Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Avery Adams, Dr Brandi Leach, Dr Antiopi Ntouva, Sarah Parkinson and Dr Steph Stockwell for their contributions to specific outputs of the study. We are also grateful to the individuals who gave their time to support the study, including those who participated in interviews over the period of the centre and those who participated more recently in an online workshop to provide their invaluable perspectives and feedback.
We would also like to thank BRACE colleagues for their constructive feedback and input throughout the study: Dr Jo Ellins and Dr Manbinder Sidhu for their contributions to developing the design of this work; Dr Jo Ellins, Dr Nick Fahy and Professor Catherine Needham for undertaking critical review of the draft of the report; Cathy Dakin and Chloe Skillan (BRACE senior/research administrators) for providing varied and valued support throughout; and members of BRACE PPI group for reviewing the plain language summary of the report.
Contributions of authors
Jon Sussex (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8970-4546) (Chief Economist at RAND Europe and Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, a collaboration between RAND Europe and University of Cambridge) co-led the study. He contributed to the conception and design of the study, the theoretical framework, and overall data analysis and interpretation, and writing of the final report. He is corresponding author of the final report.
Judith Smith (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-4063) (Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the BRACE) was the principal investigator and co-led the study. She contributed to the conception and design of the study, overall data analysis and interpretation, and writing of the final report.
Frances M Wu (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9951-6626) (Senior Analyst, RAND Europe) was a researcher for the study. She contributed to data collection, overall data analysis and interpretation, and writing of the final report.
All authors contributed to integrating the findings of the study. Judith Smith and Jon Sussex made critical revisions to the report for important intellectual content and approved the final manuscript. All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the article are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Disclosure of interests
Full disclosure of interests: Completed ICMJE forms for all authors, including all related interests, are available in the toolkit on the NIHR Journals Library report publication page at https://doi.org/10.3310/PTRU7108.
Primary conflicts of interest: Judith Smith is Deputy Director of the Health and Social Care Delivery Research Programme (2020–present); co-investigator of the National Evaluation of Integrated Care and Support Pioneers (2015–22) funded by the NIHR Policy Research Programme; a member of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and NIHR College of Experts for COVID-19 Research Funding (2020–1); a member of the UKRI and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Global Effort on COVID-19 College of Experts (2020); a member and Vice-chair of the Commissioned Prioritisation Committee of the NIHR Health Service and Delivery Research Programme (2015–9); Trustee and Vice-chair of Health Services Research UK; non-Executive Director of the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (2014–22).
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