Dr Julie MacInnes

About

Dr. Julie MacInnes is a Senior Research Fellow and experienced clinician (nurse), academic and researcher whose main areas of expertise are in integrated health and social care for frail, older people living at home and the contribution of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations to integrated care. Methodologically, she is skilled in implementation science approaches to research and service evaluation, and mixed methods.

Teaching

Kent programme lead for the NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme (ICAP); Module convenor for ‘Evaluation in a professional context’ (GP Fellows, PGDip Advanced and Specialist Practice) (GLL)

Supervision

PhD students Kat Frere-Smith (CHSS) and Colin Waldock (School of Pharmacy)

Projects

Lead for the CAVEAT project – the development and testing of a toolkit for the evaluation of voluntary sector services for older people (NIHR ARC KSS)Co-authorship of a ‘thought leadership’ piece on volunteering in social care, in collaboration with the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS)

Lead for the evaluation of the East Kent Frailty Home Treatment Service (KCHFT)

Co-application in the evaluation of discharge to assess (D2A) (NIHR ARC KSS)

A member of the ALLIANCE consortium (led by the University of Surrey) which aims to improve end of life services for frail, older people (NIHR)

Kent lead for the national evaluation of the New Care Models, or Vanguard integrated care programme in England (led by the University of Manchester) (DHSE)

A member of the consortium for the project SUSTAIN – sustainable, tailored integrated care for older people in Europe (Horizon 2020)

Expert consultant for the European Social Network (ESN) working group on integrated care of older people in Europe (ESN)

Project manager for the COV-VOL study examining the impact of volunteers in supporting older people self-isolating at home during the COVID-19 pandemic (NIHR ARC KSS)