The Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme is looking to fund high quality research about early action and prevention within Health and Social Care Services. This is a 2-stage, commissioned funding opportunity. To apply for the first stage you should submit an outline application. There are no specific eligibility requirements or restrictions for applicants to this funding opportunity.

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Although not an exhaustive list, some examples of interest for evaluative research are:

• the pathway, flow, and coordination of patients through prevention services and the broader configuration of prevention services for those with long-term conditions and rehabilitation following acute care

• innovative ways of providing, commissioning, or streamlining prevention services, for example:

  • the integration of preventative approaches and initiatives within health and social care services (such as original/novel research on NHS vaccination programmes, social prescribing, smoking cessation, preventative clinics/hubs in hospital and primary care settings)

  • the effectiveness of service delivery models enabled by emerging technologies and the trade-off between administrative efficiency and patient/staff experiences 

• how data can be used to proactively offer preventative support and how data can be linked across health, social care, and other systems

• models of effective systems leadership and funding mechanisms to embed prevention into the commissioning and provision of health and social care.
   

We are looking to fund research which has the potential to inform prevention services at a national level, and therefore local or regional evaluations are unlikely to be fundable. 

More information here.