Research
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Funding/Grants awarded:
Investigating variation in pay in Adult Social Care.
Funding Body: NIHR PRP
Dates: May 2023-September 2024
Greater Manchester Rapid Service Evaluation Team: REVAL-GM
Funding Body: NIHR HS&DR
Dates: August 2022-July 2027
Incorporating the gains from healthy ageing in health system planning
Funding Body: Australian Research Council (Discovery Projects)
Dates: April 2022-March 2025
Screening in Guatemala: Costing Study
Funding Body: Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections (GAFFI)
Dates: May 2021-October 2021
UK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Health and Work
Funding Body: MRC
Dates: October 2021-December 2024
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester
Funding Body: NIHR
Dates: October 2019-September 2024
Evaluation of the Tameside and Glossop Greater Manchester Transformation funded schemes
Funding Body: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Dates: December 2018-November 2020
Evaluating the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP)
Funding Body: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
Dates: April 2017-March 2021
Collaboration for leadership in Applied Health Research and Care
Funding Body: NIHR
Dates: January 2014-September 2019
An evaluation of a new water fluoridation scheme in Cumbria
Funding Body: NIHR Public Health Research Programme
Dates: April 2013-March 2019
Developing an Evidence-Based Public Health Resource Allocation Formula
Funding Body: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Dates: April 2014-April 2015
Developing the Mental Health Funding Formula for Allocations to General Practices
Funding Body: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Dates: December 2010-December 2012
Developing the NHS Resource Allocation Formulae for Mental Health Services and Prescribing
Funding Body: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Dates: January2010-June 2010
Career development awards:
MRC/ESRC/NIHR Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Economics
Funding Body: MRC, ESRC, NIHR
Dates: September 2010-August 2012
ESRC 1+3 funding MSc and PhD
Funding Body: ESRC
Dates: September 2003-August 2007
Access to healthcare
Access to healthcare is a priority area for most health economies worldwide, with most health systems aiming for equitable access to healthcare. There are many factors that impact on access and make research into this complex. A substantial focus of my research lies in the mismatch between need, demand, use, and provision of health and care.
Rapid evaluation
Producing research to meet the needs of the health and care system brings with it challenges, particularly around informing policy at a rapid pace. I have an interest in identifying feasible approaches to rapid evaluation that are also capable of producing impactful academic outputs.
Resource allocation
Resource allocation is the fundamental focus of the economics discipline (how should we best allocate scarce resources?). My work looks at developing resource allocation funding formulae for healthcare budgets and workforce planning models.