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We are really excited to be delivering training sessions in November and December this year on MYCaW to the International Clinical Aromatherapy Network (ICAN). ICAN is a global platform that has been created for the purpose of connecting professionals in the fields of clinical aromatherapy, aromatic medicine, essential oil science, and essential oi...

Meaningful Measures Ltd recently partnered with KERA Consultancy Ltd and West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership to evaluate personalised care and workforce training that had taken place within West Yorkshire (WY) over the preceding two years. The NHS long term plan committed to the roll out of personalised care, which at its heart requires conv...

The NHS Employers Staff Survey in 2021 showed that 44% of NHS workers reported feeling unwell because of work-related stress ("burnout") in the last 12 months (NHS Employers, 2022). It is clearly acknowledged that the NHS workforce are burnt-out and leaving in high numbers, partly due to impact of the covid pandemic on their mental and physical hea...

There is growing evidence that non-clinical interventions can support people who have dementia and cognitive decline. There is also a range of social prescribing schemes that support clients who have dementia. Some of these schemes may work with specific groups of people with dementia and cognitive decline. Other social prescribing schemes support ...

In recent years it has been reported that children and young people are suffering much worse mental health issues, and the need for help is outstripping the availability of mental health support currently. In April 2023 Meaningful Measures completed an evaluation of the Battersea Youth Clinic, a social prescribing service for young people aged 15-2...

As we approach our first conference exhibition, we've been thinking about the work we achieved last year with our MYCaW® and MYMOP® tools. Not only did we welcome hundreds of license users for MYCaW® and MYMOP® around the world but also released our groundbreaking digital portals for both tools. The digital tools are quick and easy to use, the scor...

What a busy year 2022 has been for us at Meaningful Measures Ltd - a massive thank you to everyone who has worked with and supported us.  As the year draws to a close it is great to look back at our achievements, so read on for a whistle stop tour: News about MYCaW® and MYMOP® We welcomed hundreds of licence users for MYCaW® and MYMO...

Meaningful Measures Ltd are proud to be partnering with Menstrual Cycle Support, the world's first non-clinical menstrual health service to be available on referral through the GP surgery on social prescription. Menstrual Cycle Support have licensed MYCaW® from Meaningful Measures Ltd and will be using the holistic and personalised approach to evid...

Meaningful Measures has recently completed two innovative evaluation projects for BCAT – Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapies: 1.Evaluation of the BCAT Arts and Health Intervention Training and Supervision (funded by Birmingham City Council). Evaluation Aims: To see if BCAT's Arts and Health Intervention Training and Supervision is delive...

In June 2022 we launched our digital versions of MYCaW® and MYMOP® to enable practitioners and researchers to have a dedicated digital approach to administering the questionnaires. We listened to the key features people wanted and have tried to bring it altogether in one platform.  Click here for the brochure for the portal Questions can ...

In 2021, Dr Marie Polley and Abby Sabey from Meaningful Measures Ltd, collaborated with Prof Chris Dayson and the Centre for Regional Economic and Economic Research, Sheffield Hallam University to produce a rapid scoping review of the role that social prescribing can play in promoting physical activity. The report was part of a larger project ...

The Association of Reflexologists (AoR) are proud to be the first organisation to partner with Meaningful Measures Ltd and have access to our new digital outcome measures portal for MYMOP® and MYCaW®. AoR has set up Reflexologists Involved in Collecting Evidence project (RICE), which aims to collect data on how reflexology is supporting clients liv...

In October 2021 Meaningful Measures was contracted by The Gloucestershire Primary Care Training Hub, Gloucestershire CCG, NHSE to undertake a rigorous academic evaluation of Social Prescribing Link Workers' experience of Clinical Supervision. Here are the headline findings: In 2021/22 the Gloucestershire Primary Care Training Hub ran...

Meaningful Measures has delivered an evaluation of an innovative training course designed to support social prescribing link workers' understanding of food related issues.  The training was funded by The AIM Foundation and the courses were delivered by the College of Medicine and the Social Prescribing Network between November 2021 and June 20...

Here at Meaningful Measures, we're delighted to be recommissioned by Gloucestershire CCG and NHS England and NHS Improvement to continue developing a personalised approach to supporting people with frailty using MYCaW®. As part of the pilot project, and despite the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic, MYCaW® was found to be an acceptable 'in-consult...

At Meaningful Measures we have completed our first project with Gloucestershire CCG and NHS England and NHS Improvement, implementing MYCaW® and using it to explore the concerns of people living with frailty. The MYCaW® concerns data was also analysed according to levels of clinical frailty to understand if people's concerns change as frailty becom...

This time last year we launched our website licensing MYCaW® and MYMOP® under the name Meaningful Measures.We chose that name as the questionnaires record what concerns a person the most or what symptoms are most bothering a person and what activities they affect – the data therefore means something to that person. This is particularly important in...

Meaningful Measures have recently completed a new piece of consultancy for The wildlife Trusts. The Wildlife Trusts' vision is of people close to nature, with land and seas rich in wildlife. Their mission is to bring about living landscapes, living seas and a society where nature matters. Meaningful Measures are delighted to support this national o...

We are excited to announce that Meaningful Measures' tools – MYCaW® and MYMOP® have been accredited by the NHS Health Systems Support Framework (HSSF) for Supported Self-Management. In Spring 2021, the Supported Self–Management team at NSHE&I undertook a procurement exercise on behalf of the NHS through the Health Systems Support Framework...

Dr Helen Seers and Dr Marie Polley are pleased to announce another new evaluation publication - this time for Soundwell Music Therapy Trust.Soundwell is the UK's only music therapy charity for specialist mental health support. The findings from the service evaluation show that Soundwell's groups support improvements in people's mental health. To re...