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Dr Benjamin Saunders

@saunders14

Senior Lecturer in Health Research at http://keele.ac.uk/medicine/ Interest in #LTCs #qualitativeresearch #stoma #IBD #MSK #mentalhealth Co-Editor of IJSRM Dad (to human and doggie); coffee-fueled, lifelong gooner; true crime obsessive

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Co-designing culturally responsive primary care resources for people with mental and G.I comorbidity

Sorry broken link - here's the correct one: www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr...

22.02.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨#PhD studentships🚨
We're advertising 4 fully-funded PhDs at @KeeleUniversity
1 focuses on helpseeking & care for comorbid #mentalhealth & #gastrointestinal conditions, among ppl from minority ethnic backgrounds
#IBD #Research #GI #ECCO
Re-post appreciated:
keele.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

22.02.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Please share with anyone you think may be interested in coming to @keeleuniversity.bsky.social to do a #PhD in #mentalhealth research.
Feel free to get in contact for more information & informal enquiries.

21.02.2026 09:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨As part of our new @keeleuniversity.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social £11m Centre for Community & Primary Care Mental Health Research, we're advertising 4 fully funded PhD studentships
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21.02.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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If interested check out my article in the latest issue of @colostomyuk.bsky.social 's Tidings magazine. I talk about research on the role of AI in #stoma care
#ostomy #ibd πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
online.fliphtml5.com/hilnq/fccr/#...

31.01.2026 11:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Keele-led partnership to lead multi-million pound research initiative to transform mental health support A research group led by Keele University has secured Β£11m National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funding to establish a Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) to address the mental health...

Very excited to be leading the mental and physical health comorbidity programme as part of our new Β£11m @nihr Centre for Community and Primary Care Mental Health Research πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ #mentalhealth

www.keele.ac.uk/about/news/2...

28.01.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very happy to share our update #Stoma Support Study 2 logo, with help from our fantastic #PPIE group πŸ‘‡

11.08.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We had a great discussion about the impact of our qualitative research on #LongCovid at Keele and illustrator Tom Bailey captured discussions in these brilliant illustrations! Links to our papers, below:
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
doi.org/10.1111/hex....

16.07.2025 12:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Perceptions and Significance of Long Covid Diagnoses From the Perspectives of Children and Young People With Long Covid, Their Parents and Professionals Introduction Long Covid, the patient-preferred term, describes symptoms persisting after an acute Covid-19 infection. Understanding the importance and meaning of a Long Covid diagnosis to children a...

🚨Great to see this published - led by Alice Faux Nightingale,
our paper reporting a qualitative investigation of the significance of #diagnosis of #LongCovid in children & young ppl πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

17.06.2025 09:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're still looking for clinicians who manage MSK pain in children & young ppl to take part in our E-Delphi study to help us develop resources for young ppl with #MSK #pain. If you're able to complete our brief survey it would be greatly appreciated πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
forms.office.com/pages/respon...

17.06.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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For anyone who's interested feel free to check out my column in @colostomyuk.bsky.social 's Tidings magazine summer edition, giving a round up of recent published research on #stoma #ostomy -
www.colostomyuk.org/support/tidi...

04.06.2025 08:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Stoma Support Study is looking to increase diversity! Your opinions will help create resources for young people with an #ostomy.

If you're from the UK and have a #stoma due to #IBD, please reach out to Ben at b.saunders@keele.ac.uk πŸ™

#Crohns #Colitis #IBDSuperHeroes

31.05.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're looking for ppl with a #stoma due to #IBD, aged 16-35, from Black, Asian, African or Caribbean backgrounds to help with our @nihrspcr.bsky.social Stoma Support Study 2
Please get in touch if interested, or pass this on πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
@colostomyuk.bsky.social @sahara88uk.bsky.social

28.05.2025 12:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain?

The CAM-Pain study @keeleuniversity.bsky.social would love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. Link: tinyurl.com/53b2a2jn

26.05.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? Can you help by answering a few questions?
We'd love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. #KeeleMSK forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr

23.05.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IJSRM) Early Career Researcher Competition for Best Paper

🚨🚨At the Int'l Journal of Social Research Methodology we've just launched our **Early Career Researcher Competition for Best Paper** with a Β£200 book voucher prize. See this link for further details πŸ‘‡
think.taylorandfrancis.com/ijsrm-early-...

30.04.2025 10:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Capturing the human impact of living with multiple long-term conditions in routine electronic health records – lost in translation? - Simon D. S. Fraser, Emilia Holland, Lynn Laidlaw, Nick A. Francis,... Background Living with multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) involves β€˜work’. A recent qualitative synthesis identified eight patient-centred work themes: β€˜lear...

Interesting paper just published- evaluating representation of themes important to ppl with multiple long term conditions in electronic health record (EHR) data. Found that many patient-centred concepts are underrepresented in EHRπŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

04.04.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UK GP practices, who's interested in helping us pilot some training materials for improving patient safety in remote encounters (e.g. patients phoning in or sending e-requests and getting allocated to particular options such as GP callback, in-person appt etc)? Can offer free training to first five!

23.03.2025 19:24 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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Musculoskeletal triage physiotherapists’ perspectives on their role, the patient journey and implementation of interface triage clinics in primary care in Ireland To explore musculoskeletal triage clinical specialist physiotherapists’ (CSPs) perspectives on the patient journey and their perspectives on the accep…

🚨🚨Great to see this published, our paper exploring acceptability of implementing #MSK triage interface clinics in #primarycare in Ireland πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

25.03.2025 06:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our new qualitative researcher post is now hiring. I completely understand (& have been there) that Oxford might feel challenging to apply to. But if you think this job could be for you, please do apply. And if you want to talk do get in touch. We are kind, inclusive, supportive team & department.

21.03.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited for the day ahead at the @seftoncouncil.bsky.social SEND youth conference reporting back on the @isupportrights.bsky.social resources the young people helped with last year and developing a symbol based audit tool this year 😊

11.03.2025 10:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Join us tomorrow (12 Mar) for the final SPCR Bitesized Impact Showcase on Patient & Public Involvement & Engagement, 11:30am - 1pm: bit.ly/Register-SPCR-Bitesized-4

Join us tomorrow (12 Mar) for the final SPCR Bitesized Impact Showcase on Patient & Public Involvement & Engagement, 11:30am - 1pm: bit.ly/Register-SPCR-Bitesized-4

Join us TOMORROW (12 Mar) for the final SPCR Bitesized Impact Showcase dedicated to Patient & Public Involvement & Engagement, 11:30am - 1pm: bit.ly/Register-SPCR-Bitesized-4

#PrimaryCareResearch #PPIE

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@nihr.bsky.social
@halle-j.bsky.social

11.03.2025 10:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Take part in Step Up for Stomas, Active April πŸ’ͺπŸ’­
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Keeping our minds active is just as important as our physical health when it comes to keeping a positive mindset, especially when we experience a huge life event such as stoma surgery. πŸ’Œ
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For more info: www.colostomyuk.org/get-involved...

11.03.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you a UK healthcare professional who works with children & young people? We have new resources to help young people with Aches & Pains and we would like your opinions. Sound interesting? Get in touch by emailing: health.iau@keele.ac.uk @campainstudy.bsky.social #KeeleMSK

11.03.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

New technique for analysing ordered patterns of healthcare events over time, such as consultations & prescriptions, applied to musculoskeletal health: Sequence analysis of EHR data #KeeleMSK acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

07.03.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to get news that our #Stoma Support Study 2 has finally been successful in getting funded! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰Building on previous @nihrspcr.bsky.social study, we'll be co-producing, user-testing & finalising a digital resource to support self-management of distress in young ppl with #IBD and a stomaπŸ˜ƒ

05.03.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Illness perceptions and outcomes in people living with gout

We have an opportunity for a funded PhD studentship on 'Illness perceptions and outcomes in people living with gout'. See: www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr... #KeeleMSK

05.03.2025 11:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@drcharleshay.bsky.social

05.03.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The politics of co-production and inclusive deliberation in participatory research This research engages in a methodological analysis of a participatory art project employing PhotoVoice with refugee and local community youths across two distinct sites: Istanbul and Johannesburg. ...

Pleasure to have been editor for this paper recently published in Internat. Journal of Social Research Methodology- an analysis of a participatory art project with refugee & local youths in Istanbul & Johannesburg - fascinating read, available OA here πŸ‘‡
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

05.03.2025 10:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0