
Owen Hughes
Consultant Psychologist/Head of Pain and Fatigue M
Powys Teaching Health Board
Wales
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Animals Assisted Rehabilitation
In a rural community, animals are often part of people's everyday life and yet they are often banned from hospital grounds. Research has shown significant benefits to healing and rehabilitation when animals are integrated into care. The inclusion of larger animals like donkeys also includes a greater amount of physical activity and helps to connect people to the green spaces around them
Live Well – A blended approach to condition management
Integrating technology into condition management appraches to improve outcomes and promote digital inclusion which will include a range of self management group programmes that are delivered via Skype covering a range of conditions.
Blog posts
Testing improvement ideas: Powys Health Teaching Board
Owen Hughes introduces the ideas Powys Health Teaching Board are working to develop and test with the Q Lab to improve care for people with both mental health problems and persistent back and neck pain.
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Areas of interest
- Digital technology
- Emergency medicine
- Long-term conditions
- Mental health
- Patient and public involvement
- Patient experience
- Patient safety
- Person-centred care
- Quality improvement
- Wider determinants of health
Groups
- Mental health and persistent pain
- Sketchnote
- Applying behavioural insights in healthcare
- Q Lab – peer support group