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School of Healthcare Sciences Research

Impact

Our researchers are working across disciplines to tackle major challenges facing society, the economy and the environment.

We ranked 4th in the UK overall and 1st for our research environment in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework assessment (under Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy).

Highlights

These case studies highlight just some of the areas we are delivering positive research impact:

Improving how healthcare employees raise concerns

We are helping develop and implement approaches that support healthcare organisations and policy makers to best enable staff to raise and respond to workplace concerns.

SignatureBack: interactive digital interventions

Interactive digital interventions to support individualised self-management of low back pain.

Embedding infection prevention in everyday patient care

Non-antibiotic approaches to preventing healthcare-associated infection and reducing risks of antimicrobial resistance.

REF 2014

Find out more about our submissions and view the results.