I am a health systems researcher with a background in sociology and social policy (a Master's in Sociology from the University of Warsaw and a PhD from UCL SSEES). I am a member of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Systems and Commissioning. My interests focus on the political economy of health and social care systems in particular mechanisms governing the allocation of resources including funding and provider payment mechanisms, sociolegal aspects such as governance, regulation, accountability, and social legitimacy of public services as reflected in the public attitudes.
As part of NIHR PRU in Health and Social Care Systems and Commissioning, I have been involved in several research projects exploring various organisational aspects of the English NHS such as an interplay between competition and cooperation mechanisms in planning local health services and implementation of the new architecture of system management established by the Health and Care Act 2022. Currently, I am involved in a project exploring the development of provider collaboratives in the English NHS.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
I am a Deputy Module Organiser of the Health Services (1107) module. I have also experience as a personal tutor, project supervisor and marker on the MSc in Public Health. Previously, I have been a seminar leader on the Health Policy, Process and Power.
Research
My interests span different aspects of public service provision from the policy makers', providers' and users' perspectives. I am interested in the organisation of health care services, how they interface with other sectors in particular social care, interorganisational relations and the issues of social legitimacy and public attitudes towards public service provision. In my PhD I explored the conceptualisations of welfare deservingness expressed by Polish migrants in the context of the British welfare state.