Author Archives: Natasha Elmore

Are longer consultations important for good patient experience?

By Natasha Elmore | Published: October 25, 2016

Consultation length is a perennial topic of concern and interest. In our new research, we looked at how consultation length may (or may not) impact on reported patient experience.

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Recruiting patients to research? Our top tips on working that waiting room…

By Natasha Elmore | Published: June 25, 2013

Recruiting patients can be difficult at the best of times, but how about when you only have a few minutes to explain the study, in a GP’s surgery waiting room, and you are asking for the person’s consultation with the doctor to be video recorded? Well, in short, it’s tricky. So, we thought we would …read more

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Applying for NHS Ethics approval – key tips

By Natasha Elmore | Published: February 5, 2013

So, you’re planning a research project and you want to conduct it in NHS settings – so you need NHS Ethical approval. Doing this for the first time (or even second or third!) can be a rather daunting task so I thought I’d share my experience with you. I have always found that the key …read more

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Top 10 tips for conducting a postal survey

By Natasha Elmore | Published: January 11, 2013

I’ve spent the last year organising a postal survey of GP patients. Having overseen the mail-out of nearly 15,000 questionnaires, I thought I would offer a few thoughts on how to get through a big survey with both yourself and the data intact… Learn how to mail merge between Word and Excel. To create your …read more

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