Professor Jason Scott

Professor

School: Communities and Education

Jason is a Professor of Applied Health Research, with expertise in the development, implementation and evaluation of innovations in the organisation and delivery of health and social care. He holds various leadership roles, including being Deputy Director of the IDEAS National Evaluation Team, Academic Lead of the Frequent Caller National Network, and School Postgraduate Research Co-Lead.

He has received over £7m of funding from prestigious funders including the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), The Dunhill Medical Trust and The Health Foundation. In his research, he utilises a range of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods, drawing upon and developing theories from the social sciences.

Campus Address

C115
Coach Lane Campus West

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Key Publications

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Adapting and Co-Producing a Psychological First Aid Intervention for Care Home Staff: A Person-Based Approach to Enhance Workforce Resilience, Schoultz, M., Kirton, A., Scott, J., Flynn, D., Beattie, M., Denford, S., Dickens, G. 30 Mar 2026, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Developing a Neighbourhood Health Theory of Change: Large scale system transformation for integration of care in England, Scott, J., Bate, A., Sen, A., Wildman, J., Williams, J., Hibberd, V., Hunter, R., Dalkin, S. 15 Apr 2026, International Conference on Integrated Care
How does the integration of health and justice systems impact on health and care inequalities in marginalised populations? A mixed methods systematic review, McGrath, J., Crowe, L., Jackson, K., Griffin, N., Baariu, J., Jobe, A., King, H., O'Donnell, A., Macdonald, S., Moseley, L., Munford, L., Ramsay, S., Scott, J., Stockdale, K., Addison, M., Scott, S. 8 Apr 2026, In: Social Science and Medicine
Is molecular breast imaging suitable for use in UK breast cancer pathways? A qualitative study exploring healthcare professionals’ perspectives, Elliott, H., Allen, A., Forester, N., Graziadio, S., Jones, W., Lendrem, C., Pearce, M., Powell, T., Bray, A., Scott, J. 3 Jun 2026, In: BMJ Open
P14-2 Exploring the potential harms of social prescribing using dark logic. A global umbrella review, Cooper, M., Okeowo, D., Bennett, L., Aslam, E., Robinson-Barelle, A., Nazar, H., Scott, J. 17 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Potential harms of social prescribing: a global umbrella review and dark logic model, Cooper, M., Okeowo, D., Bennett, L., Aslam, E., Yahya, F., Lawson, L., Robinson-Barella, A., Nazar, H., Scott, J. 4 May 2026, In: BMJ Open
Review of residential and nursing care home policies on safety incident reporting in England, Steer, M., Sykes, K., Waring, J., Mason, C., Dawson, P., Newman, C., Young-Murphy, L., Spencer, M., Scott, J. 1 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
Service User Experiences and Perspectives of Social Prescribing Services for Mental Health, Cooper, M., Flynn, D., Scott, J., Ashley, K., Avery, L. 1 Apr 2026, In: Community Mental Health Journal
Balancing individual rights and risks: A systematic review of qualitative studies of perspectives on older adults' alcohol use in residential care settings, Nichol, B., Charlton, C., Scott, J., Steer, M., Sattar, Z., Haighton, C. 1 Dec 2025, In: Ageing & Society
Co-design of a Mobile Stroke Unit pathway highlights uncertainties and trade-offs for viable system-wide implementation in the English and Welsh NHS, Moseley, L., McMeekin, P., Allen, M., Ford, G., James, M., Laws, A., McCarthy, S., McClelland, G., Park, L., Pearn, K., Phillips, D., Price, C., Shaw, L., White, P., Wilson, D., Scott, J. 1 Dec 2025, In: BMC Emergency Medicine

Current and Recent Projects

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Developing an NIHR Health and Social care Delivery Research (HSDR) national evaluation team: InterDisciplinary Evaluation of complex innovations in heAlth and Social care (IDEAS) Centre, Bate, A. (Principal Investigator), Scott, J. (Co Investigator), National Institute for Health Research, 01/02/25 - 31/01/30, £3,028,752.00

PGR Supervision

Martins Iyekekpolor Re-conceptualising Participatory Evaluation as a Tool for Equitable System Change in Health and Social CareTBC ***JWh 11/09/2025*** Start Date: 01/10/2025
Nicola Stephens Patient Experience of Pain and Pain Management during Recovery from Major Trauma: A Mixed Methods Longitudinal Cohort Study Start Date: 01/10/2023
Clare Wade A group Concept mapping and eThnographic study of IntensiVe carE rehabilItation CUlture (ACTIVE-ICU) Start Date: 17/12/2020
Oludotun Olarewaju Measles Vaccination Policy Implementation: A Principal - Agent Perspective in Nigeria Start Date: 01/03/2023