The IHE incorporates over 120 clinical, basic and social scientists in the Departments of Geriatric Medicine and Old Age Psychiatry, the Centre for Health Services Research, the MRC Unit and research groups from ten other academic departments including the School of Dentistry , and the departments of Primary Health Care and Social Policy . Other current collaborators within the University are the Departments of Surgery , Medicine , Pharmacological Sciences , Orthopaedics and Rheumatology . Collaboration beyond the University of Newcastle CHSR is a member of the MRC Health Services Research Collaboration , based at the Department of Social Medicine , University of Bristol. The JCA will provide the means to tackle complex problems which are currently beyond the ability of either partner, and accelerate research on other problems through co-operation. The combined resources of the JCA will make for one of the largest integrated research programmes of research in this field in Europe, involving over 200 research clinicians and scientists.
Further funding comes from industry and charities.
The disciplinary mix of staff within CHSR reflects the multi-disciplinary nature of health services research. Behavioural and social science theory underpins our work on the organisation, quality, effectiveness and efficiency of health services provision. We employ both quantitative and qualitative methods, as appropriate to the aims of specific studies. Sometimes there is a need for qualitative studies to understand the behaviour of patients and staff before it is possible to develop intervention studies. For several years HTA at CHSR focused primarily on clinical and service interventions for older people and for those with epilepsy.