6 June 2013, 4 pm
Canynge Hall, Room LG.08
Professor Peter Bower
Peter Bower works at the Centre for Primary Care, at the Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, which is part of the NIHR School for Primary Care Research
He is a psychologist by background and a health services researcher by trade. His main research interests concern effective ways of improving management of long term conditions (with a focus on multimorbidity) the delivery of effective psychological therapies for common mental health problems, and the effective recruitment of patients to randomised trials. He also has methodological interests in evidence synthesis and trial methodology.Long-term conditions require patients to make changes to lifestyle and adopt self management, which needs an active partnership between patient and professional. To achieve such a partnership, there have been previous policy commitments to ensure that ‘everyone with a long-term condition has a personalised care plan’, an approach supported by patient and professional organisations and many academic researchers. Care plans are designed to record agreements between patient and professional about goals and preferences, and to help to organise services around patient needs.
However, care plans are potentially complex in design, implementation and evaluation. The aim of the CAPITOL project was to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the implementation and outcomes of care plans and care planning in the NHS, through multiple methods: reviews of care planning; qualitative work with patients and professionals; and large scale surveys exploring the prevalence and impact of care plans in routine care.
This seminar will summarise this work and consider the role and function of care plans in the future care of long-term conditions.
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The seminar is free, and all are welcome (including members of the public) without needing to book a place. If you have difficulties with stairs, we have a lift to provide access to the lower ground floor.