On Friday 13th September the RCCM held its annual conference, this year the event was online. Meaningful Measures was proud to sponsor this event. The conference was attended by over 40 delegates representing researchers and practitioners who work in the area of complementary and integrative practice. There was a fantastic keynote speech from Dr Ja...
Perci Health is a virtual care clinic connecting people living with cancer, and their caregivers, to a team of multidisciplinary cancer experts. They provide 1-to-1 appointments with NHS-trained cancer specialists and expert-led content for every stage of the journey. Perci bridges the gap between cancer and wellness, providing access to a complete...
On the 7th of August we celebrated 4 years of becoming incorporated so we looked at back at what we've achieved at Meaningful Measures Ltd in that time. Meaningful Measures Ltd was created when, on her retirement in 2020, Dr Paterson suggested that Dr Polley and Dr Seers become the new owners of MYMOP and MYCaW. Since then the team has grown to inc...
In February 2023, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care System introduced teams of "Community Health and Wellbeing Workers" (CHWW) to support underserved communities with the aim of building relationships and identifying people's needs. The initial pilot has now been extended to run for a minimum five years, working in the Kerrier area of Co...
Meaningful Measures Ltd is delighted to have been commissioned by the Diocese of Bristol to conduct a comprehensive survey aimed at understanding people's views of the Church of England churches and the use of church spaces within the local community. The survey is being conducted in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Wiltshire, and Swindon whic...
North Central London Integrated Care System is a partnership of NHS, councils, and voluntary sector organisations, working together to improve health and care in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington, which includes supporting people living with long-term conditions. As part of a new service for people living with long-term conditions, N...
Last week we joined Endometriosis UK and Menstrual Cycle Support at their event to mark Endometriosis Action Month and to launch their digital menstrual health and education platform for teenagers. In 2022 Meaningful Measures Ltd partnered with Menstrual Cycle Support, the world's first non-clinical menstrual health service to be available on refer...
On the 13th March, our own Dr Marie Polley attended a Social Prescribing Roundtable at The Kings Fund in London, hosted by Dr Micheal Dixon, A GP and previous NHS England Clinical lead for Social Prescribing and The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullaly, Bishop of London. The roundtable brought together a wide range of Faith leaders&nbs...
Frailty is described by NHS England as 'a loss of resilience that means people don't bounce back quickly after a physical or mental illness, an accident or other stressful event'(1). It affects approximately 10% of people aged over 65 years and 25% of people over 85 years with these figures expected to double by 2045(2). Gloucestershire Integrated ...
We are really happy to see our recent paper 'Developing a framework of concerns from people living with frailty, for the Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing (MYCaW®) person-centred outcome measure' published in BMJ Open Quality. The project was a collaboration between Meaningful Measures Ltd and Health Innovation Wessex who were commissio...
In a significant development, Joy, a leading digital preventative healthcare platform, has partnered with Meaningful Measures to integrate our MYCaW® questionnaire into its platform. Joy, trusted by 1 in 5 GP practices around the UK, works across the patient journey, from triaging through to intervention to reduce pressure on GPs and support Person...
We've had a great start to the year with MYCaW® (Measure Yourself Concerns and Well-Being®) being mentioned in a study published this month 'Exploration of Evaluation Practices in Social Prescribing Services in Ireland: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study' (2024) by Connolly et al. This study aimed to examine the evaluation practices of social pr...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Meaningful Measures Ltd is proud to be partnering with YourClinic - a complete practice management system with integrated MYMOP® forms. YourClinic has been working for years to bring practitioners a complete practice management system designed for busy practices by busy practitioners. "We chose to partner with Meaningful Measures as their research ...
