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 be in print: Taylor C, Gill L, Gibson A, Byng R, Quinn C. (Forthcoming). ‘Engaging… Continue reading My first academic journal article – Laura Gill
Early intervention in the spotlight – Nick Axford
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 insight into contrasting perspectives in the field as regards the desirability of early intervention as… Continue reading Early intervention in the spotlight – Nick Axford
Difficult decisions about antidepressants, a person centred approach to untangling the evidence. A sceptical physician’s perspective – Richard Byng
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 often don’t share our worries with patients, and vice versa. Prescription rates continue to rise.… Continue reading Difficult decisions about antidepressants, a person centred approach to untangling the evidence. A sceptical physician’s perspective – Richard Byng
Reflection on primary care conference Nov 2017 – Felix Gradinger
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 to get a diverse set of stakeholders that mostly did not know each other to… Continue reading Reflection on primary care conference Nov 2017 – Felix Gradinger
Applying ‘dark logic’ in practice – Nick Axford
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 change this, planners had a bright idea: if they built a new road to the… Continue reading Applying ‘dark logic’ in practice – Nick Axford
Plymouth Community and Primary Care Research Group: The Logic behind the name – Richard Byng and Nick Axford
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, and what does our new name say about us? Emerging as part of a new… Continue reading Plymouth Community and Primary Care Research Group: The Logic behind the name – Richard Byng and Nick Axford
Creating and Facilitating Change for Person Centred Coordinated Care: The Organisational Change Tool – Jane Horrell and Helen Lloyd
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 flow of different types of knowledge to support services develop more efficient and person-centred care.… Continue reading Creating and Facilitating Change for Person Centred Coordinated Care: The Organisational Change Tool – Jane Horrell and Helen Lloyd
Plymouth international primary care conference – workforce sustainability and person centred redesign – Richard Byng and Helen Lloyd
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 debate addressing the key challenges facing the NHS and the role of Person Centred Coordinated… Continue reading Plymouth international primary care conference – workforce sustainability and person centred redesign – Richard Byng and Helen Lloyd
Urgent care: improving patient flow – Kerryn Husk
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 system. This is important for a range of reasons and is on the agenda for… Continue reading Urgent care: improving patient flow – Kerryn Husk
Global Health Collaborative – Rupert Jones
Plymouth University has set up a Global health collaborative which involves researchers and clinicians in the South West who have links to Global Health work. This includes partnerships, education, volunteering and research. Everyone there is an enthusiast. We have projects from Antartica to Uganda. The Global Health research element focuses on education projects such as… Continue reading Global Health Collaborative – Rupert Jones