Centre for Health and Social Care Research
The Centre for Health and Social Care Research applies leading research and new technologies to help prevent long term health and social care problems.
The Centre is advancing the treatment, rehabilitation and self-care of people who are particularly at-risk. Work focuses on a range of long term conditions, including stroke, cardio-vascular disease, cancers, learning disabilities, mental health and muscular skeletal conditions.
Establishing a world class reputation for research in this important area, this ambitious centre has developed significantly over the past five years. In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise which rates the quality of research, the Centre's high scores enabled the University to attract an additional £1m funding for research in nursing and allied professions alone.
The work of the Centre is grouped under three core themes
- inequality, inclusion and public health - examining the reasons why people or groups are disadvantaged in relation to health, and the causes of social determinants of health
- professional development, technology and translating research into practice - developing interventions and models of care to help professionals, practitioners and carers improve the health status of patients
- commissioning, service delivery and organisation - optimising service delivery through intelligent commissioning or service configuration, and re-designing services and clinical pathways to best meet the demand and clinical need of users
The patient is at the heart of the Centre's work. With an established user involvement strategy and a dedicated development worker for research, education and curriculum, the Centre is able to deliver projects which meet the needs of patients, users and carers.
The Centre works closely with other areas of expertise across the University, sharing diverse knowledge to generate innovative ideas. The Lab4Living group is a prime example, drawing upon the University's design and health experts to develop future living environments for people of all ages and abilities.
The Centre also collaborates extensively with industry, providers of health and social care services, and academics working in other institutions both in the UK and internationally.
In addition to research and development, the Centre offers a range of research training from individual modules to MPhil and PhD study.
The Professional Doctorate programme, revalidated in 2009, offers part-time study to professionals from a diverse background of health and social care disciplines. A research masters course, MRes Health and Society is also being launched in 2010.
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