Take part in research about the economic impact of caring for people with cancer. If you provide unpaid care, are aged 16+ & live in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales we want to hear from you. For details & to register interest, go to: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
Dr Rebecca Goulding
@rgouldinguom.bsky.social
reh-beh-kah gold-ing (she/her). Researcher at The University of Manchester. Researching health communication, access to care, patient involvement, patient safety and treatment burden, particularly for people with (multiple) long-term conditions
Is there a prize for best presentation title at #HSRUK26? Great talk from @jhrh.bsky.social on ‘Policy lessons from the short life and long shadow of England's Integrated Care Partnerships’.
Better still, come join the poster walkround tomorrow (1 July) between 11:45-13:00. #HSRUK26 #healthcomm
Come see my poster at #HSRUK26 from lunchtime today to see the unscrambled results (PW 5-4). Writing clinic letters directly to patients: designing evidence-based resources for and in partnership with patients and healthcare professionals. #healthcomm
Come see my poster at #HSRUK26 from lunchtime today to see the unscrambled results (PW 5-4). Writing clinic letters directly to patients: designing evidence-based resources for and in partnership with patients and healthcare professionals. #healthcomm
Who’s attending #HSRUK26? Looking forward to catching up and sharing some of my latest #healthcomm research. @hsruk.bsky.social
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...
Writing to patients | British Society for Rheumatology
service guidance, Writing to patients,
rheumatology.org.uk
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
Older Patients' Verbal Communication in Interactions With Primary Care Staff: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta‐Ethnography
Background Communication between patients and staff is a crucial component of safe and effective healthcare. As people age, they have more consultations and these become more complex. As such, older...
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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
OATH - Optimising Access Through Human fit | research
OATH - Optimising Access as Human Fit research project from The University of Manchester. Making General Practive more collaborative, compassionate and accessible to all. Funded by the NIHR.
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'The need to improve access is often given as a reason not to focus on continuity of care—ignoring abundant evidence that better continuity will help solve the access problem by reducing demand' www.bmj.com/content/386/...
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...
And the Covid wave in England continues...
The Covid summer goes on.
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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