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North East health training consortium
13/10/2003
A consortium from the North East is to get £1 million of
funding to take forward the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied
Health Professionals Research Training Scheme.
The consortium comprises the universities
of Dundee, Stirling, Aberdeen, and Robert Gordon and the
NHS Boards within the area.
The scheme aims to equip more nurses, midwives and
allied health professionals (AHPs) with the necessary
skills to undertake health care research.
It has been developed and funded by the Executive, the
Health Foundation and NHS Education for Scotland (NES).
Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm said:
"Nurses, midwives and allied health professionals work
on the frontline delivering patient services. The creation
of this training scheme gives them the opportunity to
improve the quality of care for patients across the
country.
"I am pleased that partnership working is at the heart
of this winning consortium bid. The consortium provides a
wide range of relevant research expertise and experience
which shows that it has the potential to provide a
stimulating environment for nurses, midwives and AHPs to
make a real difference and improve patient services and
care."
Stephen Thornton, Chief Executive of the Health
Foundation, said:
"We believe that better quality research will lead to
better patient care and that's why we are delighted to
support this scheme. To date, The Health Foundation has
invested nearly £3.5 million in building research capacity
in nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions
across the UK."
Helen Mackinnon, Director of Nursing and Midwifery at
NES, said:
"I am very pleased that NES is supporting the Research
Training Scheme. NES is working to provide the highest
quality of health care in NHSScotland by promoting best
practice in the education and lifelong learning of all its
staff.
"We are promoting the development of a culture that uses
knowledge to improve practice and practice to identify gaps
in knowledge and this training scheme is example of our
approach."
The Scheme aims to support the partnership of these
higher education institutions to collaborate over three to
five years to offer research training to nurses, midwives
and allied health professions undertaking pre and
post-doctoral studies.
The funding package comprises of £300,000 from the
Executive's Health Department, £400,000 from NHS Education
for Scotland and £300,000 from the Health Foundation.
The Health Foundation is an independent charity that
aims to improve health and the quality of healthcare for
the people of the UK.
Through its programmes, activities and investments, the
Health Foundation seeks out and supports leaders in health;
promotes innovation in the delivery of health services;
enhances the capacity for new knowledge through research;
and disseminates evidence for changing health policy and
practice.
It distributes more than £15 million annually through
its programmes. Funding priorities include:
- Supporting the development of leadership in all its
forms amongst healthcare professionals
- Capacity building in the institutions concerned
with the education, training, development and lifelong
learning of healthcare professionals
- Improving quality and performance in healthcare
delivery; encouraging the uptake and spread of best
practice