Who made this living with multiple health problems resource?

Dr Gavin Daker-White

Gavin Daker-White has been undertaking qualitative health research since 1990. He led on the analysis but the interviews were also conducted by Kate. Gavin is a research fellow in the Centre for Primary Care at the University of Manchester where he works on several research projects about patient safety and people’s experiences of multiple health problems.

Kate Neal

Kate Neal completed 28 interviews used in this study, which were supported by the following grant held by Professor Jose M Valderas: National Institute of Health Research Clinician Scientist Award “Improving the management of long term conditions with the clinical use of patient reported outcome measures in Primary Care” (NIHR/CS/010/024). Kate has gone on to doctoral level study within medical sociology, having particular interests in disability and identity

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to all the people who took part in this study, to Julie Evans for her work as ‘research buddy,’ and to our advisory panel for their help and guidance throughout the project.

Advisory Panel

Professor Claire Anderson, Professor of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, The University of Nottingham
Carole Bennett, Lay representative
Professor Peter Bower, Professor of Health Services Research, NIHR Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, University of Manchester
Dr Benjamin Brown, GP and Welcome Trust Research Training Fellow, Health eResearch Centre, University of Manchester
Professor Stephen Campbell, Professor of Primary Care Research at the University of Manchester
Rebecca Hays, Research Associate, Centre for Primary Care, University of Manchester
Professor Jose M Valderas, Professor of Health Services Research and Policy at University of Exeter Medical School
Brian Minor, Lay representative
Dr Sara Ryan, Research Director, Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford

This is a summary of independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre; the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (Award no. 242, 2014/15); and the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist Award “Improving the management of long term conditions with the clinical use of patient reported outcome measures in Primary Care” (NIHR/CS/010/024). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.