In the final part of his blog, Felix relates his post-conference fire-side chat with Sir Michael Marmot, and his lasting impressions from his time in Singapore On day 4 of my time in Singapore, I am busy updating the Coastal team via WhatsApp and shopping for souvenirs for them as a token gesture for being… Continue reading From Torbay to Singapore: International Impact of the embedded Researcher-in-Residence Model

The SW SAPC 2023 conference took place in Birmingham this year. It was my first in-person conference since before COVID-19 and I approached the trip with a mixture of excitement and a touch of trepidation (Do I bring a mask? Should I take a test? Will people shake hands or touch elbows?). This being my… Continue reading SW SAPC 2023 – Blog by Tomasina Oh (Dementia PersonAlised Care Team/D-PACT)

Part 2 of this 3 part blog chronicles Felix’s time in Singapore and at the 1st Asia Pacific Social Prescribing Conference Day 1 James Sanderson, one of the keynote speakers at the 1st Asia Pacific Social Prescribing Conference, Director of Personalised Care at NHS-England, and founder of the National Academy of Social Prescribing, tells me… Continue reading From Torbay to Singapore: International Impact of the embedded Researcher-in-Residence Model

Part 1 of this 3 part blog from Felix Gradinger gives the background of Torbay’s embedded Researcher-in-Residence model and its links with Singapore This story of pathways to impact by “long and prepared accident” really starts back in 2004, in the time of the first Torbay action researcher and ‘critical friend’, Peter Thistlethwaite. He later… Continue reading From Torbay to Singapore: International Impact of the embedded Researcher-in-Residence Model

Lynne Callaghan, Lucy Cartwright, Emma Hazeldine, Nick Axford and Laura Gill are excited to announce that they have secured funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for – Strengthening partnerships through research to tackle male violence against women and girls in Plymouth. It’s an ambitious project that is aiming to understand what is… Continue reading Strengthening partnerships through research to tackle male violence against women and girls in Plymouth

We’re 18 months into the study and “PROGROUP” is proving to be quite a journey of discovery about attitudes to obesity! The origins of PROGROUP now seem half a lifetime away, but perhaps that just confirms that you have to take a “long view” in research. So here’s the long view on PROGROUP.At the time,… Continue reading Where did PROGROUP come from?

Functional Imagery Training (FIT) is an intervention that draws upon motivational interviewing techniques combined with multi-sensory imagery. This is with the aim of increasing intrinsic motivation and further strengthening behaviour change by practicing working towards goals through imagery. The imagery supports individuals to focus on the positive feelings that success can bring and how they… Continue reading Implementing Functional Imagery Training into healthcare settings – by Sarah Greene

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines chronic pain as that which persists beyond the expected healing time which often has no identifiable cause, and no clear pathway to a cure (IASP 2020, Malik 2020). Common chronic pain syndromes are well documented within the care home setting, but what about dental pain?… Continue reading Dental Pain in Care Homes

Whether we’re buying a new computer, washing machine or holiday, most of us have probably used websites that allow us to compare prices or read expert and consumer views before we click ‘purchase’. So websites that give the lowdown on interventions to improve child and youth well-being won’t be a completely unfamiliar concept. Recent years… Continue reading Buying interventions: are comparison websites helpful? – Nick Axford

Reflections on SAPC-SW The South-West Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC-SW) conference is a local, friendly, conference attended by a delightful mixture of practitioners and academics.  The variety of attendees and the localised nature of the conference result in presentation content that is an interesting melting pot of clinical and PhD student projects, results from… Continue reading Reflections on SAPC-SW by Charley Hobson-Merrett