Grants
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Professor Hilary Thomas | 01 May 2013
The phrase ‘getting back to normal’, often used to describe recovery from an illness or injury, carries with it social expectations that people will recover and that recovery will be a relatively straightforward process. Surprisingly litt ...
Dr Polly Vizard | Social Policy | 01 April 2013
This project examines the treatment of older people in healthcare through the deeper exploitation of the adult inpatient survey (a major data resource deposited at the uk data archive). The project will result in a new set of patient-level, nationall ...
Professor John Wildman | Economics | 01 February 2013
This project will investigate socioeconomic inequalities in oral health in england using the adult dental health survey. There is a lack of detailed research into inequalities in oral health and this is a concern because oral health matters: poor ora ...
Dr Henry Rothstein | Public Governance | 28 January 2013
‘risk-based’ approaches to governance are increasingly internationally promoted as universally applicable foundations for improving the quality, efficiency, and rationality of governance across policy domains. Premised on the idea that go ...
Professor Li Zhaoping | 01 January 2013
This project is to study a property of visual attention called 'saliency', which means the strength of a given location in the visual field to attract attention. The project aims to investigate how visual salience dynamically affects attentional and ...
Professor Peter Lloyd-Sherlock | Social Policy | 01 January 2013
There is an urgent need to identify policies that are effective in promoting the health, economic security and quality of life of older people in poorer countries. The world health organisation sage surveys look at these issues in china, ghana, india ...
Dr David Gurnham | Socio Legal Studies | 03 December 2012
Should a person that passes on an infection such as hiv/aids or herpes or causes a child to inherit a genetic disease be treated as a criminal, in the same way as someone that injures another?
for many people the criminal law might appear to be an ap ...
Professor Carol Propper | Economics | 01 December 2012
The aim of the fellowship is to bring about a step change in our understanding of the operation of market forces in health care markets and to advance our understanding of the economics of health care production. Greater use of market mechanisms in h ...
Dr Julius Mugwagwa | Area & Development Studies | 23 November 2012
This project focuses on two countries in africa (south africa and zimbabwe), and is being conducted by a researcher based in the uk who has current and on-going links with the study countries. The research targets two global health funders, the gates ...
Professor John Storey | 08 November 2012
The point of departure for this knowledge exchange project is the extent to which the ‘john lewis model’ has come to be advocated as a possible ‘answer’ to failures in the prevailing model of what is increasingly termed ...
Outputs
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William Fear | 14 May 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Working paper
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William Fear | 14 May 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Journal article
The building and transformation of institutions is contested in the literature with consideration typically given to the structure-agency paradox from a sociological perspective. In this paper we present a dual case study of global institution buildi ...
William Fear | 14 May 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Other publication/report
High reliability organisations (hros) operate in high risk, high hazard environments and have high levels of performance together with high levels of safety [1,2]. Over the past 20 years the research into hros has progressed from the investigation of ...
William Fear | 14 May 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Journal article
Narrative is one of the means by which professional occupations, groups, can bring about institutional change, including the construction of institutions as cultural objects which engender values, beliefs and subsequent behaviour, through collective ...
William Fear | 14 May 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Journal article
Stories are ubiquitous in organizations and play an important role in all aspects of organizing. Patient stories have come to prominence in healthcare in a number of different forms. In wales they have been used as one element of a large scale organi ...
William Fear | 14 May 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Organised event
Patient stories are increasing being used in healthcare as a learning tool
for both clinicians and health services. In this paper we consider the
process whereby the social artefact, the patient story, is appropriated
through the processes of transla ...
William Fear | 14 May 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Seminar/workshop
Pathways to work (c. 2006-2009) was a uk government program intended to reduce the number of people claiming welfare benefit due to poor health. The underpinning principle of the program was that most people in receipt of the benefit (incapacity bene ...
William Fear | 14 May 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Other publication/report
Health care systems are complex. They require disparate organisations, professional
disciplines, and advanced technologies to work together. Decisions have to be made
quickly, often in the absence of adequate information. Errors can have disastrous, ...
Clare Payne | 14 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Degree/other honour
Clare payne was awarded her phd through her work on products for patients with dysphagia which was sponsored by mappmal.
Charlotte Paddison | 09 May 2013 | Psychology | Journal article
Peer-reviewed publication prepared and submitted during fellowship term, published in the new zealand journal of psychology, 2010. This study aimed to examine the relationships between illness perceptions and illness-related distress among people wit ...
Case Studies
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Case Study | 01 March 2013 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Five datasets hosted by the economic and social data underpin the research evidence which uk and scottish governments are using for plans to reduce alcohol misuse.
Case Study | 02 November 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Researchers at loughborough university have shown that self-help sleep management, based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt), can improve sleep quality and duration. The research team are now delivering cbt training for insomnia t ...
Case Study | 24 September 2012 | Academic, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
Researchers from the centre for economic performance and the spatial economics research centre analysed the impact of reforms in health care, where private hospitals could compete with nhs hospitals on publicly funded care. Their findings were cited ...
Case Study | 13 September 2011 | Academic, Further education, Policymakers, Public sector
A new tool assessing the quality of team-related behaviours of the core members of an operating theatre team has been mandated for national use by the national patient safety agency and implemented in several other countries.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Voluntary sector
A knowledge transfer partnership enabled the charity breast cancer care to plan services for groups of people with breast cancer who have traditionally been under-served.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Academic, Business, General public, Press/media, Public sector
More efficient scheduling led to estimated cost savings of over £400,000 a year at the manchester royal infirmary by enabling 700 extra operations to be performed each year, reducing cancellations and over-runs.
Features
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Feature | 23 May 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
People with dementia can still make decisions in their everyday lives, and with support from partners can continue to do so as their condition advances, research from the esrc suggests.
Feature | 10 May 2013 | General public, Press/media, Public sector
Despite more women than men studying at uk medical schools, women are far less likely than male colleagues to pursue a career in surgery. Esrc-funded researchers have partnered with rcs and surgical society scalpel to encourage women to become surgeo ...
Feature | 03 May 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
Building on waves 1 and 2 of the main understanding society survey, the first release of health assessment data is now available.
Feature | 15 March 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Schools
A house of lords inquiry examining the pressures facing the health service drew heavily on research evidence from the esrc-supported institute for fiscal studies.
Feature | 21 February 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
The dispensing of mood-altering drugs to older people in northern ireland increase after they move into care homes, according to research at the centre of excellence for public health northern ireland, co-funded by the esrc.
Feature | 06 November 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
As the us presidential election day has arrived, the esrc centre for economic performance (cep)'s series of us election analyses offers insights into key election issues.
Feature | 12 July 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Schools
The government's white paper on care and support, published wednesday, presents a number of 'key actions' to meet care needs for the elderly over the next decade. The esrc-supported institute for fiscal studies has examined different scenarios for th ...
Feature | 21 March 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
Professor carol propper: research evidence suggests that more competition and patient choice has the power to improve outcomes for patients.
Feature | 21 March 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
Professor carol propper of the esrc centre for market and public organisation assesses the impact of competition between suppliers on the healthcare system
Feature | 22 February 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Taxing unhealthy foods in a bid to persuade people to eat a better diet would be an ineffective way of tackling obesity. A study of inequalities in diet and health concludes that a so-called 'fat tax' would hit the poor hardest while failing to produ ...
Press Releases
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Press Release | 21 January 2013 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
The internet offers users a cost-effective way of accessing information and advice on any health problem, 24-hours a day. A group of social scientists has taken advantage of this by developing software which enables other researchers to easily create ...
Press Release | 14 January 2013 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Voluntary sector
With reports of abuse in care settings rising, it has never been more vital that staff are trained to provide the highest standards of care to vulnerable people. For this reason cornwall council enlisted the help of esrc-funded researchers from plymo ...
Press Release | 07 December 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Voluntary sector
The health benefits of 'water clubs' in care homes for the elderly owe as least as much to the social nature of the activity as to the value of drinking water itself, an investigation by psychologists and funded by the economic and social research co ...
Press Release | 17 August 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Insomnia sufferers in england could have greater access to successful treatment, thanks to a training programme developed as part of trials of cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (cbti), funded by the economic and social research council (esrc). ...
Press Release | 03 February 2012 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Voluntary sector
Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and sometimes the health care they are given makes things worse
Press Release | 04 January 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Schools, Voluntary sector
Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits but while you are more likely to do something if you plan it in advance according to research funded by the economic and social research council (esrc)
Press Release | 31 October 2011 | Academic, Higher education, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Schools, Voluntary sector
Academics and campaigners are calling on the government to reconsider its proposed changes in providing support for children with special needs.
Press Release | 21 October 2011 | Academic, Higher education, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools, Voluntary sector
The benefits of virtual worlds can be used to help autistic children develop social skills beyond their anticipatedlevels, suggest early findings from new research funded by the economic and social research council (esrc).
Press Release | 18 October 2011 | Academic, Business, General public, Press/media
Vampires on the true blood television series are already enjoying the advantages of synthetic blood. While this may seem to be only the imagination on the big screen, the true benefits of blood manufactured from embryonic stem cells may be less than ...
