Project - Realistic Effective Facilitation of Elective Referral: an assessment of the current use of referral tools for referral from primary to secondary care for elective surgical assessment & design of new tools (08/1310/072)
The project team led by Dr Jan van der Meulen carried out research to improve the process of referral from primary to secondary care for patients with non-urgent conditions who may benefit from surgical treatment. General practitioners have to respond to two potentially conflicting policy developments: the growing emphasis on managing demand for specialist services and the increasing political pressure to allow patients choice. To view the full project details please click here.
In-patient alternatives to traditional in-patient care (08/1304/075)
Dr Mike Slade, Professor Sonia Johnson and their team investigated facilities that provide residential care but in an environment that is an alternative to traditional acute wards. This report also looked into how alternative facilities fit into local networks of mental health services and to what purpose they are seen as serving by key staff and by local user and carer groups. To view the full project details please click here.
Mobility of health professionals in Europe PROFMOBILITY - UK case study (08/1619/134)
Researchers from King's College London looked at the nature and quality of existing evidence and scoped the main issues around two key aspects of health professional mobility/migration: within-UK mobility and related competition for health professional labour; and mobility to and from the different UK countries and Europe (including EU/EEA and Wider European countries). The overall intention of this study was to identify any key gaps in knowledge and note potential topics for future research relevant to the SDO programme and Scottish Executive. For further details on this project, please click here.
The role and effectiveness of public-private partnerships (NHS LIFT) in the development of enhanced primary care premises and services (08/1618/156)
Professor Matthias Beck and his team developed a study looking into appropriate measures of success in LIFT procurement and performance. These measures were applied in the identification of key cultural and behavioural contributory factors. This framework was used for making recommendations with regard to Best Practice in LIFT procurement, monitoring and governance. To view the full project details please click here.
Synthesis and conceptual analysis of the SDO programme's research on continuity of care (08/1813/248)
Health and social care services have known for many years that gaps exist and that they often make life more difficult for people who need their help. There have been many attempts to organise and deliver services so that the gaps are closed or as small as possible, but there are still problems. The project team led by Professor Gillian Parker conducted a synthesis and conceptual analysis of the SDO programme's research looking into continuity of care to attempt to understand what experience of continuity of care different sorts of people have and why, and what effect it has on them. To view the full project details please click here.
