Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Employment:
2017-present: Senior Lecturer in Health Economics
2016-2017: Lecturer in Health Economics
2010-2016: Research Fellow in Health Economics
2008-2010: Research Associate in Health Economics
Funding/Grants awarded
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester
Funding Body: NIHR
Dates: October 2019-September 2024
Evaluation of the Tameside and Glossop Greater Manchester Transformation funded schemes
Funding Body: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Dates: December 2018-November 2020
Evaluating the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP)
Funding Body: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
Dates: April 2017-March 2021
Collaboration for leadership in Applied Health Research and Care
Funding Body: NIHR
Dates: January 2014-September 2019
An evaluation of a new water fluoridation scheme in Cumbria
Funding Body: NIHR Public Health Research Programme
Dates: April 2013-March 2019
Developing an Evidence-Based Public Health Resource Allocation Formula
Funding Body: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Dates: April 2014-April 2015
Developing the Mental Health Funding Formula for Allocations to General Practices
Funding Body: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Dates: December 2010-December 2012
Developing the NHS Resource Allocation Formulae for Mental Health Services and Prescribing
Funding Body: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Dates: January2010-June 2010
Career development awards:
MRC/ESRC/NIHR Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Economics
Funding Body: MRC, ESRC, NIHR
Dates: September 2010-August 2012
ESRC 1+3 funding MSc and PhD
Funding Body: ESRC
Dates: September 2003-August 2007
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
Professional bodies membership
Health Economics Study Group (HESG)
Royal Economics Society (RES)
International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
Committee membership
International Health Economics Association (iHEA) (scientific review panel)
NIHR Research for Patient Benefit programme Regional Advisory Panel member
Teaching
Course director:
MSc Economics (Health specialisation)
Module director:
ECON60432 Healthcare Economics
Tutor:
Health Economics module of the Masters in Public Health
Postgraduate dissertation supervision:
Masters in Public Health
Economics
Research interests
Current research interests:
My overarching research interest lies in equitable access to health care and needs assessment
- Health inequalities: sexual orientation, resource allocation, access to health care.
- Health care resource allocation/Supply: workforce planning, healthcare budget setting.
PhD topic areas for potential supervision:
- Inequalities in health and access to health care (LGBT)
- Inequalities in access to primary care
Research activity:
Extended (7-day) access to primary care:
- The impact of extending GP practice out of hours services on A&E admissions and patient satisfaction - a Greater Manchester pilot evaluation ('demonstrators' evaluation)
- Evaluation of 7-day GP services in Greater Manchester - full Greater Manchester evaluation
- Salford Wide Extended Access Pilot
- GP Access Fund evaluation
Health and social care tranformation:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered health:
- Inequalities in health and access to primary care by sexual orientation
- Chemsex and new HIV diagnosis in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men attending sexual health clinics
- Chemsex and the city: sexualised substance use in gay bisexual and other men who have sex with men attending sexual health clinics
Work incapacity and health:
- Mental health, work incapacity, and State transfers: an analysis of the British Household Panel Survey
- Predicting which people with psychosocial distress are at risk of becoming dependent on State benefits: an analysis of routinely available data
- The effect of mental ill health on absence from work in different occupational classifications: analysis of routine data in the British Household Panel Survey
- A powerful intervention: General Practitioners use of sickness certification in depression
Needs measurement: workforce planning & resource allocation:
- Applying a needs-based approach to workforce planning in health care in England & Canada
- Allocation of funds for prescribing and mental health care services
- Person based resource allocation formula for mental health
- Allocation of sexual health components of public health budgets to Local Authorities
- Addressing Long-Term Workforce Challenges in General Practice in Greater Manchester: The Greater Manchester primary care workforce study
Dentistry:
- Provider incentives and access to dental care: evaluating the NHS dental reforms in England
- Cumbria Assessment of Teeth – a Fluoride Intervention Study for Health
Internal migration:
- The determinants of internal migration in Great Britain: A duration approach
- The employment and earnings of migrants in Great Britain
- The pursuit of happiness: Subjective wellbeing and internal migration in Great Britain
My collaborations
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Economics, Economics and Econometrics, The University of Manchester
1 Sep 2003 → 31 Aug 2004
Award Date: 1 Oct 2004
Bachelor of Economics, The University of Manchester
1 Sep 2000 → 31 Aug 2003
Award Date: 31 Aug 2003
Doctor of Social Science, Internal Migration in Great Britain: Causes and Effects, The University of Manchester
1 Sep 2004 → 31 Aug 2008
External positions
NIHR RfPB Regional Panel Member
1 Jan 2017 → …
Areas of expertise
- H Social Sciences (General)
- health services research
- HA Statistics
- health services research
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
- health services research
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Digital Futures
Keywords
- Health Care
- Econometrics
- Health inequalities
- Health economics
- Health Services Research
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Referral to the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme and conversion from nondiabetic hyperglycaemia to type 2 diabetes mellitus in England: A matched cohort analysis
Ravindrarajah, R., Sutton, M., Reeves, D., Cotterill, S., Mcmanus, E., Meacock, R., Whittaker, W., Soiland-Reyes, C., Heller, S., Bower, P. & Kontopantelis, E., 28 Feb 2023, In: PLOS Medicine. 20, 2, p. e1004177Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The use and impact of digital COVID-19 tracking in adult social care: a prospective cohort study of care homes in Greater Manchester
Ullah, A., Whittaker, W., Bradley, F., Nelson, P. A., Dowding, D., Morciano, M. & Cullum, N., 23 Jan 2023, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 23, 1, p. 47Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A hospital-based independent domestic violence advisor service: demand and response during the Covid-19 pandemic
Elvey, R., Mason, T. & Whittaker, W., 5 Jul 2022, In: BMC Health Services Research. 22, 1, 865.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Has the national extended access scheme impacted on patient experience of and satisfaction with general practice? an observational study using the english GP patient survey
Burch, P. & Whittaker, W., 22 Feb 2022, In: BJGP Open. BJGPO.2022.0013.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variation in appropriate diabetes care and treatment targets in urban and rural areas in England: an observational study of the ‘rule of halves’
Mason, T., Whittaker, W., Dumville, J. & Bower, P., 16 Feb 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Incorporating the gains from healthy ageing in health systems planning
Birch, S., Whittaker, W. & Connelly, L.
1/04/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester.
Cullum, N., Abel, K., Ainsworth, J., Arden Armitage, C., Bee, P., Bower, P., Bucci, S., Burden, S., Burns, A., Checkland, K., Dixon, W., Dowding, D., Dumville, J., French, D., Grande, G., Green, J., Griffiths, J., Hodgson, D., Keady, J., Kislov, R., Kontopantelis, E., Lovell, K., Meacock, R., Morciano, M., Munford, L., O'Neill, T., Peek, N., Pendleton, N., Sanders, C., Spooner, S., Stanmore, E., Sutton, M., Todd, C., Turner, S., Van Der Veer, S., Webb, R., Whittaker, W. & Wilson, P.
1/10/19 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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Evaluating the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP): The DIPLOMA Research Programme (Diabetes Prevention - Long Term Multimethod Assessment).
Sutton, M., Bower, P., Chandola, T., Cotterill, S., French, D., Kontopantelis, E., Meacock, R., Reeves, D., Sanders, C., Whittaker, W. & Wilson, P.
1/04/17 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Collaboration for leadership in Applied Health Research and Care
Boaden, R., Bee, P., Blakeman, T., Bowen, A., Bresnen, M., Checkland, K., Coventry, P., Cullum, N., Dixon, W., Dumville, J., Grande, G., Griffiths, J., Hodgson, D., Lovell, K., Luker, K., Mcbride, A., Mcdonald, E., Mchugh, G., Sutton, M., Waterman, H. & Whittaker, W.
1/01/14 → 30/09/19
Project: Research
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Developing an Evidence-Based Public Health Resource Allocation Formula.
Sutton, M., Jones, A., Mason, T. & Whittaker, W.
1/12/10 → 31/03/15
Project: Research
Impacts
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Evaluating and improving extended access to primary care
Damian Hodgson (Participant), William Whittaker (Collaborator) & Ruth Boaden (Participant)
Impact: Societal impacts
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Needs-based formulae for distributing NHS resources
Matthew Sutton (Participant), Stephen Birch (Participant) & William Whittaker (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts
Datasets
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A pilot randomised controlled trial evaluating mini and conventional implant retained dentures on the function and quality of life of patients with an edentulous mandible
Jawad, S. (Contributor), Barclay, C. (Contributor), Whittaker, W. (Contributor), Tickle, M. (Contributor) & Walsh, T. (Contributor), figshare , 15 Feb 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3692917.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/A_pilot_randomised_controlled_trial_evaluating_mini_and_conventional_implant_retained_dentures_on_the_function_and_quality_of_life_of_patients_with_an_edentulous_mandible/3692917/1
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Socioeconomic disparities in orthodontic treatment outcomes and expenditure on orthodontics in England’s state-funded National Health Service: a retrospective observational study
Price, J. (Contributor), Whittaker, W. (Contributor), Birch, S. (Contributor), Brocklehurst, P. (Contributor) & Tickle, M. (Contributor), figshare , 19 Sep 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3883987.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Socioeconomic_disparities_in_orthodontic_treatment_outcomes_and_expenditure_on_orthodontics_in_England_s_state-funded_National_Health_Service_a_retrospective_observational_study/3883987/1
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