Person-centred care and complex health needs

Led by: Professor Caroline Sanders and Dr Thomas Blakeman.

We focus on ensuring patient and professional experience is at the centre of research to address health and healthcare needs. We have particular expertise in self-management, multimorbidity, mental health and health technology assessment.

Our aims are:

• To conduct high-quality research into the delivery, effectiveness and experience of care for patients with long-term conditions.
• To have a demonstrable impact on the delivery of care for long-term conditions nationally and internationally.

To achieve this, we:

• Develop evidence-based interventions grounded in an in-depth understanding of everyday lives and practices to manage health and illness, and the interface with routine clinical practice.
• Navigate the challenge of maximising the utility of technologies/interventions while minimising treatment burden for patients and unnecessary clinician workload.
• Support system resilience through collaboration across the interfaces of care and through partnership with patients, carers and members of the public.

Available projects

The below projects are available within this theme. The links will take you to the full project descriptions on FindAPhD.com, from where you can also email the lead contact for each project with any questions.

• Examining the use of tools to support patient-centred care in remote consultations in primary care (Dr Rebecca Morris)
• Improving patients' and professionals' experiences of patients having online access to their primary care health record (Brian McMillan)

Next steps and contacts

If you are considering applying for a studentship for a project within this theme, please email the research contact for the relevant project to discuss your potential application and ask any questions you may have.

Professor Caroline Sanders
Email: caroline.sanders@manchester.ac.uk

Dr Thomas Blakeman
Email: tom.blakeman@manchester.ac.uk

If after speaking to the leads you still wish to be considered for the programme, and you meet our eligibility criteria, you must complete a single online application, following the instructions on the how to apply page.