Improvement Science (Previous Theme)

Welcome to the Improvement Science theme page. We are a small team of researchers with expertise in improvement science methods and approaches. Our current interests include the uptake of digital innovations and medical devices, improvement science outcomes measurement, de-implementation of low value practices, optimising audit and feedback and using the positive deviance approach to improve health care quality.

Improvement Science (Previous Theme) Projects

Be Well Work Well: A longitudinal cohort study to understand and improve health and social care staff wellbeing and retention

There is a workforce crisis in health and social care in the UK, with rising levels of anxiety, exhaustion, stress and burnout among staff: NHS staff are, for example, 50%...

Improvement Science input into: Developing a school-based intervention to improve asthma management in children and young people in Bradford: asthma control in educational settings.

This project was funded by the Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre and is led by a GP respiratory lead, with support from the Improvement Science theme. Children...

Volatile biomarker positioning of nasogastric tubes to enhance patient safety (acronym: NG-Sure)

Naso-gastric (NG) tubes (a tube passed down a person’s nostril into the oesophagus then stomach) provide feeds/medicines to patients if they cannot swallow/take fluids by mouth, or need intensive care/surgery....

Making a Difference: Our Latest Improvement Science (Previous Theme) case studies

Meet the Improvement Science (Previous Theme) Team

Professor Rebecca Lawton

Professor in Psychology and Director of the Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group at Bradford Institute for Health Research.

Our latest Improvement Science (Previous Theme) publications

A cluster randomised controlled trial, process and economic evaluation of two large‑scale quality improvement interventions embedded with a national clinical audit to improve the care for young adults with type 2 diabetes (EQUIPD2): study protocol

What should a learning health system look like?

The benefits for health care staff of involvement in applied health research: a scoping review