Funding, news and events for May 2020

Blogs and long reads

Returning NHS waiting times to 18 weeks for routine treatment

As the NHS looks to fully restart services, our new analysis (undertaken before the COVID-19 outbreak) sets out the scale of the challenge for the NHS in England to meet the 18-week waiting time target for routine procedures. Read more

Events

HSR UK 2020 conference

The Health Foundation is supporting the HSR UK 2020 annual conference on 1-3 July 2020, which is now taking place online. Health Foundation speakers are presenting throughout the event in the form of pre-recorded sessions and live plenary panels. The conference will promote and support applied health and care research across the UK and is free to attend. About our sessions | Register now 

Funding

THIS Institute COVID-19 fellowship opportunity 

THIS Institute is launching a series of new fellowships that will deliver much-needed research to support the response to the COVID-19 crisis. The first of the new fellowships will focus on capturing the experiences of people who have been critically ill with COVID-19 and been cared for in an ICU, as well as the experiences of families of survivors and non-survivors. Applicants should be experienced and skilled qualitative researchers. Applications close midday, 9 June 2020. Find out more 

COVID-19 research programme

The Health Foundation is launching a new research open call focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on service improvement in the health and social care system, and on health inequalities. We are looking to award between £100 – £200k per project for a duration of up to 12 months (including set up time). 

Applications open on Thursday 4 June 2020 – please check the Health Foundation website for more information then.  

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