The value of theory in programmes to implement clinical guidelines: Insights from a retrospective mixed-methods evaluation of a programme to increase adherence to national guidelines for chronic disease in primary care

Professor Gene Feder

Professor Feder’s expertise includes Cardiovascular health – in particular the diagnosis and management of angina and using cardiovascular risk as a basis of treatment decisions. He was was a co-applicant on our successful bid to secure funding for the Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS): Improving the response to domestic violence and abuse project and is working with us from his base at the University of Bristol.

Dr Janet Anderson

Dr Anderson is a human factors psychologist specialising in the quality and safety of healthcare. She was a co-applicant on our bid to reseach implementation of the QUASER guide across hospitals – the project entitled Implementation and evaluation of a guide for NHS boards to develop their quality improvement (QI) strategies (iQUASER)

Dr Susan Burnett

Dr Burnett has a research interests  patient safety, comparing the approaches taken in different European countries; organisational strategies to improve patient safety; and the role of the Board, senior leaders and managers in patient safety including the impact of management systems on the reliability of healthcare. She is a co-applicant on our project assessing Implementation and evaluation of a research-based guide for NHS boards to develop their quality improvement (QI) strategies (iQUASER)