About research

Health and social care research helps us learn more about how our bodies and minds work, why we become ill and what can help us stay well.

Research can help us find new treatments, improve existing treatments and change the way we provide care. It can also help us understand which approaches do not work as expected. This is important because it helps health and care services make decisions based on evidence.

Research at Surrey and Borders Partnership

We support research that can benefit people who use our services and the communities we serve.

Research helps us improve our understanding of mental and physical health and find better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat health conditions. It also helps us improve the care and support we provide.

We want research to be part of everyday practice across our services. We work with people who use our services, carers, researchers and other organisations to develop and carry out high-quality research.

Research, clinical audit and service evaluation

Research aims to produce new knowledge by answering specific questions using carefully designed methods.

Clinical audits and service evaluations have a different purpose. They look at the care and services we currently provide and help us understand their quality and how well they are working.