• What is the overall goal for SEISMIC and the joint funding/work with EPSRC and NIHR? 

The ultimate goal of this joint programme is to improve the lives of people with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC). 

 

The SEISMIC programme is supporting multidisciplinary teams (from the EPSRC and NIHR research communities) to develop innovative engineering and mathematical science approaches to understand how to improve the configuration of health and care services to better take a patient-centred, whole person approach to the treatment and care of people with MLTC. 

 

We think that a multi-disciplinary approach to research is vital for understanding how we can best configure health and care services around the needs of people with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) and provide evidence to support sustainable and effective changes to UK service delivery and outcomes.  

 

  • Is there an overview of the type of projects funded and their aims/objectives? 

 

The commissioning for this large-scale programme is part of a phased approach. Now in the first phase, nine groups have been awarded a total of £1.75million, allowing them to undertake development work to establish specialist Innovation Hubs. Development project funding has been awarded to a range of institutions across the UK and focus on topics such as children living with complex conditions, people living with dementia and older adults with multiple long-term conditions. 

 

  • What is the next stage in this funding partnership? 

 

At the end of the development phase, all groups will be expected to apply for a full-scale Innovation Hub. Funding is available for £3-6m per Hub over five years, depending on the scale and remit of the challenge that groups are seeking to address.  

 

We are excited to work together on this challenging area and look forward to seeing the excellent impacts from the funded groups which will hopefully transform care for people with MLTCs.  

 

Katherine Freeman 

EPSRC Senior Portfolio Manager  

Healthcare Technologies 

 

More information on each of the awards can be found here:  

 

Innovation Hub for agile development and optimization of health and care services for people with multiple long-term conditions including dementia and their caregivers - NIHR Funding and Awards 

 

The Care-Full Study: A systems approach to older adults with multiple long term conditions' home-based care: mapping, scoping, feasibility, and modelling of factors affecting outcomes for unpaid caregiving - NIHR Funding and Awards 

 

Developing SysteMatic: Prevention, Precision and Equity by Design for People Living with Multiple Long-term Conditions - NIHR Funding and Awards 

 

SPROCKET: Systems and Process Redesign and Optimisation at Childhood Key Events and Transitions - NIHR Funding and Awards 

 

SPHERE: Systems and People-Centric Innovation in Healthcare Redesign - NIHR Funding and Awards 

 

Systems Engineering and Thinking To Transform Transitions (SET4) in health and care for people with multiple long-term conditions - NIHR Funding and Awards 

 

Using Population-based Systems to deliver improved and equitable health and care services for people with multiple long-term conditions: The Leeds SEISMIC HUB - NIHR Funding and Awards 

 

Re-Engineering Services for Health: Maximising Person-centred Care (RESHAPE-CARE) - NIHR Funding and Awards 

 

SEISMIC SHIFT: Systemic Health Innovation Future Transformation - NIHR Funding and Awards 

 

 

First published: 18 January 2024

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