GP-MATE

General Practice Management After Transition Events (GP-MATE) - Developing an intervention to assist older patients’ communication with their GP practice after discharge from hospital in order to improve patient safety

Being discharged from hospital carries risks. Older people who often have complex ongoing health needs are most at risk. Over 5 million patients aged 75 or older come home from English hospitals each year. Our previous research showed 1 in 13 are being harmed in their ongoing care. Older patients and their carers have a key role to play in preventing these harms. GP-MATE will be designed to help empower them to take a more active role in their general practice care after coming home from hospital.

We are looking for senior primary care and hospital staff to take part in:

• A day long stakeholder group to help us implement GP-MATE (May/June 2025)

If you can help, please email the study lead on r.spencer.2@warwick.ac.uk

Funded by	NIHR Advanced Fellowship Award
Research team members	Dr Rachel Spencer, Dr Annabelle Long
Collaborators	Professor Jeremy Dale, Professor Frances Griffiths, Professor Graeme Currie (WBS)Link opens in a new window
Dates	1st September 2021 – 31st August 2025
External Links	Our literature review has been published here.Link opens in a new window Our GP-MATE intervention has been published here Our ethnography of practices has been published here

You can find more information about GP-MATE by clicking on the following links:

To read more about GP-MATE, including a plain English summary, please click hereLink opens in a new window

To find out more about testing GP-MATE, including how we'll be collecting information from clinical records and how to opt out, please click hereLink opens in a new window

To find out more about our patient experience film, please click hereLink opens in a new window

Enquiries:

Dr Rachel SpencerLink opens in a new window

r dot spencer dot 2 at warwick dot ac dot uk

Dr Annabelle Long

annabelle dot long at warwick dot ac dot uk