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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