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Centre for Organising Health and Care Research
Through collaborating with WBS, organisations can access research that helps them think ahead, challenge assumptions, and respond to change with confidence in five key areas.
The Centre for Organising Health and Care Research (COHCR) focuses on improving health and care at scale by addressing the systemic challenges and complexities facing the sector today. WBS has a long-standing reputation for shaping health and care policy and practice in the UK. This tradition began with the influential 1992 publication Shaping Strategic Change by Andrew Pettigrew, Ewan Ferlie and Lorna McKee, whose ideas have informed countless strategies and initiatives across health and care services. More than 30 years on, that legacy continues through the work of COHCR, where health and care research remains a thriving area of activity. The Centre collaborates closely with Warwick Medical School and local NHS partners, and its researchers also contribute to the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands, a five year initiative dedicated to improving care services across the region. NHS-VMI partnership The NHS VMI partnership brought together the NHS and the Virginia Mason Institute (VMI), a Washington based not for profit specialising in Lean based improvement in healthcare. Five NHS hospital trusts worked directly with VMI experts to build a sustainable culture of continuous improvement and to understand how such capability can be developed across the wider system. Partnering with NHS Improvement, the Health Foundation commissioned an independent evaluation of the five year programme. Led by Professor Graeme Currie and Dr Nicola Burgess of WBS, the evaluation provided valuable insights for NHS leaders on what works, what doesn’t, and – crucially – the reasons behind both. Find out more here W wbs.ac.uk/go/virginiamason
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Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTPs)
Joint research projects and grants
Work with academics on funded research that tackles complex business challenges and delivers evidence to support strategic decisions.
Embed academic expertise and graduate talent into their organisation to drive innovation, improve processes, and build long-term capability.
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Consulting and advisory
Engagement events
Data partnerships
Collaborate on data-driven research to generate insight from real-world datasets and address specific business questions they may have.
Access evidence-based insight and strategic advice from our experts to inform governance, policy, and organisational transformation.
Take part in focused discussions that surface new thinking, challenge assumptions, and help them stay ahead of policy, market, and industry change.
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