Health Services Research

Undertake research with real-world benefits to improve health and reduce inequalities with our PhD/MPhil/MD in Health Services Research. You’ll explore key challenges in health, and how to improve services, systems and policies to address health inequalities and improve outcomes. The Institute of Population Healthis dedicated to globally important and locally impactful population health scholarship, through programmes or research and civic partnerships. Our research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of health services, the social origins of health and social inequalities in healthcare, and mental health and well-being, including the evaluation of a wide range of psychosocial interventions and therapies. This multi-disciplinary research environment with strong NHS and NIHR partnerships provides a positive environment for postgraduate research students. We have expertise and ongoing research projects using both quantitative and qualitative methods, systematic reviews, clinical trials and routinely collected data in a variety of community, primary and secondary care contexts. Our work is theoretically robust, and problem and policy focused, with a socially relevant research agenda and research led postgraduate teaching. Students studying for a postgraduate research degree in Health Services Research are based within theDepartment of Primary Care and Mental Health (PCMH)or theDepartment of Public Health, Policy and Systems (PHPS). PCMH’s goal is to enhance mental health and wellbeing support, and primary healthcare provision. PCMH engages in scholarly activity to develop theories, models and interventions for primary healthcare and to promote mental health and wellbeing. Our research and teaching activities aim to enhance excellence in primary, community, mental health and social care at a local and global level. Our underlying principles include inclusion and diversity, multi-disciplinarity and co-production, and we adhere to robust governance and standards of pr

IELTS: 7.0 overall, with no component below 6.0 TOEFL iBT: If you took a TOEFL test on or before 20 January 2026, you’ll need 100 overall, with minimum scores of listening 21, writing 21, reading 21 and speaking 23. If you took a TOEFL test from 21 January 2026 onwards, when a new scoring system was introduced, you’ll need 5 overall, with 4.5 or above in all components. TOEFL Home Edition not accepted. Pearson PTE Academic: 69 overall, with no component below 61

IELTS 7.0 overall, with no component below 6.0

International students: Full-time place, per year - £32,200; Part-time: £16,100

UK students: Full-time place, per year - £5,238; Part-time: £2,619

UK/Home: Full-time place, per year - £5,238; Part-time: £2,619

International: Full-time place, per year - £32,200; Part-time: £16,100

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• Liverpool, United Kingdom