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Focus on Research - executive summaries of completed projects

Holders of all CSO awards must produce an executive summary as part of their final report. The aims of these summaries are:

to provide more effective dissemination of research findings and implications to policy makers and health service managers in a form which is more likely to catch attention and provoke thought than a conventional research report
to encourage researchers to consider how their findings may contribute to the development of health service policy and practice

CSO has guidelines for the writing of Focus on Research. Please click here for further information.

The summaries are available to download in PDF format and are indexed and colour coded according to priority areas - yellow = cancer, red = CVD/stroke, dark blue = mental health, light blue = public health, green = NHS needs. The lists are updated following each research advisory committee meeting.

Final reports accepted in 2009

cancer
cardiovascular disease and stroke
mental health
public health
NHS needs

Final reports accepted in 2008

cancer
cardiovascular disease and stroke
mental health
public health
NHS needs

Final reports accepted in 2007

cancer
cardiovascular disease and stroke
mental health
public health
NHS needs

Final reports accepted in 2006

cancer
cardiovascular disease and stroke
mental health
public health
NHS needs

Final reports accepted in 2005

cancer
cardiovascular disease and stroke
mental health
public health
NHS needs

Please note that only a small number of summaries of final reports accepted in 2005 are available on the site. If the summary you require is not available please contact the webmaster.

Final reports accepted in 2004

cancer
cardiovascular disease and stroke
mental health
public health
NHS needs

For summaries of final reports accepted pre-2004, please see the archive. These summaries are not indexed by priority area.

The information contained within these pages is issued for information only and is not intended as advice (Disclaimer).