Dr Zoe Paskins, Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) and Reader in Rheumatology at Keele University has led on a research study which has found that steroid injections can provide an effective means of treating patients with arthritis in their hip.
Joint Liaison & Diversion Service achieves national gold award in recognition of its commitment to open recruitment of people with lived experience of criminal justice
A service offering enhanced mental health support to residents experiencing emotional distress due to the odours emanating from the Walleys Quarry landfill site is helping to make a difference to peoples’ lives.
Mike Brooks is the Trusts first Physical Health Patient Engagement and Empowerment Champion.
This new role is the first of its type in physical health services and was established to further advance patient engagement within the development of MPFT’s Musculoskeletal (MSK) Interface Service.
Professor Saeed Farooq, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at MPFT and Professor of Psychiatry and Public Mental Health, Keele University is co-leading a research team aiming to improve mental health in tuberculosis (TB) patients by developing a new psychological treatment.
The MPFT Research and Innovation (R&I) team have led or are collaborators on five successful National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) Innovation and Improvement funding bids.
Dr Ian Scott, who is a Consultant Rheumatologist at MPFT and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Keele University’s School of Medicine and is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), has played a leading role on a study examining pain medicine prescribing in patients with inflammatory arthritis.
Researchers based at the Trust are carrying out video-ethnographic research to explore the ‘naturalistic’ skillset used by dementia-care workers. John Chatwin and Katherine Ludwin are carrying out this 18-month study which is being funded by the National Institute for Health Research.
