University of Bedfordshire in-line for £3m to tackle health inequalities
The money will fund the development of a research and innovation hub
Last updated 3rd Nov 2022
The University of Bedfordshire has been awarded £3million by NHS England to develop a research and innovation hub.
Working with the NHS BLMK (Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes) Health & Care Partnership, it will focus on ways to improve health and social care inequalities across the region.
The Hub will see academics and researchers from the University work with local health and social care professionals to focus on a number of projects over the next three years to advance NHS processes, support services and service-user outcomes.
The Hub’s focus in the first year has been established under three priority ‘pillars’:
1) Inclusive Workforce
2) New Ways of Working
3) Safeguarding.
Dr Louise Grant, Executive Dean Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at the University of Bedfordshire, said:
“We are absolutely delighted to be working with NHS BLMK Health & Care Partnership on reducing health and social inequalities."
"Together I am sure we can make a significant contribution through our applied research interventions.”
Dr Yannis Pappas, the newly appointed Director of the ICS Research & Innovation Hub welcomes this opportunity:
“The BLMK ICS Research & Innovation Hub represents a unique opportunity to apply integrated care for the benefit of service-users and health and social care economies."
"The University of Bedfordshire is a centre of excellence in health service organisation and delivery, with particular strength in integrated care research, meaning we are ideally placed to oversee this new Hub."
“My University colleagues and I are delighted to be working with regional stakeholders and leading health and social care professionals to achieve the much needed improvements across systems and levels of care, especially with regard to health and social care inequalities.”