Introduction to HealthQWest
HealthQWest an innovative research consortium for the West of Scotland established in 2005 includes the research activity of, and research applicable to, the practice of Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions (NMAHPs) - 15 professional groups.
HealthQWest is a federal structure comprising the National Health Service (NHS) Scotland and five Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) [Glasgow Caledonian University (lead), and the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Stirling and The West of Scotland]. Our HealthQWest Graduate School allows individuals to develop skills in research, research leadership and mentoring.
HealthQWest is a virtual organisation that requires flexible, adaptive structures that self-organise internally in response to changes externally. In addition to the traditional organisational chart depicting the governance and management hierarchy we need an understanding, aided through visualisations, of the massive interconnectivity that occurs in the learning system that is HealthQWest.
Our research activity is currently focused on the following areas of health priority:
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Our team have extensive methodological and subject expertise in the following areas: Decision making, Function for living, Gerontology. Involving consumers, the public and health and social care professionals is central to HealthQWest activities and informs all our work. Visit our HealthQWest consumer network.
HealthQWest also leads the following networks:
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Although the geographical area covered by HealthQWest is the West of Scotland, our aim is to build a sustainable research consortium of international repute. Our brand image - ripples spreading out towards the horizon - represents HealthQWest's wide reaching influence and reflects our mission statement 'enhancing the environment for healthcare research'. We have developed collaborative relationships with other organisations. |
HealthQWest is enhancing the environment for healthcare research producing a sustainable infrastructure to deliver meaningful high quality research in the critical fields of Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions. Read more about HealthQWest and our research or the HealthQWest Graduate School or download an information pack.
Our work is based on the understanding that healthcare professionals need evidence to enable them to develop and deliver appropriate and effective care at the right time. We employ consumer focussed interdisciplinary approaches to develop and evaluate complex interventions, delivered in a variety of healthcare settings, within a global context, aimed at maintaining or improving physical function and psychosocial health for people with long-term conditions.
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I hope you can play a part in ensuring we really do work together. Director |
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