The group offer:

• A Masters level module on Implementation and Improvement Science
• PhD supervision
• Seminars and short courses

Leads – Professors Annette Boaz and Fiona Jones

• Dr Richard Boulton, Early Career Research
• Dr Kirstie Coxon, Associate Professor
• Professor Vari Drennan
• Jennifer Egbunike, Senior Lecturer
• Dr Karolina Gombert, Research Associate
• Dr Mary Halter, Associate Professor
• Dr Deborah Harding, Associate Professor
• Dr Rick Hood
• Professor Mike Hurley
• Ali O’Shea, Research Associate
• Professor Fiona Ross
• Dr Andrew Walker
• Portia Woodman
• Matt Zasada, Senior Lecturer
• Professor Priscilla Harries
• Dr Elizabeth Taylor
• Dr Linda Collins
• Helen Ross Blundell
• Jonathan Breckon
• Louise Shaxson
• Louie Lee (registered at UCL)
• Liz Livingstone

Boaz, Annette, Baeza, Juan and Fraser, Alec (2016) Does the ‘diffusion of innovations’ model enrich understanding of research use? Case studies of the implementation of thrombolysis services for stroke.Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, ISSN (print) 1355-8196 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Boaz, A, Robert, G, Locock, L, Sturmey, G, Gager, M, Vougioukalou, S, Ziebland, S and Fielden, J (2016) What patients do and their impact on implementation: an ethnographic study of participatory quality improvement projects in English acute hospitals. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 30(2), pp. 258-278. ISSN (print) 1477-7266Boaz, Annette, Hanney, Stephen, Jones, Teresa and Soper, Bryony (2015) Does the engagement of clinicians and organisations in research improve healthcare performance: a three-stage review. BMJ Open, 5(12), e009415 -e009415. ISSN (print) 0959-8138

Clarke D, Jones F, Harris R on behalf of the Collaborative Rehabilitation Environments in Acute Stroke (CREATE) team, et al What outcomes are associated with developing and implementing co-produced interventions in acute healthcare settings? A rapid evidence synthesis BMJ Open 2017;7:e014650. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014650

Jones, Fiona, McKevitt, Christopher, Riazi, Afsane and Liston, Matthew (2017) How is rehabilitation with and without an integrated self-management approach perceived by UK community dwelling stroke survivors? A qualitative process evaluation to explore implementation and contextual variations. BMJ Open, 7(4), e014109. ISSN (online) 2044-6055

Jones, Fiona, Poestges, Heide and Brimicombe, Lucinda (2016) Building bridges between healthcare professionals, patients and families : a coproduced and integrated approach to self-management support in stroke. NeuroRehabilitation, 39(4), pp. 471-480. ISSN (print) 1053-8135

• Using co-production to improve patient carer and staff experiences in health care organizations: a multi-centre, mixed methods evaluation in inpatient stroke units (CREATE)
• A study investigating the extent to which implementation and improvement focused training programmes enable participants to collaborate and engage in improvement activity (CLAHRC, 2016 – 2017)
• Spreading Improvement – Patient and Family Centred Care — spreading the capability to improve patients’ and carers’ experiences of end of life care in one NHS region using a collaborative peer-to-peer method The health Foundation, 2015 – 2018)
• Using research evidence: Transforming the field (Nuffield Foundation, 2018)
• Adult Nurse Retention (Health Education England South London, 2017)
• Proposal for the evaluation of the Test and Learn Buurtzorg model of district nursing (Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, 2016 – 2017)
• Evaluation Proposal for the National Physician Associate Extension Programme (Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 2016 – 2018)
• Identifying and understanding the link between system conditions and welfare inequalities in children’s social care services