AGM 2022

Carolyn Chew-Graham is a GP Principal in Central Manchester, Professor of General Practice Research at Keele University, and Honorary Professor of Primary Care Mental Health at South Staffs and Shropshire Foundation Trust.

Her main areas of interest and expertise include the management of patients with depression, multi-morbidity and unexplained symptoms.

She has qualitative research methods expertise, drawing on theories from both social sciences and psychology, but always with a focus on clinical practice.

She is the Royal College of General Practitioners ‘Curriculum Advisor, Mental Health’, on a number of National Institute for Health Research funding panels, and currently a member of the NICE Clinical Guideline Groups Depression (update) and Multi-morbidity - work which directly impacts on commissioning decisions and patient care.

Carolyn says "most importantly, I am a wife and mother".

Oxford 2015 - Plenary Lecture

My research interests include decision aids/decision analysis; facilitating decision-making and self-management in general practice with a focus on long term conditions, disadvantaged groups, patient participation and health literacy.

My research is influenced by my clinical practice in inner-city Manchester, and is focused on two NHS priorities - the needs of socio-economically disadvantaged patients and the need for interventions to improve patient self-management in long-term conditions. My research has demonstrated that patients with low health literacy have difficulty in participating in their health care, resulting in poorer health. I am currently PI on an NIHR Programme grant looking at improving patient care in chronic musculoskeletal conditions.