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…
What’s in a name? A lot, judging by the eye-watering amounts spent on re-branding exercises in the corporate world. We didn’t hire any advertising or public affairs consultants but we have changed our name, which begs the questions – why,…
Our ‘P3C’ programme of work has been set up to help address some of the problems health and social care services face when trying to improve the ways in which they deliver care. Our innovative approach aims to mobilise the…
Hosted by Plymouth primary care and the university’s Community and Primary Care Research Group, this free event (2-3rd Nov 2017) will bring together practitioners and patients, workforce and primary care redesign innovators and international experts for a lively and creative…
This week, when others around were returning from Cape Town and the Global Evidence Summit (no jealousy), I travelled up to cloudy Manchester for a set of talks around Urgent Care and improving the way patients move through the health…