Healthcare workforce, organisation & service delivery
Healthcare workforce, organisation and service delivery is a programme of work contributes to the understanding of health care systems at national, regional and global levels, particularly with regard to equity, access to care and workforce issues. Within this the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU)’s major policy research programme for the Department of Health examines how the organisation of the nursing workforce impacts upon service delivery and organisation within the NHS and beyond.
Programme leads: Professor Jill Maben & Dr Susan F Murray
Current Projects
Evaluating a major innovation in hospital design: workforce implications and impact on patient and staff experiences of all single room hospital accommodation.
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What is the effectiveness, appropriateness, meaningfulness and feasibility of demand side financing (DSF) measures that aim to increase maternal health service utilisation and outcomes with particular reference to rural, poor and socially excluded women.
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Recently Completed Projects
India's challenge in a globalising healthcare economy: social science directions.