| NEWS RELEASE The University of Sheffield is selected to take part in research programme exploring efficiency and sustainability in health and social care |
05/07/19
The University of Sheffield has been selected by the Health Foundation, an independent charity, to be part of its programme supporting innovative research ideas into issues of efficiency and sustainability in health and social care provision in the UK.
The ‘Efficiency Research Programme’ is supporting seven research teams from across the UK with grants of up to £500,000 each. Each project will be completed over three to five years.
The Efficiency Research Programme looks to advance understanding of labour productivity in health and social care in order to bring about financial sustainability, and to better understand workforce retention in the sectors in order to improve workforce sustainability.
The research teams behind the chosen projects will work to explore how innovative research can generate a more nuanced understanding of workforce productivity, and the causality of enhanced retention on performance and patient care outcomes.
The Efficiency Research Programme was launched in 2014 and this is the third round of the programme.
The project from The University of Sheffield will investigate variation in, and determinants of, mental health care staff retention, with the aim of better understanding how organisational contexts and the experiences of health care staff in the workplace influence staff retention and patient outcomes.
Emily Wood, Principle Investigator, The University of Sheffield said, “This project is an exciting collaboration between the School of Health and Related research, School of Nursing and Midwifery and the Management School. We are looking forward to working with NHS colleagues to investigate retention of mental health staff, you can find out more about this project from the Health Foundation (https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/six-research-projects-chosen-for-programme-on-efficiency-and-sustainability) or from our blogsite https://romhsstudy.home.blog/”
Usha Boolaky, Assistant Director of Research at the Health Foundation, said: “The chosen projects for this round of the Efficiency Research Programme are all looking to generate new ways of thinking and new knowledge around labour productivity and workforce retention.
“Through our funding, we are supporting ideas that have the potential to make a transformational difference to health and social care.”
Retention of Mental Health Staff (RoMHS) 