Evidence into Practice
A programme to help research teams bridge the gap from academic research findings, to actionable information for people practising in the field
Programmes Our programmes test out new ideas for improving the quality of health care and fund research
Our aim is to take the best ideas and encourage uptake throughout the NHS, and publish research findings that will be useful to both policy and practice.
Engaging with Quality in Primary Care
This programme ran between 2007 and 2011, and offered funding for nine projects aiming to help primary care clinicians increase their capacity, capability and responsibility for clinical quality impro...
Developing Patient Safety in Primary Care
This programme worked to build expertise, experience and knowledge about patient safety in general practices and boards in NHS Tayside and NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. It ran between 2010 and 201...
MAGIC: Shared decision making
This programme ran in two phases, from 2010 to 2013, at sites across Newcastle and Cardiff. It involved working on ways of encouraging shared decision making and spreading learning across the health c...
Insight Research Programme 2017
This £1.6 million programme is funding five projects that will research the development and use of data as a mechanism for improving health care quality. It is closed for applications.
Innovation to Improve Outpatient Clinic Efficiency
This project by a team at Royal Bolton Hospital ran from 2010 to 2011. It aimed find out where in their outpatient clinic processes there was waste, and work out how to eliminate it.
Co-creating Health
This programme ran between 2007 and 2012 and involved eight projects that aimed to embed self-management support within mainstream health services across the UK. It is now closed for application.
Closing the Gap through Clinical Communities
This programme supported 11 projects from across the UK that worked to improve the quality and safety of care in a different clinical area. It is now closed for application.
Closing the Gap through Changing Relationships
This programme ran in 2011/13 and offered £400,000 to seven teams working on projects that aimed to change the relationship between people and health services. It is now closed for application.
Closing the Gap in Patient Safety
This programme ran from 2014 to 2017, and offered funding for projects to implement and evaluate tested, evidence-based patient safety interventions at scale in health and social care. It is now close...
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