Tom Purchase

GP and Health and Care Research Wales NIHR Doctoral Fellow @cardiffuni.
Primary care, patient safety, safety incident reporting, Human Factors and Ergonomics

[Dr Joy McFadzean @JoyMcfadzean]

Very pleased to share our new paper: The incidence of avoidable healthcare-associated harm in prisons in England: a retrospective case note review in BMJ Quality and Safety #patientsafety #prisonhealthcare https://t.co/y1gDcAFk7n

[Tom Purchase @T_Purchase_GP]

I can vouch that @Women_CF
are great hosts. They hosted a workshop for us last year and they couldn't have been more helpful.

[Women Connect First @Women_CF]

Looking for the perfect space to host your next event or meeting? Our venue is available for hire! Spacious, versatile, and ready to accommodate your needs. 🏢✨ #SpaceForHire #officespace #meeting

[Tom Purchase @T_Purchase_GP]

This work highlights the importance of partnering with parents to design safer systems of care in general practice.

[Tom Purchase @T_Purchase_GP]

🔍 Excited to share our latest article in the British Journal of General Practice: 
"Parental involvement in paediatric patient safety incidents in general practice"
📄 https://t.co/B4FFJNlQHO

[Tom Purchase @T_Purchase_GP]

We found that in nearly 77% of cases, parents took actions that helped mitigate harm, especially around medication, diagnosis, and admin processes. And over half of these parent actions helped to avoid or reduce harms from occurring.

[Tom Purchase @T_Purchase_GP]

For any GPs or trainees thinking about getting into academia, hopefully this episode will shed some light on how to go about it. Thank you for having me on @rcgp

[Royal College of General Practitioners @rcgp]

🎧 New episode of GP+ podcast

Are you curious about combining clinical work with research?

In this episode, Dr Tom Purchase, First5 GP and Health and Care Research Wales NIHR Doctoral Fellow at Cardiff University, shares his journey into academia and how he secured a doctoral fellowship.

He offers practical tips on where to look for funding, the skills needed, and the unique rewards of working in research alongside general practice.

Link in comments🔗

[Health and Care Research Wales @ResearchWales]

GP and Health and Care Research Wales/NIHR Doctoral Fellow @T_Purchase_GP is inviting parents, guardians and caregivers to help guide his research into how primary care can better listen to families when children are unwell.

Get involved: https://t.co/t4dhFyYzVo

@PRIMECentre

[Health and Care Research Wales @ResearchWales]

As a GP and Health and Care Research Wales / NIHR Doctoral Fellow, @T_Purchase_GP is exploring ways to amplify parental voices and improve patient safety in primary care.

Read more and get involved in the study: https://t.co/t4dhFyYzVo

@PRIMECentre

[Joanne Hughes @Mothers_Inst_UK]

If you have lived exp of advocating for your unwell child that includes with GP's, please do consider coming and joining the parent advisory group for this important research , link in thread 👇

[Dr Joy McFadzean @JoyMcfadzean]

Our paper Evolution of patient-reported safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic within a series of study questionnaires: a multi-method analysis https://t.co/CdtYEvdg9H is out now! https://t.co/WRRKmc9S1P

[Tom Purchase @T_Purchase_GP]

Thank you @ResearchWales for talking to me about my fellowship on helping parents be heard when their children are unwell.
https://t.co/usN0xuaUsX

[Merope @meropemills]

Research from nearly 200k A&E visits showed parental concern was a better predictor of serious illness than any vital signs like blood pressure, heart rate etc.
New study in @TheLancet is further vindication of the value of Martha's Rule 👇

https://t.co/fkXUlCsQPf

[Health and Care Research Wales @ResearchWales]

Are you a parent/caregiver and would like to help improve the safety of caring for an unwell child in primary care? Researchers @cardiffuni would like you to share your experiences to shape study documents.

Closes 12 June at 12 noon

https://t.co/ksURQ8GiKF

@ChildreninWales

[Tom Purchase @T_Purchase_GP]

We are looking for parents to join an advisory panel to help guide our research. How can parents and primary care teams work together to support parents to speak up for their unwell child?

[Molly @mollytavender_]

What does harm look like in the Emergency Department?

We are looking to talk to members of the public to learn about their views on harm in the Emergency Department.

If you may be interested, please get in touch.

Please share!

QR code link: https://t.co/qGmLccXjSI

[PRIME Centre Wales @PRIMECentre]

@PRIMECentre clinical researcher and GP, Dr Tom Purchase, talks about his research: 'Supporting parents to speak for their unwell child - The ADVOCACY study' in the Children in Wales magazine:
https://t.co/zXguwuDizj

[Dr Joy McFadzean @JoyMcfadzean]

Our protocol: Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol is published@BMJ_Open https://t.co/lxJWUqOR5z @ACarsonStevens @adriangkedwards @T_Purchase_GP @verityjw @TonyAvery1 @RichardKeers #prisonhealthcare

[SAPC @sapcacuk]

Abstract submission is now open for SAPC ASM 2025 Cardiff https://t.co/iThEaDTgOO
#SAPC2025 #PrimaryCare

[The British Journal of General Practice @BJGPjournal]

“I don’t have the time to search for the right code …”

Both clinical and non-clinical staff describe the challenges involved in coding in #PrimaryCare in this qualitative study in Wales https://t.co/BablYzRa8f

[Tom Purchase @T_Purchase_GP]

@MrsJenkins3 @DrJaneHarden @SarahFr73 Congratulatons, Marianne! Brilliant!