Community and Health Research Unit
High quality research for quality improvement in health and social care
Members of CaHRU, Dr Coral Sirdifield, Ana Godoy and Prof Niro Siriwardena attended the annual conference of the European Forum for Primary Care (EFPC), ‘Integrated primary care: research, policy and practice’, at the Tobacco Museum in Amsterdam from 30 August Continue reading CaHRU presents at European Forum for Primary Care Conference in Amsterdam
A new paper entitled ‘Using a narrative approach to enhance clinical care for patients with asthma‘ has been published online in the journal Chest. The paper was authored by Dr Helen Owton, previously of De Montfort University and now a Continue reading Discussion paper on improving care for people with asthma through patient stories published in Chest
Teams from the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL) and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna have recently published a paper in the WHO Bulletin, ‘Assessing the the potential for improvement of primary care in 34 countries: a cross-sectional survey (Schäfer Continue reading EU: FP7 QUALICOPC study shows potential for improving primary care in 34 countries
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)