Community and Health Research Unit
High quality research for quality improvement in health and social care
Funded by the European Commission, awarding €62,000. Key contact: Coral Sirdifield. The QUALICOPC study crosses over 30 European countries and aims to investigate which aspects of the structure and organisation of primary care are the most important in promoting service quality Continue reading Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (QUALICOPC)
A new study investigating how computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) can be enhanced through the use of social networking platforms was published in the British Journal of General Practice in December 2012. This qualitative study, funded by the EPSRC and Continue reading Online communities and social networking platforms for computerised therapies
A new systematic review of the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is published in the Annals of Family Medicine today. The QOF, a controversial program of financial incentives and information technology to promote structured and team-based care, is the most comprehensive Continue reading Pay-for-performance with caution: new systematic review published in Annals of Family Medicine
A new study has been published on organisational factors associated with practice success in the annual seasonal influenza vaccination programme in BMJ Open, the new open access journal from the BMJ. The study entitled ‘Strategies to increase influenza vaccination Continue reading Strategies to increase influenza vaccination rates in general practice features in annual Chief Medical Officer’s guidance
The Resources for Effective Sleep Treatment (REST) project, led by Prof Niro Siriwardena, was featured on “Tonight” the flagship ITV1 documentary programme, the highest rating current affairs series on UK television for the past decade. In the programme “Waking up to Continue reading REST project featured on ITN Tonight documentary on insomnia