Richard McManus

Biography

I first completed my BA in Sociology and Social Policy at The University of Nottingham achieving a 2.1. I was then awarded a research grant to study MA Public Policy also at The University of Nottingham which I passed with merit.

I am currently undertaking my PhD research at Keele University in Public Policy, specifically in Health Policy. The research project is joint funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and Keele University. I am in my third year of the project.

What motivates me in this specific project is the potential to use mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) and build grounded theory to explain bureaucracy and understand the many facets of policy which interact in the regulation of Healthcare.

Research and scholarship

NHS Regulation: Getting the most out of Healthcare?

This research explores health regulation through qualitative interviews as well as secondary quantitative analysis. The interviewees are staff from three NHS Trusts and two Clinical Commissioning Groups in England. Using grounded theory from the interviews to assess the associated deficiencies of regulation from provider and commissioner perspectives and explain what is occurring. The Quantitative element evaluates providers and commissioners nationally assessing quality and finance ratings over the last 10 years and measuring correlations to determine if regulation is effective.

My project is supervised by Professor Calum Paton who is a political scientist, political economist, and an expert in health policy.

Further information

As well as guest lecturing at Nottingham I am a private tutor in Social Policy and Sociology to individuals at Masters, Undergraduate and A-level.