Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Surrey

Surrey County Council is one of 30 local authorities across the UK that have been awarded funding by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to establish a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC).

Surrey Health Determinants Research Collaboration will bring together experts from the council, the University of Surrey, the voluntary and community sector, and other partners to ensure a research-led and evidence-based approach to meeting health priorities.

Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs) enable local authorities to become more research-active, embedding a culture of evidence-based decision making.  HDRCs are designed to centre around local residents who will influence policymaking by setting research priorities. Aiming to build the evidence for how to meet the needs of local people, Surrey HDRC will facilitate research to inform how lifestyle, social, economic, built and natural environment factors (also known as the wider determinants of health) affect health, for example: poor housing conditions, food poverty and air quality.  The HDRC will enable the council to bring together evidence for what works, for who and when to improve and protect the health of Surrey residents.

To find out more about our work, go to our site: https://surrey.hdrc.uk.