Improving the Absorptive Capacity (ACAP) of Commissioning Networks for Critical Review of Evidence to Reduce Unplanned Elderly Care Admissions into Acute Hospitals

Funder: NIHR HSDR, £499,000. (5% SS time to RCN RI)

PI: Graeme Currie, WBS

Start date: 1.6.13. End date 31.5.16

Collaborators: Richard Lilford (Birm), Sabi Redwood (Birm), Tina Kiefer, Sophie Staniszewska.

Description: This study is exploring the ‘absorptive capacity’ of clinical commissioning networks. This term describes an organisation’s ‘ability to identify, assimilate, & exploit knowledge from the environment’

The objectives of this study are:

(i) To assess the development of critical review capacity, conceived as ACAP, of the new CCG led commissioning networks from inception through their early years;

(ii) To enhance the development of critical review capacity, conceived as ACAP, of the new CCG led commissioning networks;

(iii) To support acquisition & utilisation of patient experience knowledge to enhance critical review capacity, conceived as ACAP of commissioning networks;

(iv) To develop & validate a self-reflection ACAP tool for use by CCG led commissioning networks & other healthcare organisations to enhance their critical review capacity;

(v) To bridge the gap between potential & realised critical review capacity or ACAP of CCG led commissioning networks

Sophie Staniszewska is leading work package 3, ‘Using patient experience evidence to enhance critical review capacity of commissioning networks’. The ACAP PPI group has been established and has commented on the emerging data from the study. Their substantive input will be into the development of the psychometric tool to measure ACAP.

Publication:

Croft C, Currie G, Staniszewska S (in review). Encouraging innovative public involvement – the need for managerial distance. Submitted to Social Science and Medicine.

CLAHRC

Funder: NIHR

Description: NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands is a five-year programme funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and matched funds provided by local health and social services. The programme builds on the successful CLAHRC for Birmingham & Black Country pilot with a mission to create lasting and effective partnerships across health and social care organisations, universities (Birmingham, Keele and Warwick) to improve the services we can deliver for patient benefit.

Director: Richard Lilford

Start date: 1 January 2014 End date 31 December 2018

Collaborators: Birmingham University, Keele University, service providers and local authorities.

Description: Our focus is on developing research which enables us to better understand the contribution PPI makes to CLAHRC.

SS is supervising the PPI research elements within the implementation theme, based at WBS.

PPI advisors study (Lead: Alison Hipwell)

A conceptual mapping of PPI in implementation (Lead: Lee Gunn)

Publications:

Staniszewska S, Gunn L, Hipwell A, Currie G et al (in prep). Patient and public involvement in implementation: Findings of a world café.

Staniszewska S, Mathews R, Denegri S (in prep). Going the extra mile: Developing a new vision for PPI in the National Institute of Health. Submission to BMJ.

Gunn L, Staniszewska S, Currie G (in prep_. A conceptual mapping of patient and public involvement in the implementation of evidence. (Submission to Social Science and medicine)