We provide evidence to inform policy on health and social care systems and commissioning to maximise outcomes for service users

Featured projects

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Commissioning & service delivery

The Place Project: Delivering integrated neighbourhood services – understanding commissioning and service design within places

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System design, governance & accountability

Provider Collaboratives: What are the purposes and aims of provider collaboratives?

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Workforce

The GP Worklife Survey: Providing an up to date picture of GPs’ feelings about their working lives

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Latest outputs

Blogs
September 2024

The National GP Worklife Survey returns

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Reports
November 2023

Financially Incentivising Quality Improvement Activity in Primary Care – Literature Review

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Reports
August 2023

User research into referrals to expert work and health services: Final Report of Phase 2 research

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Journal publications
February 2023

Developing architecture of system management in the English NHS: evidence from a qualitative study of three Integrated Care Systems

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Reports
January 2023

Community Nursing Services in England

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Journal publications
December 2022

Effects of chain ownership and private equity financing on quality in the English care home sector: retrospective observational study

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Reports
October 2022

PRUComm Research Review 2021/22

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Journal publications
September 2022

Evaluation of the introduction of QOF quality improvement modules in English general practice: early findings from a rapid, qualitative exploration of implementation

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Reports
July 2022

The Developing Architecture of System Management: Integrated Care Systems and Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships

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Reports
April 2022

Eleventh National GP Worklife Survey 2021

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Reports
December 2021

Telephone survey two – short report: PCNs and COVID-19

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Reports
November 2021

Research note exploring the potential role of provider collaboratives

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Reports
November 2021

Measuring unmet health and care needs among older people using existing data

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Reports
November 2021

Health and Care Bill 2021 briefing – General Practice commissioning

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Reports
October 2021

Health and Care Bill commentaries: Governance of Integrated Care Boards and Integrated Care Partnerships

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