Delivering a Sustainable Health and Care System (PHR Programme)
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The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have issued a cross-programme call for research into the evaluation of interventions or services to support the delivery of a more sustainable UK health and care system, including mitigating the effects of climate change on health and care delivery. For the purposes of this call, the term ‘sustainability’ is defined as climate sustainability as opposed to financial, political, cultural or environmental sustainability.
This call is a key component of the NIHR response in recognition of the need for further research based evidence related to the provision of more sustainable health, public health and social care services and processes and to support the UK’s ambition to deliver a ‘net zero’ NHS and meet the goals of the COP26 summit through:
The expectation is that research funded through this call leads to the development of practical, real-world solutions with demonstrable impact in the short, medium and longer term. The NIHR is also particularly interested in the differential impact on inequalities that result from decreasing carbon emissions specifically ensuring that reductions in carbon emissions reduce, and do not increase, health inequalities.
Anyone who considers that they can carry out high-quality research is likely to be eligible. If you have any concerns regarding your eligibility to apply we advise that you contact us before completing an application.
The Public Health Research Programme is funded by the NIHR, with contributions from the CSO in Scotland, NISCHR in Wales, and the HSC R&D Division, Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland. Researchers in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are eligible to apply for funding under this programme.
Research proposals must be within the remit of one or more of the participating NIHR programmes and given the remit of the NIHR to improves people’s health and wellbeing, the primary outcome measure must be health related. Applicants should carefully consider the remit described for each programme. We are particularly interested in applications that:
Applications should be co-produced, demonstrating an equal partnership with service commissioners, providers, and service users in order to provide evidence and actionable findings of immediate utility to decision-makers and service users. Applicants may wish to consult the NIHR INVOLVE guidance on co-producing research.
Further details are set out on the NIHR’s website at