Another conference session to check out at #BSR26: Co-designing service improvement. @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social will be presenting at 14:40 on ‘Co-designed resources to support rheumatology healthcare professionals to write clinic letters directly to patients’.

If you’re at #BSR26, don’t miss this afternoon’s session on ‘Engaging patients and improving communication in rheumatology services: outpatient clinic letters, health inequalities, and digital access’. Feat. @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social at 15:55 in Hall 1.

At #UKSBM2026? Join us at 11:40 in Owen 1032 for our round table on BEST BEHAVIOUR: Better Evidence Synthesis to Target BEHAVIOUR change in health and healthcare. @sarah-r.bsky.social

Very happy to announce our writing to patients from rheumatology resource set is now available on the British Society for Rheumatology website. Care starts with clarity. #healthcomm @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social www.rheumatology.org.uk/improving-ca...

New paper. Really proud of this one - the first publication from my PhD: Older patients' verbal communication in interactions with primary care staff: a qualitative systematic review and meta‐ethnography. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10..... Supervisor and co-author: @speters123.bsky.social

Interesting start to the parallel session on continuity. @patrickburch.bsky.social discussing his qualitative research. Patients who have experienced continuity know the value of it, those who haven’t haven’t necessarily considered it. #sapc2025 @sapc.ac.uk

Great presentation by Polly Duncan on primary care for housebound patients. What factors are associated with being housebound / who is most likely to be housebound? How can health care services better support their patients who are housebound? #sapc2025 @capcbristol.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

Who raises the topic of mental health in annual review consultations for people with multiple long-term conditions? Becky Franks (undergrad student & future top doc) presents her important @oxprimarycare.bsky.social #ClinicalCommunication research at #SAPC2025 - super proud supervisor moment!

Are you attending #SAPC2025? Please help the SAPC Public Involvement & Participatory Approaches Special Interest Group by completing our short, anonymous survey! Your input will help us shape future involvement support and opportunities. forms.office.com/e/8J6tBVqChT @sapc.ac.uk

On my way to Cardiff for #SAPC2025. Come catch my presentation tomorrow afternoon. I’ll be talking about outpatient clinic letters, who they are written to and why. @sapc.ac.uk @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social @brianmcmillan.bsky.social

Patient-first clinic letters: join an event for clinical and administrative staff working in primary care and help decide what works for general practice. When: Thursday, 26 June from 14:00-16:00 Where: @nexerdigital.com, Macclesfield This is your opportunity to shape how change is implemented.

Primary care stakeholder event on writing outpatient clinic letters to patients: We want to hear from primary care clinicians and administrative staff to ensure your needs are taken into account as we encourage and support healthcare professionals to write outpatient clinic letters to patients. 1/3

Today marks a pretty monumental occasion. I’ve worked at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social in the @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for 20 years! Feeling appreciation for the many wonderful people I’ve met and worked with in that time. Special shout out to @suzypuss.bsky.social for your support since the early days.

Just one hour left of work in 2024. Have had a lovely year working with @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social @brianmcmillan.bsky.social et al. on the writing to patients from rheumatology study. Happy holidays all!

A study shows that pre-existing distrust in public health systems, exacerbated by structural racism and inequalities, significantly impacted vaccine uptake in marginalised communities in #GreaterManchester. Read more here: bit.ly/4e3I28M

Conclusion from the GP-SUS and OATH dissemination event. General practice is not broken. The media narrative that it is is harmful. There is a lot that works. We need to build on our strengths, focus on meeting the needs of the population and build system capacity to do this.

After a morning of games (snakes and telephones, an inescape room) and an empathy building exercise, the afternoon began with an expert panel discussion. The provocation: General practice is broken… should we concede that people cannot have an appointment with their doctor? 1/3

Attending the fantastic GP-SUS and OATH dissemination event today. Whatever happened to all those attempts to change access to general practice? What are the realities of access for patients and staff? Can we optimise access by looking at it through the lens of human fit? 1/3

Are you a current patient of a #Rheumatology outpatient department in the UK NHS/HSC? We want to know your views on clinic letters and who they are written to. For information on our interview and focus group study, please visit: sites.manchester.ac.uk/writing-to-r...

We are looking for #HealthcareProfessionals working in #Rheumatology outpatient departments in the UK NHS/HSC. We want to know what you think about writing clinic letters directly to patients. For information about our interview study, please visit: sites.manchester.ac.uk/writing-to-r...

Looking for a way to improve access AND continuity. Look no further: www.oath-access.com The OATH resource set helps practices and patients explore access problems, find ways to address them and improve the experience of healthcare for all. Based on research conducted at The University of Manchester

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,553,673!

The summer Covid wave in England continues and highest wasterwater levels in Scotland since 2022! Be careful out there. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Rheumatology MDT members: Do you conduct #Rheumatology outpatient consultations in the UK NHS/HSC? If so, we want to know what you think about writing clinic letters directly to patients. To complete our survey, or for more information, please visit: bit.ly/W2Phcpsurvey

NEW SURVEY: We are looking for current patients of #Rheumatology outpatient departments in the UK NHS/HSC. We want to know what you think about clinic letters and who they are written to. To complete our survey, or for more information, please visit: bit.ly/W2Pptsurvey

The writing to patients from rheumatology research project website is now live! Our aim is to support rheumatology healthcare professionals to write outpatient clinic letters directly to patients. To find out more about what we are doing and why, please visit: sites.manchester.ac.uk/writing-to-r...

Final call for participants. This survey is open for two more weeks and will close on 13 May 2024. Healthcare, health services and health communication researchers - please follow the link in the post and share your experiences. #HealthComm #AcademicSky

We are trying to understand researchers’ experience of trying to record clinical encounters (in any UK setting) for healthcare research – we are interested in understanding both successful and unsuccessful attempts to do so. Please follow uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... to take part.

Returned from lunch to find a furry co-worker covering for me (and definitely not just enjoying the proximity to the radiator and residual heat from my heat pad). #AcademicsWithCats #AcademicSky

📣 New publication: Safer Patients Empowered to Engage and Communicate about Health (SPEECH) in primary care: a feasibility study and process evaluation of an intervention for older people with multiple long-term conditions #AcademicSky rdcu.be/dvhuK

Back to work today. Starting the year by reviewing what’s already in my diary for the next 12 months and, most importantly, adding in the bank holidays. 🎉 Happy New Year everyone!

Attending and presenting at SAPC North today. The Northern arm of the Society for Academic Primary Care. I will be sharing results from a feasibility study and process evaluation of SPEECH: Safer Patients Empowered to Engage and Communicate about Heath. #AcademicSky

Being part time across different jobs is just constantly feeling like you’re letting the side down while also wanting to scream “no I haven’t done that I have literally been working A Different Job since we last spoke” on a daily basis

New paper published in BJGP Open. Protocol for a study exploring treatment butden for adults (aged 18-65) with multiple long-term conditions, through qualitative Interviews and a quantitative survey. #AcademicSky bjgpopen.org/content/earl...

Do compassionate clinicians do better or worse at giving you the right diagnosis? If you’ve been misdiagnosed within the last year and then received the right diagnosis from another clinician, you may qualify for our study (5-10 minutes). Details here: ucsd.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Hi everyone. 👋 I'm a researcher at The University of Manchester, UK. My research focuses on access, health communication, patient safety and treatment burden in primary care - particularly for people with multiple long-term conditions / unmet needs. Looking forward to building some new connections.