I am a sociologist specialising in the sociology of organisations and economic sociology. I am interested in the political economy of health and care services provision. I am a member of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Systems and Commissioning. I research the allocation of resources, including funding, purchasing, procuring and provider payment mechanisms, and sociolegal aspects of health systems such as governance, regulation, and accountability in the context of the English NHS.
As part of NIHR PRU in HSSC, I have been involved in several research projects exploring various organisational aspects of the English NHS, such as an interplay between provider competition and cooperation in planning local health services and implementation of the new architecture of system management established by the Health and Care Act 2022. Currently, I am involved in two projects - on the development of provider collaboratives and on the application of the Provider Selection Regime regulations by the Integrated Care Boards.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
I am a co-Module Organiser for the Health Services (1107) module (together with Mirza Lalani). I am also a seminar leader, marker, and I co-lead some lecture Q&As.
Previously, I've taught on the Health Policy, Process and Power and Health Systems modules. I also contributed as a tutor, supervisor and project marker on the MSc in Public Health.
Research
I am interested in the organisation of health care services, interorganisational relations, the interface between health care services and longterm/social care services as well as between informal and formal care. I am also interested in the issues of social legitimacy of public services, including the conceptualisations of welfare deservingness and the normative underpinnings of public services as reflected in the public attitudes.
Selected Publications
research on regional co-ordination of health and care in England?
A literature review