Improvement Science was a dedicated theme within a previous NIHR ARC funding period. While it is not part of the current funded theme structure, the expertise developed through this work continues to support research, implementation and service improvement activities across Yorkshire and Humber. The team’s interests include digital innovations and medical devices, improvement outcomes measurement, de-implementation of low-value practices, optimising audit and feedback, and using positive deviance approaches to improve the quality of health and care services.
There is a workforce crisis in health and social care in the UK, with rising levels of anxiety, exhaustion, stress and burnout among staff: NHS staff are, for example, 50%...
This project was funded by the Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre and is led by a GP respiratory lead, with support from the Improvement Science theme. Children...
Naso-gastric (NG) tubes (a tube passed down a person’s nostril into the oesophagus then stomach) provide feeds/medicines to patients if they cannot swallow/take fluids by mouth, or need intensive care/surgery....