Rod Sheaff

Research interests
My research interests focus on the over-arching question:

What are the relationships between organisational structures, production processes and policy outcomes in the health sector, and in public sector and 'third sector' organisations more widely?

Current and recent research projects include: 

* Integration and Continuity in Primary Care: Polyclinics and Alternatives, for NIHR Health Services and Delivery R&D Programme. 

* NHS Commissioning Practice and Health System Governance, for NIHR Health Services and Delivery R&D Programme.

* The management and effectiveness of professional and clinical networks, for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D Programme.

* Factors associated with clinical focus in NHS Trust Boards. Burdett Trust.

* Evaluation of the service network for infant mental health services. Plymouth Primary Care Trust.

* Continuity of care for offenders, for NHS Service Delivery andOrganisation R&D Programme.

* Evaluation of four programmes for preventing hospital admissions of frail elderly people under the National Innovation Forum, for Cornwall County Council.

* Evaluation of redesign of services for vulnerable older people (The Evercare Project), for [English] Department of Health.

* Organisational Form and Function: An Analysis of the Literature, for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D Programme.

 

UoP Research group membership

Centre for Health and Social Care Innovation (CHeSCI) 
Centre for Methodological Innovations (CMI) 
Social Exclusion, Diversity and Disadvantage 

Publications

Selected Peer Reviewed Papers

Child S, Boiko O, Sheaff R, Nokes T & Copplestone A (2011) 'Implementing models of care to prevent venous thromboembolism in hospital in-patients' which is the best method?' British Journal of Haematology 153 (supp. 1) 88

Sheaff R, Benson L, Farbus L, Schofield J, Mannion R, Reeves R (2010) Network resilience in the face of health system reform Social Science and Medicine 70: 779–786.

Sheaff R, Pickard S & Dowling B (2009) 'Is evidence based organisational innovation in the NHS a chimaera - or just elusive?' Social Policy and Administration 43 (3) 290-310

Sheaff R (2009) 'Medicine and management in English primary care; a shifting balance of power?' Journal of Social Policy 38 (4) 627-647. 

Sheaff R, Boaden R, Sargent P, Pickard S, Gravelle H, Parker S & Roland M (2009). 'Impacts of case management for frail elderly patients: a qualitative study' Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 14 (2) 88-95.

Woodcock Ross, J; Hooper, L; Stenhouse, E; Doris, F; Sheaff, R. (2009) 'What are child care social workers doing in relation to infant mental health: an exploration of professional ideologies and practice preferences within an interagency context' British Journal of Social Work 39, 1008–1025.

Watkins M, Jones R, Lindsey L & Sheaff R (2008) 'The clinical content of NHS trust board meetings: an initial exploration' Journal of Nursing Management 16: 707-715.

Fotaki M, Roland M, Boyd A, McDonald R, Sheaff R & Smith L (2008) 'What benefits will choice bring to patients? Literature review and assessment of implications' Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 13, 3: 178-184.

Dowling, B; Sheaff, R & Pickard S (2008) 'Governance structures and accountability in primary care' Public Money and Management 28, 4: 215-222.

Gask L, Rogers A, Campbell S and Sheaff R. (2008) 'Beyond the limits of clinical governance? The case of mental health in English primary care' BMC Health Services Research 8: 63 (26 Mar 2008).

Waterman H, Marshall M, Noble J, Davies H, Walshe K, Sheaff R & Elwyn G (2007) 'The role of action research in the investigation and diffusion of innovations in health care: rhetoric and reality' Qualitative Health Research 17, 3: 373-381.

Sargent P, Pickard S, Sheaff R & Boaden R (2007) 'Patient and carer perceptions of case management for long-term conditions' Health & Social Care in the Community 15, 6: 511-519.

Sheaff R & Pilgrim D (2006) 'Can learning organisations survive in the newer NHS?' Implementation Science 1:27 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-1-27.

Gravelle H, Dusheiko M, Sheaff R, Sargent P, Boaden R, Pickard S, Parker S & Roland M (2006) 'Impact of case management (Evercare) on frail elderly patients: controlled before and after analysis of quantitative outcome data', British Medical Journal Nov 2006; doi:10.1136/bmj.39020.413310.55

Marshall M, Noble J, Davies H, Waterman H, Walshe K, Sheaff R & Elwyn G (2006) 'Development of an information source for patients and the public about general practice services: an action research study' Health Expectations 9: 265–274.

Pickard S, Sheaff R & Dowling B (2006) 'Governance and user-responsiveness; the case of English PCTs' Social Science and Medicine 63: 373-383.

Rese A, Balabanova D, Danishevski K, McKee M & Sheaff R (2005) 'Implementing general practice in Russia: getting beyond the first steps' British Medical Journal 331, 23 July: 204-207.

Noble J, Hann M, Sheaff R & Marshall M (2005) 'A survey and audit of the first “Guides to Local Health Services” produced by Primary Care Trusts in England' Health Expectations 8: 138-148

Sheaff R (2005) 'Governance in gridlock in the Russian health system; the case of Sverdlovsk Oblast' Social Science and Medicine  40, 10: 2359-69.

Mostafa M & Sheaff R (2004) 'Strategic preparation for crisis management in hospitals: Empirical evidence from Egypt' Disaster Prevention and Management  13, 5: 399-408.

Sheaff, R: Sibbald, B: Campbell, S: Roland, M: Marshall, M: Pickard, S: Gask, L: Rogers, A: Halliwell, S (2004) 'Soft governance and attitudes to clinical quality in English general practice' Journal of Health Services Research and Policy  9, 3: 132-8.

Sheaff, R: Marshall, M: Rogers, A: Roland, M: Sibbald, B & Pickard S (2004) 'Governmentality by network in English primary healthcare' Social Policy and Administration 38, 1: 89-103.

Chew-Graham C, Rogers R, May C, Sheaff R & Ball E (2004) 'A new role for the general practitioner? Reframing “inappropriate attenders” to “inappropriate services”' Primary Health Care Research and Development   5: 60-7.

Sheaff R, Rogers A, Pickard S, Marshall M, Campbell S, Roland M et al. (2003) 'A Subtle Governance; “soft” medical leadership in English primary care' Sociology of Health and Illness 25,  5: 408-428.

Sheaff R: Pickard S & Smith K (2002) 'Public Service Responsiveness to Users' Demands and Needs: theory, practice and English primary healthcare' Public Administration  80, 3: 435-52.

Sheaff R: Smith, K & Dickson, M (2002) 'Is GP restratification beginning in England?' Social Policy and Administration 36, 7: 765-79.

Marshall,M: Sheaff, R: Rogers, A: Campbell, S: Halliwell, S: Pickard, S: Sibbald, B & Roland, M (2002) 'A qualitative study of the cultural changes in primary care organisations needed to implement clinical governance' British Journal of General Practice  52, 481: 641-5.

Rogers A, Campbell S, Gask L, Sheaff R, Marshall M, Halliwell S et al. (2002) 'Some National Service Frameworks are more equal than others: Implementing clinical governance for mental health in primary care group and trusts' Journal of Mental Health  11, 2: 199-212.

Campbell, S: Sheaff, R: Sibbald, B: Marshall MN: Pickard S: Gask, L: Halliwell, S: Rogers, A & Roland, MO (2002) 'lmplementing clinical governance in English primary care groups / trusts; reconciling quality improvement and quality assurance' Oualitv and Safety in Heath Care 11:  9-14.

Pickard,S: Marshall, M: Rogers, A: Roland, M: Sheaff, R: Sibbald, B: Campbell, S & Halliwell, S (2002) 'User Involvement in Clinical Governance' Health Expectations  5: 1-12.

Rogers, A & Sheaff, R (2001) Formal and informal systems of primary health care in an integrated system: Evidence from the United Kingdom' Health Care Papers  1, 2: 47-58.

Single Author Book

Sheaff, R Responsive Healthcare Buckingham 2002 (Open UP).

Edited collection

Blokhin A: Polzik Y: Ivanitsky V & Sheaff, R (eds) Лекции по Организацие и Экономике Здравоохранения Yekaterinburg 2003 (Urals State Economics University Press & DFID)

Book chapters

Sheaff R, Pickard S & Dowling B (2006) 'Is evidence based organisational innovation a delusion?' in Harrison A (ed) Innovations in Health Care: A Reality Check Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, ch.12/pp174-186.

Sheaff R, Badia JG, Marshall M & Švab I (2006) 'The evolving public-private mix' in Saltman A, Rico A & Boerma W (eds.) PHC in the Driver's Seat? Organizational Reform in European PHC Maidenhead: Open University Press / European Health Observatories, ch.7/pp.129-146.

Dowling, B: Sheaff R & Pickard S (2006) 'Accountability in primary care: the influence of governance structure', in Tavakoli, M & Davis, H (eds.) Reforming Health Systems: Analysis and Evidence, ch.4 /pp47-58.

Sibbald, B: Sheaff, R & Roland, M (2004) 'Primary Care Reform in the UK' in Wilson, R: Short SED & Dorland J (eds.) Implementing Primary Reform. Barriers and Facilitators Montreal, McGill-Queens UP, pp39-48.

Sheaff, R 'What helps? What hinders?' in Bromley N (ed.) What makes hospitals successful? London, Centre for Reform, 2004, pp11-14.

Sheaff, R: Rogers,A: Pickard S: Marshall M: Campbell S: Roland M: SIbbald B & Halliwell S.(2003) 'Medical leadership in English primary care networks' in Dopson, S & Mark A (eds.) Leadership in healthcare London, Palgrave ch1, pp.3-15.

R. Sheaff (2003) ['Dokazatel'naya meditsina i menedzhment' /'Knowledge-based healthcare and management'], in in Blokhin A.B, Ivanitskii, V.P, Polzik E.V & Sheaff R (eds.) (2003) Лекции по организации и экономике Здравоохранении / Lektsii po organisatsii i ekonomike zdravookhranenii / Readings in healthcare organisation and economics Ekaterinburg, Urals State Economics University Press, ch.19/pp. 333-351. In Russian.

Rogers A & Sheaff R (2003) ['Integratsii formal'noi i nyeformal'noi sistemy pervichnovo zvena zdravookhraneniya'/'integration of formal and informal primary care'], in Blokhin A.B, Ivanitskii, V.P, Polzik E.V & Sheaff R (eds.) (2003) Лекции по организации и экономике Здравоохранении / Lektsii po organisatsii i ekonomike zdravookhranenii / Readings in healthcare organisation and economics Ekaterinburg, Urals State Economics University Press, ch.15/pp.277-304. In Russian.

Sheaff, R & Lloyd-Kendall, A (2003) ['Vzaimootnosheniya “zakazchik-postavshchik” meditsinskikh uslug v obshchei praktikye v Velikiobritanii'/'Mutual relationships between principals and agents in British general practice'], in Blokhin A.B, Ivanitskii, V.P, Polzik E.V & Sheaff R (eds.) (2003) Лекции по организации и экономике Здравоохранении / Lektsii po organisatsii i ekonomike zdravookhranenii / Readings in healthcare organisation and economics Ekaterinburg, Urals State Economics University Press, ch.14/pp.243-261. In Russian.

R. Sheaff (2003) ['Analiz stsenariya v politikye zdravookhraneniya i organizatsionnom issledovanie' / 'Scenario analysis in health policy and organisational research'], in Blokhin A.B, Ivanitskii, V.P, Polzik E.V & Sheaff R (eds.) (2003) Лекции по организации и экономике Здравоохранении / Lektsii po organisatsii i ekonomike zdravookhranenii / Readings in healthcare organisation and economics Ekaterinburg, Urals State Economics University Press, ch.13/pp.229-242. In Russian.

R. Sheaff (2003) ['Novaya obshchestvennaya ekonomika v priemneniya k proektirovanno sistemy upravleniya gosudarstvennoi sluzhboi v pervichnom zvenye zdravookhraneniya Velikobritannii' /'New public economics and the proposed management system for state primary care services in Britain'], in Blokhin A.B, Ivanitskii, V.P, Polzik E.V & Sheaff R (eds.) (2003) Лекции по организации и экономике Здравоохранении / Lektsii po organisatsii i ekonomike zdravookhranenii / Readings in healthcare organisation and economics Ekaterinburg, Urals State Economics University Press, ch.10/pp.171-189. In Russian.

R. Sheaff (2003) ['Oplata truda vrachei: mezhdunarodniye opyt i varianti'/'Medical payments: international experience and variants'], in Blokhin A.B, Ivanitskii, V.P, Polzik E.V & Sheaff R (eds.) (2003) Лекции по организации и экономике Здравоохранении / Lektsii po organisatsii i ekonomike zdravookhranenii / Readings in healthcare organisation and economics Ekaterinburg, Urals State Economics University Press, ch.9/pp.151-70. In Russian.

Sheaff R 'A Problematic Transition from Networks to Organisations: The Case of English Primary Care Groups' in Ashburner, L (ed.) Organisational behaviour and organisational Studies in health care. Reflections on the future Basingstoke 2001 (Palgrave) ch.9, pp166-183.

 

Reports & invited lectures
Sheaff R, Child S, Schofield J, Dowling B, Pickard S & Mannion R (2011) Understanding professional partnerships and non-hierarchical organisations. London: NIHR.

Sheaff R, Schofield J, Charles N, Benson L, Mannion R & Reeves D (2011) The management and effectiveness of professional and clinical networks London: NIHR.

Henderson C, Sheaff R, Dickinson A, Beech R, Wistow G, Windle K, Ashby S & Knapp M (2011) Unplanned hospital admissions of older people: exploring the issues. London: NIHR.

Padmore J, Cooper S, Sheaff R & Endacott, R (2007) Whole systems emergency care project (Dorset) Improving emergency care pathways: Right care, right place, right time? An action learning service evaluation and improvement project. Clinical decision unit literature review and report Plymouth: University of Plymouth

Sheaff R, Hooper L, Stenhouse E, Woodcock Ross J, Dewdney-York B, Farrand P & Clibbens J (2007) Redesign of Infant Mental Health Services in Plymouth Plymouth: University of Plymouth
Boaden R, Dusheiko M, Gravelle H, Parker S, Pickard S, Roland M, Sargent P & Sheaff R (2006) Evercare evaluation: final report Manchester: NPCRDC.

Fotaki M; Boyd A; Smith L; McDonald R; Roland M; Sheaff R; Edwards A & Elwyn G (2005) Patient Choice and the Organisation and Delivery of Health Services: Scoping Review Manchester and London (CPPM & NCCSDO).

Boaden R; Dusheiko M; Gravelle H; Parker S; Pickard S; Roland M; Sargent P; Sheaff R (lead investigator) (2005) Evercare Evaluation Interim Report: Implications for supporting people with long term conditions in the NHS Manchester: NPCRDC.

Marshall M, Noble J, Davies H, Walshe K, Waterman H, Sheaff R & Elwyn G (2005) Producing information about general practice services that makes sense to patients and public NPCRDC research report (to BUPA Foundation). 

Sheaff R, Schofield J, Mannion R, Dowling B, Marshall M & McNally R (2004) Organisational factors and performance: a review of the literature London: NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D Programme.