Health Services and Delivery Research

About the Health Services and Delivery Research programme

A new NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) programme is to be established, to fund a broad range of research. It will build on the strengths and contributions of two current NIHR research programmes: the Health Services Research (HSR) programme and the Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) programme, which will be merged from January 2012.

Aims
The HS&DR programme aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence on the quality, access and organisation of health services, including costs and outcomes. The programme will enhance the strategic focus on research that matters to the NHS including research on implementation and a range of knowledge mobilisation initiatives. It will be keen to support ambitious evaluative research to improve health services.

Existing HSR and SDO projects
All projects funded under the HSR and SDO programmes will continue to be monitored and supported as currently. Both programmes will operate in the normal way until the end of 2011.

Register for updates
The new Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) programme will be launching its first calls for funding early in 2012. If you wish to receive updates and news about the programme, please write to us at netcomms@southampton.ac.uk

Key dates
January 2012: HS&DR programme is launched
January 2012: First HS&DR funding call (researcher-led) opens for applications
February 2012: First HS&DR funding call (commissioned) opens for applications