PHIRST South Bank

PHIRST South Bank (Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Team) is one of six Centres within the PHIRST scheme set up by NIHR (National Institute of Health Research).

The Centre is a collaboration between the five LSBU Research Centres; the Centre for Applied Research in Improvement and Innovation, the Centre for Addictive Behaviours, the Sports and Exercise Science Research Centre, the Centre for Civil and Building Services Engineering Research and the Centre for Global Justice and Social Responsibility.

We work alongside Local Authorities and the communities they serve to co-produce evaluations of interventions seeking to improve health and tackle health inequalities. The Centre provides timely and rigorous answers to important public health questions to support decision making by Local Authorities and build  the public health evidence base.

Evaluations are designed and delivered by experts from a variety of academic disciplines. We are supported by an advisory group made up of statutory and voluntary sector organisations from across the UK. We also embed Public and Patient Involvement into the centre and in each evaluation we undertake. Our multi-disciplinary approach ensures local evaluations benefit from:

• Robust methodology and relevant theory
• Multi-disciplinary expertise
• Timely delivery of practical, tangible findings
• Engaging dissemination
• Strong public and user involvement at all project stages

If you have any questions or you would like to find out more about our work, please get in touch.