Dr Aisha Macgregor

Research Fellow (Evidence & Evaluation)

Dementia and Ageing Stirling

Dr Aisha Macgregor

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About me

I am an Evidence and Evaluation Research Fellow with IMPACT, the UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care. I also worked on the NIHR funded ‘Needs Rounds’ study which aimed to improve palliative and end of life care for care home residents.

I was awarded my PhD in Sociology from the University of Glasgow in 2019. My thesis explored whether experiences of community based compulsory treatment orders reflect the rights based intentions underpinning the legislation. I also worked on the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland project which examined the extent to which the Tribunal operates in accordance with human rights standards.

I am interested in disability, ageing, and mental health and how these intersect with issues of social justice. My research expertise centre on exploring the lived experience of health and social care provision, focusing on relational aspects of caring practices, how needs and rights are balanced, and how an ethics of care can be applied to improve practice. I also have expertise in implementation science, using realist evaluation to develop programme theories to help increase the chance of successful uptake in practice.

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Social care Disability Mental distress Compulsory treatment Ethics of care Human Rights Implementation

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Article

Macgregor A, McCormack B, Spilsbury K, Hockley J, Rutherford A, Ogden M, Soulsby I, McKenzie M, Hanratty B & Forbat L (2023) Supporting care home residents in the last year of life through ‘Needs Rounds’: Development of a pre-implementation programme theory through a rapid collaborative online approach. Frontiers in Health Services, 2, Art. No.: 1019602. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2022.1019602


Article

Macgregor A, Rutherford A, McCormack B, Hockley J, Ogden M, Soulsby I, McKenzie M, Spilsbury K, Hanratty B & Forbat L (2021) Palliative and end-of-life care in care homes: protocol for codesigning and implementing an appropriate scalable model of Needs Rounds in the UK. BMJ Open, 11 (2), Art. No.: e049486. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049486


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