Emails – love them or loathe them, they have definitely increased during the last 12 months whilst we have been navigating home working during a global pandemic. You know the feeling when you open an email or even read…
The NIHR funded Dementia-Person Aligned Care Team (D-PACT) project https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/dementia/dementia-person-aligned-care-team, aims to develop and evaluate a person-centred Dementia Support Worker (DSW) intervention based in primary care. The project is…
We are Research Fellows on the NIHR funded Dementia-Person Aligned Care Team (D-PACT) project which aims to develop and evaluate a person-centred Dementia Support Worker (DSW) intervention based in primary care. Interviewing people with dementia and carers, about their experiences of…
Scoping out the Issues in the Rapid Scaling Up of Remote Triage and Consulting in the Covid-19 Pandemic – November 25th 2020 Public Health England’s ‘Open for Business’ campaign has been an attempt to reassure the public that they should…
I am a qualitative researcher on the NIHR funded Dementia-Person Aligned Care Team (DPACT) project (https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/dementia-person-aligned-care-team). We are looking at whether quality of life for people with dementia and their carers can be improved by having a dedicated support worker…
Well, the milestone of publishing my first academic journal article has been reached. What can I say other than I am excited about my contribution to an article being published in Health Expectations. Hopefully sometime this month the article will…
Early intervention has been in the policy spotlight in the UK recently thanks to an inquiry by the House of Commons Select Committee for Science and Culture broadcast on Parliament Live TV. The first session, on 20th February, offered some…
In the midst of the twittersphere furore surrounding Johann Hari’s high-profile book Lost Connections, stating that there are better alternatives to antidepressants, patients and practitioners around the country are unheard as they wrestle with difficult decisions. Sadly, as clinicians, we…
Session 3: Organisational support for person centred approaches and scaling up. “System change – working with multiple local initiatives and top down policy dictats: Exploring context and capabilities for Integrating Care” This workshop entailed the beautiful and relevant and experiment…
Not a million miles away from where I write this lies a once-grand seaside resort now better known – at least in parts of the media – for high rates of personal debt and teenage pregnancy. In an attempt to…