Health Services Research UK

📢 NEW REPORT PUBLISHED 📢

#HSRUK research report exploring career experiences in HSR is now available. From contract precarity to mentoring, inclusion and tacit knowledge, this work shines a light on what shapes real careers in HSR and what needs to change.

Read it here ⬇️
hsruk.org/hsruk/public...

🌟 HSR UK is recruiting for new Trustees! We're looking for 3 new voluntary Trustees to help shape the future of HSR. If you care about improving NHS and social care services, we’d love to hear from you!

🗓️ Apply by 17 Feb, 5pm

👉 Apply here: www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...

Abstract submissions for #HSRUK26 are now being reviewed. Thank you to everyone who applied, we’ve been delighted by the volume and quality of submissions this year! Keep an eye on your inbox for outcomes.

📢 Registration (incl. early‑bird discounts!) are open now.

Register here ➡️ hsruk2026.org

⏰ Last call to join us for the HSR UK AGM starting at Midday TODAY via MS Teams. Join us to hear about our activities and let us know how we can best support you and the wider health services research community 🤝

Email jenny.wheeldon@nuffieldtrust.org.uk for the meeting link

📣 Call for Workshop & L&D Session Abstracts! We’re seeking highly interactive workshops & learning sessions for #HSRUK26 Topics may include methods & methodology, PPI, researcher careers, networking and beyond

📝Submit via Google Form
⏰Midday 19 Jan
🔗hsruk2026.org

📢 Abstract submissions for our 2026 Conference are open over the festive season! Take some time to submit your research and join us next summer to share findings & connect with peers shaping the future of HSR

Submit here ➡️ hsruk2026.org

Wishing all our followers a joyful winter break! ❄️

#HSRUK26

👋 We’ve been a little quiet… because we’ve been busy planning! We’re thrilled to announce that abstract submissions for #HSRUK26 are OPEN 🎉If you’re working on health services research that deserves a national platform, now’s your moment!

🔗 Info & submission guidance here: hsruk.org/hsruk/events...

🆕 We're kicking off our new blog series #HSRUK25 Unpacked! 🆕

First up: lived expert Chandrika Kaviraj & researcher Andy Bradshaw reflect on co-producing their #HSRUK25 conference session and what real co-production looks like in practice

Read it here ⬇️
hsruk.org/hsruk/viewpo...

A huge thank you to our speakers, chairs, delegates, partners and the event team for making this such a brilliant conference! Keep your eyes peeled for our series of follow-up blogs and upcoming researcher network opportunities! And we hope to see you all in Manchester in 2026!

And that's a wrap on #HSRUK25! Thank you to everyone who joined us in Newcastle this week! We are very proud to have hosted a programme full of innovative research, lively discussions and powerful reflections on how HSR can support a fairer and more sustainable health and care system.

Our Future Leader in Health Services And Social Care Research went to Rasa Mikelyte! Congratulations! 🎉

Our Excellence in Inclusion Award went to Emma Giles and Jo Smith: Increasing access to healthy, affordable food for adults living with Severe Mental Illness in Teesside: A co-produced feasibility study. Congratulations! 🎉

Our Best Poster Award went to Nikki Dunne: Snapshots of Sjögren's: A Photovoice Journey Through Living with Sjögren's in Ireland. Congratulations Nikki! 🎉

Our Patient Led Research Award went to Naomi Carlisle and Claire Garner: IMplementation of the Preterm Birth Surveillance PAthway: a RealisT evaluation (including a realist literature scope). Congratulations! 🎉

We're now kicking off the closing plenary of #HSRUK25! Exploring how we can make HSR careers more inclusive, chaired by Alicia O’Cathain, Professor of Health Services Research

‘How do we know if HSR impacts on policy?’ - a great workshop this morning led by @annetteboaz.bsky.social. The workshop was full of ideas of how to do things differently with fantastic engagement in the room!
#HSRUK2025
@barbarahanratty.bsky.social

Great #HSRUK25 workshop by Gemma McKenna about engaging government and policymakers, with roleplay (how to talk to your MP) and top tips for writing a policy brief. #KMb

If you’re at day 2 of ‪@hsruk.bsky.social‬ today in Newcastle, here are the sessions you don’t want to miss on improvement research featuring #THISFellows & our researchers.

#AI in healthcare ‘not a magic bullet’.

@racheljlawrence.bsky.social presenting our study of procurement & early deployment of #AI in diagnosis lung disease at #hsruk25.

#healthpolicy @nuffieldtrust.org.uk @angusramsay.bsky.social

Health Services Research UK Conference 2025 The Health Foundation is supporting HSR UK’s 18th annual conference on 2–3 July 2025, contributing to several sessions over the two days.

If you’re at #HSRUK25, don’t forget to come and visit us at our stand to pick up some publications, find out more about our latest research and analysis, and learn how you can get involved.

Full details on our activities ⬇️
https://bit.ly/44pKSSD

#HSRUK25 great plenary on innovative research to improve workforce efficiency and sustainability. We might already know what doesn't work for the workforce but we don't know what are the different needs and we need to find the solutions. Join the workforce research network to step up and co-create!

Exploring gender differences in uptake of GP partnership roles: a qualitative mixed-methods study - PubMed There are some long-standing gendered barriers that continue to affect the career decisions of women GPs. The relative attractiveness of salaried, locum, or private roles in general practice appears t...

Workforce first up today, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37365008/

Really struck by the potential of asynchronous focus groups as a way of allowing busy health care professionals to engage with research #hsruk25

Audience comments suggested we know a lot about workforce issues (increased workload, recruitment and retention, desire for flexibility, burnout) and we now need solutions to address these. Hopes that the new NIHR HSDR Workforce Research Partnerships will address some of these… @hsruk.bsky.social

Day 2 #HSRUK25 plenary focusing on workforce: how will innovative research deliver impact? Methodological reflections: use of realist reviews, novel qual methods (e.g. social media analysis, asynchronous online focus groups) & tiered knowledge mobilisation (local➡️international) @hsruk.bsky.social

Gillian Vance opening #HSRUK25 plenary this morning by highlighting the workload challenges experienced by health & care staff in underserved areas, and how the new NIHR funded partnership for workforce sustainability (Workforce Voices) will research and co-design solutions with local stakeholders.

Our social meet up and run this morning! The best way to start the the second day of the conference ☀️ Thank you to those who joined us and @kieranwalshe.bsky.social for leading and finalising the route! #HSRUK25

Don’t forget our Meet up and Run/Walk is happening bright and early tomorrow morning! We are meeting outside the Frederick Douglass Building at 7:15AM, it’s a great way to start the day, see more of the city - and the forecast is sunny! ☀️ Everyone is welcome to join us!

Pete Bower thanks our panelists and brings the second plenary and Day One of #HSRUK25 to a close! Welcome drinks are now available on the Ground Floor Atrium 🍷

“What happens when we tell our stories?”

Lynn Laidlaw, Co-Chair, highlights that “the devil is in the detail” and that participant researchers must be authentically embedded into the research team

Jill Harland outlines how Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust is building awareness of health inequalities in their organisation