Health Services and Social Care Research
Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care
The Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research (CURE) aims to improve the quality of urgent and emergency care through rigorous objective independent research. Researchers undertake health service research into the organisation and delivery of urgent and emergency care, as well as health technology assessments.
Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care
Evaluation, real world evidence and knowledge into action
Evidence Synthesis and Retrieval
Health and Care Research Unit
The Health and Care Research Unit (HCRU) aims to carry out research that influences health care, social care and voluntary/charitable services practice and policy for the benefit of service users and the public. Researchers develop and evaluate services and technologies to measure the impact on user outcomes, service effectiveness and the wider social and economic effects. Themes include learning disability, palliative care, voluntary services, workforce, developing complex interventions, and using qualitative research with RCTs.
Health Equity and Inclusion
Mental Health Research Unit
The Mental Health Research Unit conducts high quality research to improve outcomes and experiences of mental health care for those with serious mental illness, their families and carers, and to generate evidence to inform providers of mental health care. Our research includes identifying ways to reduce the burden of mental health problems in the wider population, and to reduce mental health inequalities.
Primary Care
We lead and support research into the delivery of healthcare in primary care with a particular focus on General Practice.
The team includes clinical and non-clinical researchers, and has a strong culture of developing early career clinical academics in general practice through the Sheffield Clinical Academic Training Programme.
We use a broad range of methods, including evidence synthesis, analysis of large datasets, qualitative research and clinical trials. We work closely with colleagues in multiple clinical and academic disciplines to deliver truly multidisciplinary research. Much of our work is driven by a commitment to reduce inequalities in the way healthcare, and research about healthcare is delivered.
Research Themes
Neurology, Neuroscience and Mental Health
This theme includes research into care for people with epilepsy, dementia, persistent physical symptoms and complex mental health difficulties. These are all common and have a high impact on those affected, but care is less well researched or consistently delivered than for many other conditions. Principal Investigators in this theme include Chris Burton, Jon Dickson and Phil Oliver.
Cancer
This new theme focuses on cancer diagnosis and cancer related bone health. Principal Investigators in this theme include Stephen Bradley and Qizhi Huang
Underserved groups
This theme approaches research with people disadvantaged by social, economic, ethnic and other factors to improve research equity and promote co-production of innovation. We work closely with the South Yorkshire DeepEnd Research Alliance. Current research topics include chronic lung conditions and reproductive and sexual health; principal investigators include Shami Jayasooriya and Becky Mawson
Clinical Academic Training
We provide an excellent clinical academic training environment with a full contingent of clinical academic training posts. We currently have
3 Clinical Lecturers (Phil Oliver, Qizhi Huang & Becky Mawson)
1 In-Practice Training Fellow (Laura Emery)
4 Academic Fellows (Kritica Dwivedi, Jack Marshall (both GPST4), Monica Sharman (GPST2) and Claire Hemingway (GPST1)
Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies
The Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Research Group carries out research aimed at helping people live well and independently at home. We develop, evaluate and implement new technology-enabled and rehabilitation interventions, with a focus on people living with disability, frailty and long-term conditions. The group is part of the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH).