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Dr Rebecca Goulding

@rgouldinguom.bsky.social
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reh-beh-kah gold-ing (she/her). Researcher at The University of Manchester. Researching health communication, access to care, patient involvement, patient safety and treatment burden, particularly for people with (multiple) long-term conditions

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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Attending and presenting at the PEDRI forum today. A interesting event focused on public involvement and engagement in data research. Great to hear about different ways to do this essential work. www.pedri.org.uk/get-involved...
Empty podium with welcome slide in background and empty chairs in foregroundStart of abstract for Rebecca’s presentation. Full version on the PEDRI forum website
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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We're looking forward to the PEDRI forum on 22 September 2026. The event will be a chance to share ideas, challenge thinking and showcase what good public engagement in the data and statistics sector looks like in practice. 🔗 Register here if you'd like to attend: www.pedri.org.uk/events/forum/
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PEDRI Forum 2026 - PEDRI
Join PEDRI for a one-day event dedicated to celebrating public involvement and engagement in data research and statistics.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Take part in research about the economic impact of caring for people with cancer. If you provide unpaid care, are aged 16+ & live in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales we want to hear from you. For details & to register interest, go to: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
Study recruitment poster with more details on what the study is about and what taking part involves.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Is there a prize for best presentation title at #HSRUK26? Great talk from @jhrh.bsky.social on ‘Policy lessons from the short life and long shadow of England's Integrated Care Partnerships’.
Picture of the speaker stood in front of their title presentation slide on a large screen.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Better still, come join the poster walkround tomorrow (1 July) between 11:45-13:00. #HSRUK26 #healthcomm
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Come see my poster at #HSRUK26 from lunchtime today to see the unscrambled results (PW 5-4). Writing clinic letters directly to patients: designing evidence-based resources for and in partnership with patients and healthcare professionals. #healthcomm
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Who’s attending #HSRUK26? Looking forward to catching up and sharing some of my latest #healthcomm research. @hsruk.bsky.social
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Another conference session to check out at #BSR26: Co-designing service improvement. @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social will be presenting at 14:40 on ‘Co-designed resources to support rheumatology healthcare professionals to write clinic letters directly to patients’.
Screen shot of abstract. Full text can be sent on request.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
If you’re at #BSR26, don’t miss this afternoon’s session on ‘Engaging patients and improving communication in rheumatology services: outpatient clinic letters, health inequalities, and digital access’. Feat. @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social at 15:55 in Hall 1.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
At #UKSBM2026? Join us at 11:40 in Owen 1032 for our round table on BEST BEHAVIOUR: Better Evidence Synthesis to Target BEHAVIOUR change in health and healthcare. @sarah-r.bsky.social
Opening slide showing project title and presenter names
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Very happy to announce our writing to patients from rheumatology resource set is now available on the British Society for Rheumatology website. Care starts with clarity. #healthcomm @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social www.rheumatology.org.uk/improving-ca...
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Writing to patients | British Society for Rheumatology
service guidance, Writing to patients,
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New paper. Really proud of this one - the first publication from my PhD: Older patients' verbal communication in interactions with primary care staff: a qualitative systematic review and meta‐ethnography. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10..... Supervisor and co-author: @speters123.bsky.social
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Older Patients' Verbal Communication in Interactions With Primary Care Staff: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta‐Ethnography
Background Communication between patients and staff is a crucial component of safe and effective healthcare. As people age, they have more consultations and these become more complex. As such, older...
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Interesting start to the parallel session on continuity. @patrickburch.bsky.social discussing his qualitative research. Patients who have experienced continuity know the value of it, those who haven’t haven’t necessarily considered it. #sapc2025 @sapc.ac.uk
Patrick Burch presenting one of his opening slides - relational continuity is a cornerstone of general practice but has declined in the UK
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Great presentation by Polly Duncan on primary care for housebound patients. What factors are associated with being housebound / who is most likely to be housebound? How can health care services better support their patients who are housebound? #sapc2025 @capcbristol.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
Polly Duncan on stage, presenting at SAPCFinal slide from Polly’s presentation, showing Alice, a housebound patient, and ways in which her care could have been better - better continuity, more time, MDT, training, patient-centred
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Charlotte Albury @charlottealbury.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Who raises the topic of mental health in annual review consultations for people with multiple long-term conditions? Becky Franks (undergrad student & future top doc) presents her important @oxprimarycare.bsky.social #ClinicalCommunication research at #SAPC2025 - super proud supervisor moment!
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Halle Johnson @halle-j.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Are you attending #SAPC2025? Please help the SAPC Public Involvement & Participatory Approaches Special Interest Group by completing our short, anonymous survey! Your input will help us shape future involvement support and opportunities. forms.office.com/e/8J6tBVqChT @sapc.ac.uk
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
On my way to Cardiff for #SAPC2025. Come catch my presentation tomorrow afternoon. I’ll be talking about outpatient clinic letters, who they are written to and why. @sapc.ac.uk @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social @brianmcmillan.bsky.social
Title slide for presentation - UK national guidance  recommends outpatient clinic letters be written directly to patients, not GPs. Is rheumatology embracing this approach and if not, why not?
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Patient-first clinic letters: join an event for clinical and administrative staff working in primary care and help decide what works for general practice. When: Thursday, 26 June from 14:00-16:00 Where: @nexerdigital.com, Macclesfield This is your opportunity to shape how change is implemented.
Detailed advert. Text version available from rebecca dot goulding at manchester dot ac dot uk.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Primary care stakeholder event on writing outpatient clinic letters to patients: We want to hear from primary care clinicians and administrative staff to ensure your needs are taken into account as we encourage and support healthcare professionals to write outpatient clinic letters to patients. 1/3
Women in a yellow top peering through her glasses at some pieces of paper she is holding up in front of her.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Today marks a pretty monumental occasion. I’ve worked at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social in the @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for 20 years! Feeling appreciation for the many wonderful people I’ve met and worked with in that time. Special shout out to @suzypuss.bsky.social for your support since the early days.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Just one hour left of work in 2024. Have had a lovely year working with @sharpcharlotte.bsky.social @brianmcmillan.bsky.social et al. on the writing to patients from rheumatology study. Happy holidays all!
Square image with repeating pattern of red squirrels on a green background, featuring the words Happy Christmas.
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NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @arc-gm.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
A study shows that pre-existing distrust in public health systems, exacerbated by structural racism and inequalities, significantly impacted vaccine uptake in marginalised communities in #GreaterManchester. Read more here: bit.ly/4e3I28M
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Conclusion from the GP-SUS and OATH dissemination event. General practice is not broken. The media narrative that it is is harmful. There is a lot that works. We need to build on our strengths, focus on meeting the needs of the population and build system capacity to do this.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
After a morning of games (snakes and telephones, an inescape room) and an empathy building exercise, the afternoon began with an expert panel discussion. The provocation: General practice is broken… should we concede that people cannot have an appointment with their doctor? 1/3
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Attending the fantastic GP-SUS and OATH dissemination event today. Whatever happened to all those attempts to change access to general practice? What are the realities of access for patients and staff? Can we optimise access by looking at it through the lens of human fit? 1/3
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Are you a current patient of a #Rheumatology outpatient department in the UK NHS/HSC? We want to know your views on clinic letters and who they are written to. For information on our interview and focus group study, please visit: sites.manchester.ac.uk/writing-to-r...
Advert for patients for the 'Writing to patients from rheumatology' interview and focus group study. For more information, please follow the link in the post. On the website, there is a pdf copy of this advert as well as other documents.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
We are looking for #HealthcareProfessionals working in #Rheumatology outpatient departments in the UK NHS/HSC. We want to know what you think about writing clinic letters directly to patients. For information about our interview study, please visit: sites.manchester.ac.uk/writing-to-r...
Advert for the 'Writing to patients from rheumatology' healthcare professional interview study. For further information, visit the website (link in post) or contact Rebecca Goulding, Research Associate via email (rebecca.goulding@manchester.ac.uk) or phone (07823 456696).
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
Looking for a way to improve access AND continuity. Look no further: www.oath-access.com The OATH resource set helps practices and patients explore access problems, find ways to address them and improve the experience of healthcare for all. Based on research conducted at The University of Manchester
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OATH - Optimising Access Through Human fit | research
OATH - Optimising Access as Human Fit research project from The University of Manchester. Making General Practive more collaborative, compassionate and accessible to all. Funded by the NIHR.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,553,673!
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
The summer Covid wave in England continues and highest wasterwater levels in Scotland since 2022! Be careful out there. open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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And the Covid wave in England continues...
The Covid summer goes on.
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
Rheumatology MDT members: Do you conduct #Rheumatology outpatient consultations in the UK NHS/HSC? If so, we want to know what you think about writing clinic letters directly to patients. To complete our survey, or for more information, please visit: bit.ly/W2Phcpsurvey
Advert for the 'Writing to patients from rheumatology' healthcare professional survey. Includes the weblink and the team's contact details. Rebecca Goulding, Research Associate: rebecca.goulding@manchester.ac.uk and Charlotte Sharp, Consultant Rheumatologist: charlotte.sharp@manchester.ac.uk
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 09/07/2024
NEW SURVEY: We are looking for current patients of #Rheumatology outpatient departments in the UK NHS/HSC. We want to know what you think about clinic letters and who they are written to. To complete our survey, or for more information, please visit: bit.ly/W2Pptsurvey
Advert for the 'writing to patients from rheumatology' patient survey, including the weblink and Rebecca's contact details. Tel: 0161 275 0546 / 07823 456696. Email: rebecca.goulding@manchester.ac.uk
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 05/07/2024
The writing to patients from rheumatology research project website is now live! Our aim is to support rheumatology healthcare professionals to write outpatient clinic letters directly to patients. To find out more about what we are doing and why, please visit: sites.manchester.ac.uk/writing-to-r...
sites.manchester.ac.uk
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 29/04/2024
Final call for participants. This survey is open for two more weeks and will close on 13 May 2024. Healthcare, health services and health communication researchers - please follow the link in the post and share your experiences. #HealthComm #AcademicSky
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
We are trying to understand researchers’ experience of trying to record clinical encounters (in any UK setting) for healthcare research – we are interested in understanding both successful and unsuccessful attempts to do so. Please follow uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... to take part.
Advert for the research. Additional information includes:
Clinical encounters (e.g. between healthcare staff and patients).
Findings will help inform our future research that aims to help and enable this vital method to help improve healthcare communication.
This study has been approved by the University of the West of England Research Ethics Committee (CHSS.24.02.105).
Led by Maddie Tremblett: maddie.tremblett@uwe.ac.uk
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
Returned from lunch to find a furry co-worker covering for me (and definitely not just enjoying the proximity to the radiator and residual heat from my heat pad). #AcademicsWithCats #AcademicSky
Black and white cat with a little moustache sits on a heat pad on an office chair in front of a laptop and keyboard, with a radiator in the background
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
📣 New publication: Safer Patients Empowered to Engage and Communicate about Health (SPEECH) in primary care: a feasibility study and process evaluation of an intervention for older people with multiple long-term conditions #AcademicSky rdcu.be/dvhuK
Screenshot of pdf of publication showing the title, author list and the first half of the abstract
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
Back to work today. Starting the year by reviewing what’s already in my diary for the next 12 months and, most importantly, adding in the bank holidays. 🎉 Happy New Year everyone!
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
Attending and presenting at SAPC North today. The Northern arm of the Society for Academic Primary Care. I will be sharing results from a feasibility study and process evaluation of SPEECH: Safer Patients Empowered to Engage and Communicate about Heath. #AcademicSky
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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Being part time across different jobs is just constantly feeling like you’re letting the side down while also wanting to scream “no I haven’t done that I have literally been working A Different Job since we last spoke” on a daily basis
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
New paper published in BJGP Open. Protocol for a study exploring treatment butden for adults (aged 18-65) with multiple long-term conditions, through qualitative Interviews and a quantitative survey. #AcademicSky bjgpopen.org/content/earl...
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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Do compassionate clinicians do better or worse at giving you the right diagnosis? If you’ve been misdiagnosed within the last year and then received the right diagnosis from another clinician, you may qualify for our study (5-10 minutes). Details here: ucsd.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
Hi everyone. 👋 I'm a researcher at The University of Manchester, UK. My research focuses on access, health communication, patient safety and treatment burden in primary care - particularly for people with multiple long-term conditions / unmet needs. Looking forward to building some new connections.
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