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Roundtable discussion: How do we use management knowledge in managing health care?

Date: 15/3/2012

Book your place on this Oxford University and King’s College London event on 22 May in Oxford. more

Read about the latest NIHR SDO-funded research

Date: 14/3/2012

Project teams funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) SDO programme regularly publish journal articles, reports and other publications based on their research. more

NIHR Research Capability Funding

Date: 9/3/2012

From April 2012, NIHR Research Capability Funding will replace Flexibility and Sustainability Funding. more

NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship Scheme

Date: 8/3/2012

The NIHR TCC has announced its Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship Scheme. more

Join the Health Services and Delivery Research programme Board or Panel

Date: 8/3/2012

The NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme are seeking academic and/or clinical Board and Panel members with expertise in health services and delivery research. more

Webinar on technology adoption in urgent and emergency care

Date: 9/2/2012

Find out about our recent ASN and SDO Network webinar on technology adoption and download the presentation. more

Presentations from our improving dignity in care for older people in hospital seminar

Date: 23/1/2012

Find out more and download the presentations from our recent seminar on dignity in care. more

Birthplace in England research programme

Date: 14/12/2011

Read this summary of the extraordinary Birthplace in England research programme. more

Research digest on new service models in mental health: emerging lessons

Date: 8/12/2011

The second issue in our research digest series looks at new service models in mental health. more

NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme update

Date: 8/12/2011

Find out more and become involved with the HS&DR Programme which launches in January 2012. more

NIHR SDO-funded research in the Health Policy Digest newsletter

Date: 6/12/2011

Read about NIHR SDO-funded research in the Health Policy Digest. more

Webinar on mental health self care: responding to the evidence

Date: 26/10/2011

Find out about this SDO Network and Mental Health Network lunchtime webinar which focussed on mental health self care. more

Webinar on realist evaluation in health services research

Date: 25/10/2011

View details of our recent webinar which featured Professor Trisha Greenhalgh looking at realist evaluation in HSR. more

Health Foundation Shared Purpose programme

Date: 18/10/2011

Call for NHS organisations to take part in a programme to demonstrate how corporate support services can improve the quality of patient care. more

European Research Area - public consultation

Date: 6/10/2011

The European Commission needs your views to help define the research landscape in Europe. more

HS&DR Programme

NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme - further information

Date: 19/9/2011

The Health Services Research (HSR) programme and the Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) programme will merge in January 2012 to create a new Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) programme. more

View the reports

September update of NIHR SDO-funded research projects

Date: 8/9/2011

Find out about projects which have recently published their final reports. more

Staff group

NHS staff management and health service quality research

Date: 2/9/2011

Independent researchers at Aston Business School have produced a report based on the wealth of data contained in NHS staff survey results. more

Innovation

SDO Network and HSRN feed into NHS Innovation Review

Date: 2/9/2011

The Research Networks have contributed to the NHS Confederation's response to the NHS Innovation Review. more

The Health Foundation

Health Foundation evaluation tender - Safer clinical systems programme

Date: 22/8/2011

Find out about the Health Foundation's latest invitation to tender. more

people networking

Latest update from the chief executives forums

Date: 19/8/2011

Bookings are now open for the autumn meetings of the SDO Network Chief Executives’ Forums on 6 October in London and 19 October in Leeds. more

Globe

Research maps- helping you make the right connections

Date: 19/8/2011

Pinpoint key stakeholders and partners in the NHS’ innovation and health services research arena with the help of this Google maps series from the SDO Network and HSRN. more

Integration or fragmentation? Looking at the evidence and making sense of the reforms

Date: 17/8/2011

This seminar will bring together key research evidence and experiential learning from the NHS and its partners to show the important characteristics and enablers that drive effective integrated working. more

Health Foundation

Changing role of medical professionalism - Health Foundation invitation to tender

Date: 5/8/2011

The Health Foundation is looking for a provider to run a major exercise engaging a range of audiences about medical professionalism, build consensus about key issues and a commitment to action. more

Research folder

What research do you need to deliver effective services to patients?

Date: 3/8/2011

Do you have an idea for a good topic for future health services research? The NIHR Health Service and Delivery Research Programme wants to fund research to fill important evidence gaps. more

Self care week 2011

Self Care week 2011 from 14-20 November

Date: 29/7/2011

Following the success of previous years, Self Care Week 2011 will take place from 14-20 November. more

Event delegates

Presentations from moving care closer to home for children and young people seminar

Date: 28/7/2011

This learning seminar explored new research and experiential evidence on how to develop care closer to home and the impact it has on children, families and services providing care . more

EU flag

FP7 Health 2012 - calls for proposals now published

Date: 21/7/2011

Find out about the two calls for proposals which are now open under the health theme. more

Professor Dame Sally Davies' speech at NHS Confederation annual conference

Date: 15/7/2011

Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, underlined the integral role to be played by medical research in the cost-effective delivery of health services in her keynote address at our recent conference. more

World map

Health partnership scheme announced by THET

Date: 11/7/2011

THET have been awarded the contract for a major new programme to help develop the skills of health workers in some of the world’s poorest countries. more

Evidence

Spreading innovation in the NHS: call for evidence and ideas

Date: 5/7/2011

A call for ideas and evidence on how the adoption and spread of innovation can be accelerated throughout the NHS has been issued by the Department of Health. more

Research digest

New Research Digest on support workforce in the NHS- complete our survey

Date: 22/6/2011

Read the first edition of our research digest which focuses on recent research on support workers in health. more

SDO Network annual review

SDO Network annual review for 2010-11

Date: 21/6/2011

We are pleased to announce that our latest annual review has been published. more

Reports

June update of NIHR SDO-funded research projects

Date: 20/6/2011

Find out about projects which have recently published their final reports. more

People meeting

HSR in the Government’s policy statement response to the Future Forum

Date: 15/6/2011

On 14 June, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Andrew Lansley announced their acceptance of the core recommendations in yesterday's NHS Future Forum report. more

Evidence text

Read more about our SDO HSRN conference

Date: 13/6/2011

Scientific Advisor at NETSCC, Tara Lamont writes about our June conference in her blog entries. more

Delegates

HSRN SDO Network annual conference on 7-8 June

Date: 10/6/2011

Find out about our annual conference 'Delivering better health services'. more

People

PPI database launched for Yorkshire and the Humber region

Date: 30/5/2011

Find out more about this database which has been launched on the Research Design Service for Yorkshire and the Humber website. more

delegate taking notes

Webinar: Re-evaluating the role of the Health Care Assistant in dementia care

Date: 7/4/2011

Book your place on our latest SDO Network lunchtime webinar on 13th May. more

Research project on knowledge mobilization and contemporary managerial work of top NHS managers

Date: 1/4/2011

On 1st March 2011 Warwick Business and Medical Schools launched a new research project funded by the NIHR SDO programme. more

Evidence Adoption Centre and SDO Network critical appraisal workshops

Date: 23/3/2011

Find out about the 2011 critical appraisal workshops in Cambridge. more

Announcement of NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme

Date: 21/3/2011

Professor Dame Sally C Davies announced the new NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme in March 2011. more

NIHR SDO funded research in March 2011

Date: 18/3/2011

Project teams funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) SDO programme regularly publish journal articles, reports and other publications based on their research. more

Study shows critical care paramedics can save more lives and cut costs

Date: 15/3/2011

A study of specially trained paramedics at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust reveals they save lives and do so at lower cost than the alternatives. more

Command Paper "Liberating the NHS: Legislative framework and next steps"

Date: 20/12/2010

The Government published its response to the consultation on the implementation of the NHS White Paper in the form of a Command Paper "Liberating the NHS: Legislative framework and next steps”. more

NIHR SDO-funded research in November 2010

Date: 26/11/2010

Health research update from the NIHR SDO Programme in 2010. more

Research supports better management for better outcomes

Date: 28/10/2010

A HSJ article points out the strong association between high quality management and patient outcomes in UK hospitals, as claimed by the management consultancy McKinsey. more

Being a good research partner: the virtues and rewards

Date: 18/10/2010

The Health Services Research Network published a briefing in collaboration with the SDO Network. more

News from the Greater Manchester CLAHRC

Date: 14/10/2010

Read about updates from the CLAHRC with links to the articles. more

Call for NIHR SDO Referees

Date: 2/9/2010

NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme - call for referees. more

NIHR SDO funded research from August 2010

Date: 31/8/2010

Project teams funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) SDO programme regularly publish journal articles, reports and other publications based on their research. more

SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed health policy-making

Date: 27/7/2010

Health research publications and resource tools of interest to NHS policy makers. more

White paper - briefing for members

Date: 14/7/2010

Visit the NHS Confederaton latest news pages to access the member briefing on the white paper and below for information for SDO Network members. more

SDO project - the contribution of healthcare assistants

Date: 2/7/2010

Read articles in the Nursing Times and Nursing Standard which highlight an SDO project’s emerging findings into the nature and consequences of support workers in a hospital setting more

NHS Confederation Annual Conference 2010

Date: 1/7/2010

Find out more about SDO Network sessions at this conference in 2010. more

All Together Better Health conference - SDO Research

Date: 30/6/2010

SDO interprofessional working research presented at the 5th 'All Together Better Health' conference in Sydney. more

SDO Network annual review

Date: 30/6/2010

Read the annual review summary for the SDO Network for 2009-10. more

Urgent and Emergency care at 'Delivering better health services'

Date: 16/6/2010

A summary of research presented at the HSRN SDO annual conference in June 2010 concerning urgent and emergency care. more

NIHR SDO Programme research from June 2010

Date: 15/6/2010

View details of articles and publications from the NIHR SDO Programme in 2010. more

NIHR SDO Programme research from March 2010

Date: 19/3/2010

View details of articles and publications from the NIHR SDO Programme in 2010. more

Health Innovation and Education Clusters

Date: 22/12/2009

HIECs work to bring education, research, service and innovation together to ensure effective and timely implementation of new developments in health through effective and responsive education and adoption. more

King's Fund and MiP annual conferences

Date: 9/12/2009

The SDO Network held sessions at both the Kings' Fund annual conference and the MiP annual conference last month. more

The year of care programme: evidence and experience

Date: 1/10/2009

The third in the series of HSRN breakfast seminars held in partnership with the Nuffield Trust looked at the year of care programme. more

Follow us on Twitter

The SDO Network is on Twitter!

Date: 24/8/2009

We are on Twitter and invite you to follow us for our latest updates! more

Ambulance

Urgent attention for non-emergency care

Date: 13/8/2009

HSJ article about urgent attention for non emergency care. Suzanne Mason, an SDO Researcher from SCHARR at the University of Sheffield is quoted. more

Conference session in Second Life

NHS Confederation Annual Conference 2009

Date: 12/6/2009

Over 1800 delegates attended the NHS Confederation annual conference and exhibition in Liverpool earlier this month and the SDO Network hosted three sessions. more

The New Innovation Landscape- Spring Meeting

Date: 20/5/2009

This meeting explored the post Darzi NHS innovation landscape and showcased the work and approach of the South Yorkshire CLAHRC, and saw the launch of the new HSRN briefing. more

Embracing healthcare technology and innovation

Date: 11/2/2009

The Embracing healthcare technology and innovation conference took place in London in February 2009 and was organised by the SDO Network and the NHS Technology Adoption Centre. more

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