Research projects

IHPO members are involved in many past and current projects with a great impact at a regional and national level of health policy-making and organisation.

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Skill mix in primary care

This three-year project will investigate the scale, scope and impact of changes to the skill mix in primary care.
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QOF

We examine the changes to the Quality Outcomes Framework and evaluate the Quality Improvement Incentive Scheme.
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CLAHRC and ARC

The organisation of health and care is undergoing major transformation at local, regional and national level.
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DECIDE

Examining the role of evidence in decisions to introduce innovations.
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Community pharmacies

Investigating the organisational factors associated with variation in clinical productivity in community pharmacies: a mixed-methods study. 
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North-South divide

We examine the role of the 2008-09 recession and of the subsequent policy response on regional disparities in mortality in England.
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Primary care networks

This project will explore the architecture being put in place to commission and contract for primary care services at neighbourhood level. 
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Provider ratings

The effects of the Care Quality Commission's new inspection and rating system on provider performance.
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RESPECT-21

Reorganising specialist cancer surgery for the 21st century: a mixed methods evaluation.
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The Vanguard
Programme evaluation

Investigating the effects of the Vanguard programme on the NHS, including its local organisations, wider partnerships and service users.
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The use of locum doctors in the NHS

Our research will find out where locum doctors work in the NHS in England, what kinds of work they do, and how the use of locum doctors is organised.