NMAHP-RU

Welcome

The Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit (NMAHP-RU) was a multidisciplinary national research unit, funded by the Scottish Government Health Directorate Chief Scientist Office (CSO). It had academic bases within Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Stirling.

The NMAHP-RU had its remit and programmes determined by the Scottish Government Health Directorate’s Chief Scientist Office. NMAHP-RU led the Interventions to Support Living Well topic for the University of Stirling.

The interventions topic was delivered through its two key programmes of Innovation in NMAHP Interventions and Transforming Care Delivery, both of which were informed by Determinants of Living Well. The Transforming Care Delivery programme also fed into the Health, Social Care and Professional Practice to Support Living Well topic.

In April 2024 the Chief Scientist Office funding for the Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit (NMAHP-RU) ceased and the formal collaboration for NMAHP-RU by both the University of Stirling and Glasgow Caledonian University ended.

The University of Stirling has taken forward and expanded the work of the NMAHP-RU within a newly formed research centre called the Centre for Healthcare and Community Research (CHeCR), led by Professor Edward Duncan.

Colleagues from the NMAHP-RU at Glasgow Caledonian University meanwhile have been integrated within the Research Centre for Health (ReaCH), which is home to a range of different research groups that collectively focus on enhancing the lives of people with long-term health conditions and improving public health. Prof. Carol Emslie and Prof. Frederike van Wijck, ReaCH co-directors, extend their cordial congratulations to Professor Duncan on his new role, and very much look forward to collaborating with him and his colleagues within CHeCR. 

This website will be maintained while a new CHeCR website is developed in 2025, at which point key archive material will be transferred to the CHeCR website and this website will be closed.