The MUNROS project: the questionnaires (Work Packages 4,5 and 6)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Health Care Reform: the iMpact on practice, oUtcomes and costs of New roles for health pROfeSsionals (MUNROS). WP 4, 5 and 6: The Surveys
IRAS ID
157480
Contact name
Robert Elliott
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Aberdeen/NHS Grampian
Research summary
Demand on health services is increasing, due to changes in population demography, new treatments and increased expectations. Expenditure on health is the largest single item of public expenditure, and these changes have therefore resulted in considerable pressure on public finances.
Because of the above challenges many European countries are redesigning their health care delivery systems, and changing skill mix within teams delivering health services: extending the roles of existing health professions and introducing new ones. For example some health care professionals such as nurses and pharmacists can now prescribe medicines, and the new profession of Physician Associates has been created to take on many of the roles previously delivered by doctors. This study is part of a larger project, the MUNROS project, which is undertaking a systematic evaluation of the impact of these ‘new professional roles’ on practice, outcomes and costs in a range of different health care settings within the European Union and Associate Countries. The project is being carried out by a collaboration of nine partner countries, including England and Scotland. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen lead the project.
The overall project will detail the nature, scope and contribution of the new professional roles, evaluate their impact on clinical practice and outcomes,and identify their scope to improve the integration of care. It will conduct an economic
evaluation to identify the cost effectiveness of the new professional roles,identify optimal models for delivery of health care and the consequences of these for the management of human resources and workforce planning.This current study will use a survey approach to describe the process of care for three target conditions with a focus on the contribution of new health care professionals to the delivery of that care and secondarily to describe the effect, if any of new health care professionals on the integration of care. The data collected in England and Scotland will be compared and contrasted with data collected in the other seven participating countries. This will be done by the lead researchers for England at the University of Manchester and the lead researchers for Italy at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/YH/1052
Date of REC Opinion
27 Jun 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion