{"id":1751,"date":"2025-10-23T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:39:13","slug":"early-action-and-prevention-within-health-and-social-care-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/?p=1751","title":{"rendered":"Early action and prevention within Health and Social Care Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"64\" src=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NIHR-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NIHR-1.png 501w, https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NIHR-1-300x38.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihr.ac.uk\/research-funding\/funding-programmes\/health-and-social-care-delivery-research\">Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme<\/a>\u00a0supports evaluative research aimed at improving health and social care services. This research can be primary (qualitative and\/or quantitative), secondary, or evidence synthesis, with projects often involving a mixed-methods approach, focusing on the access to, organisation, and quality of care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This opportunity calls for research to evaluate health and social care interventions and services which address gaps in knowledge of preventative strategies, early diagnosis techniques, and effective interventions for individuals at increased risk of long-term conditions and chronic disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although not an exhaustive list, some examples of interest for evaluative research are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>innovative ways of providing, commissioning, or streamlining prevention services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>how data can be used to proactively offer preventative support and how data can be linked across health, social care, and other systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>models of effective systems leadership and funding mechanisms to embed prevention into the commissioning and provision of health and social care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background\">ELIGIBILITY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are no specific eligibility requirements or restrictions for applicants to this funding opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background\">VALUE AND DURATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No limit on individual projects. In terms of overall funding available, NIHR aims to invest in the region of \u00a34 million, across a number of research studies, in relation to this funding opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background\">KEY DATES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Outline application deadline: 21 January 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outline application shortlisting decision: March 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full application opening date: Early April 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full application deadline: Early June 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>More information is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihr.ac.uk\/funding\/early-action-and-prevention-within-health-and-social-care-services\/2025410\">opportunity webpage<\/a> and in the below document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Early-action-and-prevention-within-Health-and-Social-Care-Services.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Early action and prevention within Health and Social Care Services.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f1fbdd61-eeae-4ab2-90e6-dcd442e5a581\" href=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Early-action-and-prevention-within-Health-and-Social-Care-Services.pdf\">Early action and prevention within Health and Social Care Services<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Early-action-and-prevention-within-Health-and-Social-Care-Services.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f1fbdd61-eeae-4ab2-90e6-dcd442e5a581\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme\u00a0supports evaluative research aimed at improving health and social care services. 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