Accelerating the translation of research into practice

We address the unique challenges that face health service providers and researchers in regional, rural and remote Australia.

the latest from our blog

Want a chance to help build research capacity?

Sarah Harrison June 13, 2019 No Comments

Did you know that it takes an average of 17 years to move 14% of research into clinical practice? What if we could tell you

A patient journey through theatre

Sarah Harrison June 6, 2019 No Comments

Great short piece of theatre from the UK THIS Institute (an organisation dedicated to strengthening the evidence base for improving healthcare.) It looks at a

New report: The Local Level Evaluation of Healthcare in Australia

Sarah Harrison May 7, 2019 No Comments

The nine Australian health translation centres worked together in 2018 to develop a National Framework for Health Systems Improvement and Sustainability. This has been submitted

Reflections on unintended consequences and apparent backfires

Christine Jorm April 29, 2019 No Comments

Safety giant Shojania wrote this editorial to accompany a study where predictive risk stratification was introduced into primary care in order to help Welsh GPs

The Dark Side of Co-Production

Christine Jorm April 24, 2019 No Comments

This paper was a surprise. Translation of evidence into practice is central to NSWRHP’s mission and co-production of research, where end users are participants in

NSW Regional Health Partners: Bridging the Gap

Sarah Harrison April 6, 2019 No Comments

Our Objective

Our Objective is to make appreciable improvements in patient outcomes and experience by translating evidence into practice.

Our purpose

Our Purpose is to accelerate the translation of evidence into practice to improve the health and wellbeing of regional, rural and remote communities.

Our strategic plan

In late 2019 the NSWRHP developed a strategic plan for 2019 – 2022. The Strategic plan outlines the priorities of the Centre along with its purpose, objective and ways of working. To view a copy of the strategic plan click here.

Director's Message

Welcome to 2019 and also to our new website. NSW Regional Health Partners is a very new organisation but determined to have an impact – by accelerating the translation of evidence into practice to improve the health and wellbeing of regional, rural and remote communities.

Currently there is frequently a gap between the best evidence we know and the care patients actually receive. This ‘translation gap’ is a major problem, reducing the benefit of investment in biomedical research, resulting in research waste and needlessly poor outcomes for individuals and communities. Closing it is not easy:

‘as a social intervention, improving health care is complex and, therefore, difficult to understand, design, implement, reproduce, describe and report’.