Fellowship to advance healthcare improvement via equity, diversity and inclusion

Strathclyde Business School's Dr Jen Remnant has been awarded a funded fellowship by THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) to lead research in one of three projects on equity, diversity, and inclusion in healthcare.

The THIS Institute wanted to award funded fellowships that would bring improvement knowledge to address challenges in healthcare services. After attracting a record number of high-quality applications in the call, the Insitute awarded three fellowships to researchers across universities in the UK to lead projects on equity, diversity, and inclusion in improvement efforts in healthcare. 

Jen, Department of Work, Employment and Organisation, is one of the successful researchers and will be focusing on how the NHS can better support staff with ongoing health conditions and disabilities in Scotland. 

She will analyse datasets, policies and informational guidance that advises management and support for staff with identified long-term conditions. Jennifer will conduct participant interviews and create ‘occupational biographies’ with staff about their experience of managing their health at work, and interviews with employment stakeholders.  

Jen said, "This fellowship provides the opportunity to reflect on the work-based experiences of NHS staff as individuals, often managing their health conditions or symptoms rather than only managing patients’ health conditions. This project hopes to contribute to framing disability and ill-health in the health workforce as an important element of diversity and improve employment outcomes for NHS staff and patient experiences of healthcare."

Find out more on the THIS website

Published: 6 June 2024