All Outputs (6)

Patient buy-in to social prescribing through link workers as part of person-centred care: a realist evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
Tierney, S., Wong, G., Westlake, D., Turk, A., Markham, S., Gorenberg, J., Reeve, J., Mitchell, C., Husk, K., Redwood, S., Meacock, T., Pope, C., Baird, B., & Mahtani, K. R. (2024). Patient buy-in to social prescribing through link workers as part of person-centred care: a realist evaluation. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, https://doi.org/10.3310/ETND8254

Background: Social prescribing link workers have become part of primary health care in recent years. They help patients to recognise non-medical factors affecting their health and identify sources of support, often in the voluntary, community and soc... Read More about Patient buy-in to social prescribing through link workers as part of person-centred care: a realist evaluation.

Addressing hidden tensions and grey areas of general practice: a qualitative study of the experiences of newly qualified GPs attending a course on generalist medicine (2024)
Journal Article
Dell'Olio, M., & Reeve, J. (2024). Addressing hidden tensions and grey areas of general practice: a qualitative study of the experiences of newly qualified GPs attending a course on generalist medicine. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 74(746), e637-e643. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0514

Background Generalist approaches can help address several challenges facing today’s primary care. However, GPs report insufficient support to deliver advanced generalist medicine (AGM) in daily practice, struggling within a healthcare system that imp... Read More about Addressing hidden tensions and grey areas of general practice: a qualitative study of the experiences of newly qualified GPs attending a course on generalist medicine.

Supporting the primary care workforce through training in advanced generalist practice: An evaluation of the Catalyst programme (2024)
Journal Article
Dell'Olio, M., & Reeve, J. (online). Supporting the primary care workforce through training in advanced generalist practice: An evaluation of the Catalyst programme. The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, https://doi.org/10.1097/CEH.0000000000000566

Introduction:
As a workforce crisis is causing recruitment and retention issues for new to practice GPs, we designed Catalyst, a one-year pilot career development program aiming to help new to practice GPs develop the skills of advanced generalist... Read More about Supporting the primary care workforce through training in advanced generalist practice: An evaluation of the Catalyst programme.

The real work of general practice: understanding our hidden workload (2024)
Journal Article
Reeve, J., Woolford, S., Watson, J., & Harris, T. (2024). The real work of general practice: understanding our hidden workload. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 74(742), 196-197. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp24X737061

Opening paragraph:
GPs are consistently being asked to work even harder than we already are. We see endless news stories about falling GP appointment numbers and suboptimal patient care due to lack of GP availability. We hear it from our patients, s... Read More about The real work of general practice: understanding our hidden workload.

Social prescribing for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their carers: what works, for whom, under what circumstances and why – protocol for a complex intervention systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Marshall, J., Papavasiliou, E., Fox, C., Hawkes, M., Irvine, A., Moniz-Cook, E., …Cross, J. L. (2024). Social prescribing for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their carers: what works, for whom, under what circumstances and why – protocol for a complex intervention systematic review. BMJ open, 14(4), Article e080551. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080551

Introduction
Dementia is a complex medical condition that poses significant challenges to healthcare systems and support services. People living with dementia (PLWD) and their carers experience complex needs often exacerbated by social isolation an... Read More about Social prescribing for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their carers: what works, for whom, under what circumstances and why – protocol for a complex intervention systematic review.

“She’s been a rock”: the function and importance of ‘holding’ by social prescribing link workers in primary care in England: findings from a realist evaluation. (2024)
Journal Article
Westlake, D., Wong, G., Markham, S., Turk, A., Gorenberg, J., Pope, C., Reeve, J., Mitchell, C., Husk, K., Redwood, S., Meacock, A., Mahtani, K. R., & Tierney, S. (2024). “She’s been a rock”: the function and importance of ‘holding’ by social prescribing link workers in primary care in England: findings from a realist evaluation. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2024, Article 2479543. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2479543

Social prescribing link workers are recently introduced roles in English primary care. One of their intended functions is to support patients with conditions influenced by the wider, social determinants of health. Their main purpose is to connect peo... Read More about “She’s been a rock”: the function and importance of ‘holding’ by social prescribing link workers in primary care in England: findings from a realist evaluation..