13 resultsResearch ProblemPrevent: Interventions to prevent health problems, developing effective routes to reach those who are most at risk or marginalised, and understanding how to effectively implement proven interventions at scale (for example, antihypertensives, mental health programmes for children and young people, vaccines for cancer or workplace preventative interventions).Early action to prevent poor health outcomesPublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemIdentify: New ways of identifying those most at risk (for example, predictive analysis of GP records to identify those who would benefit from early intervention, new methods of cancer screening and new approaches to diagnosing the causes of chest pains).Early action to prevent poor health outcomesPublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemTreat: Interventions early in the course of disease progression (for example, social prescribing, early intervention for cancer or interventions to enable people to remain in or return to work).Early action to prevent poor health outcomesPublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemManage: Interventions to improve the management of multiple long-term conditions (for example, how to manage side effects in polypharmacy), prevent acute events (such as heart attacks, strokes and mental health crises) and ensure effective rehabilitation after these events to reduce long-term illness and disability.Early action to prevent poor health outcomesPublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemThe role that all parts of the health system, from community and primary care through to hospital-based and social care, play in delivering better outcomes for people, and how the system can work effectively together to plan for and respond to compound pressures including infections with pandemic potential.Reduction of compound pressures on the NHS and social carePublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemDeveloping and evaluating interventions to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of staff (for example, skills-mix, task-shifting and service integration)Shaping and supporting the health and social care workforce of the futurePublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemDeveloping and evaluating technology-assisted workforce solutions to reduce burden on staff while maintaining patient outcomes (for example, diagnoses assisted by artificial intelligence, robotics to support surgery and care, remote monitoring of patients including hospital at home and virtual wards)Shaping and supporting the health and social care workforce of the futurePublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemIdentifying how to structure the workforce to meet future health needs and how to drive cultural and behavioural change within organisationsShaping and supporting the health and social care workforce of the futurePublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemUnderstanding the barriers to recruiting and retaining staff in the NHS and social care and identifying solutions including supporting wellbeingShaping and supporting the health and social care workforce of the futurePublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemHow to implement interventions that can reduce hospital stay, promote smart discharge and reduce staff burden?Reduction of compound pressures on the NHS and social carePublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemHow to implement interventions which enable routine health services to continue during times of increased pressure (for example, modern, minimally invasive procedures, online booking systems, care at home)Reduction of compound pressures on the NHS and social carePublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemHow to implement effective preventive and treatment interventions for illnesses that cause excess burden in winter (such as influenza), during extreme heat and infections with pandemic potentialReduction of compound pressures on the NHS and social carePublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)Research ProblemHow to implement effective interventions to prevent avoidable admissions among vulnerable people (for example, warm homes, cool spaces, vaccination, hospital at home)Reduction of compound pressures on the NHS and social carePublished last month, by Department of Health and Social Care (UK)