Themes

IHPO is built around three broad themes of research.

Each theme builds on established strengths in terms of substantial and sustained grant income, extensive and highly-cited publications, strong impact, and each is led by world-renowned researchers in the sub-field.

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Organisation and workforce

Focusing on health and care policy and its impact upon service organisation and the health and care workforce.
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Governance, leadership
and regulation

This theme examines how health and social care is led and governed.
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Health and care in
the wider context

We focus on how health and care policy are impacted by the wider social, political and economic contexts.
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Cross-cutting themes

Our four cross-cutting activities support and strengthen IHPO's three core themes..