Dr Phillip Oliver
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Clinical Lecturer
+44 114 222 2217
Full contact details
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
- Profile
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I am a clinical lecturer in primary care research and a general practitioner. In addition to my research activities within the AUPMC, I work as a GP partner at Wincobank Medical Centre in Sheffield.
After gaining a BSc in psychology from Sheffield University in 1998, I worked as a research assistant at the Addiction Research Unit within my current department where I completed my PhD evaluating pharmacological risk factors for heroin and methadone overdose. I am interested in data science and completed an MSc in Applied Social Statistics at Lancaster University in 2004. I studied medicine in Sheffield, graduating in 2011, and went on to complete my GP training in 2016.
I am a member of the AUPMC primary care informatics group.
- Research interests
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My main research interests are in using quantitative and data science methods to answer problems in primary care.
Current and recent research
- Oliver P, Hulin J, Mitchell C. A primary care database study of asthma treatment engagement and outcomes among patients with a history of illicit opioid use.
- Oliver P, Delgadillo J. Understanding the consequences and predictors of burnout amongst general practitioners.
- Rowse G, Oliver P. Factors associated with life satisfaction in people with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
- Oliver P, Delaney B, Rutter J. An audit of suicide in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw in collaboration with the Office for the director of public health, Sheffield.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- GP perspectives regarding suicide prevention: a systematic scoping review. British Journal of General Practice, 74(suppl 1), bjgp24X737433-bjgp24X737433.
- Experiences of support for people who access voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations for self-harm: a qualitative study with stakeholder feedback. BMC Public Health, 24(1). View this article in WRRO
- Evaluation of the impact of letters to GP practices to promote asthma prescription uptake in school-age children during summer (TRAINS study): a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 402, S22-S22.
- Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged men. British Journal of General Practice, 73(730), 203.1-203.
- Role and response of primary healthcare services in community end-of-life care during COVID-19: qualitative study and recommendations for primary palliative care delivery. Palliative Medicine.
- Characteristics of patients in platform C19, a COVID-19 research database combining primary care electronic health record and patient reported information. PLoS ONE, 16(10). View this article in WRRO
- Risk predictors and symptom features of long COVID within a broad primary care patient population including both tested and untested patients. Pragmatic and Observational Research, 12, 93-104.
- Community end-of-life care during COVID-19: Findings of a UK primary care survey.. BJGP Open.
- P105 Coping in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: insights from the Crohn’s and Colitis UK national survey. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 15(Supplement_1), s199-s200.
- A primary care database study of asthma among patients with and without opioid use disorders. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 30(1). View this article in WRRO
- Contribution of primary care organisation and specialist care provider to variation in GP referrals for suspected cancer : ecological analysis of national data. BMJ Quality & Safety. View this article in WRRO
- DOP30 Factors associated with life satisfaction in people with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis: results from the national 2018 Crohn’s and Colitis UK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Quality of Life Survey. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 13(Supplement_1), S042-S043.
- Predicting biopsychosocial outcomes for heroin users in primary care treatment: a prospective longitudinal cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 63(612), e499-e505.
- Drug-Related Death Following Release from Prison: A Brief Review of the Literature with Recommendations for Practice. Current Drug Abuse Reviewse, 4(4), 292-297.
- Rehabilitation of older patients: day hospital compared with rehabilitation at home. Clinical outcomes. Age and Ageing, 40(5), 557-562.
- The effect of time spent in treatment and dropout status on rates of convictions, cautions and imprisonment over 5 years in a primary care-led methadone maintenance service. Addiction, 105(4), 732-739.
- OVERDOSE PREVENTION COUNSELLING DURING NALTREXONE IMPLANT REGIMEN CHANGES. Addiction, 100(7), 1028-1029.
- FATAL OPIATE OVERDOSE FOLLOWING REGIMEN CHANGES IN NALTREXONE TREATMENT. Addiction, 100(4), 560-561.
- Commissioning pharmacological treatments for drug users: a brief review of the evidence base. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 11(2), 149-156.
- Does methadone maintenance treatment based on the new national guidelines work in a primary care setting?. British Journal of General Practice, 53(491), 461-467.
- Concomitant drugs of misuse and drug using behaviours associated with fatal opiate-related poisonings in Sheffield, UK, 1997-2000. Addiction, 98(2), 191-197.
- Methadone maintenance treatment can be provided in a primary care setting without increasing methadone-related mortality: The Sheffield experience 1997-2000. British Journal of General Practice, 52(478), 387-389.
- Deaths from drugs of abuse in Sheffield 1997-1999: what are the implications for GPs prescribing to heroin addicts?. Family Practice, 19(1), 93-94.
- Residential rehabilitation for drug users: a review of 13 months' intake to a therapeutic community. Family Practice, 18(5), 545-548.
- Deaths from drugs of abuse in Sheffield, 1998: The role of prescribed medication. British Journal of General Practice, 51(466), 394-396.
- Snoring prior to fatal opiate overdose: An intervention opportunity? [2]. Addiction, 96(4), 652.
- Keeping families of heroin addicts together: results of 13 months' intake for community detoxification and rehabilitation at a family centre for drug users. Family Practice, 17(6), 484-489.
- TRial to Assess Implementation of New research in a primary care Setting (TRAINS): study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention to promote asthma prescription uptake in general practitioner practices. Trials, 23(1).
- Rehabilitation of older patients: day hospital compared with rehabilitation at home. A randomised controlled trial. Health Technology Assessment, 13(39).
- Frequent attendance at the emergency department shows typical features of complex systems: analysis of multicentre linked data. Emergency Medicine Journal.
- Service change and innovation in community end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Qualitative analysis of a nationwide primary care survey. Palliative Medicine, 026921632110493-026921632110493. View this article in WRRO
- International graduates’ experiences of reflection in postgraduate training: a cross-sectional survey. BJGP Open.
Conference proceedings papers
- Preventing Summer Holiday Drop in Prescription Uptake for School-Age Children with Asthma: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Letter to GP Practices (TRAINS). General practice and primary care
- Interpreter costs across clinical commissioning groups in England 2017–2018 : a cross sectional survey using ‘freedom of information’ requests. British Journal of General Practice, Vol. 70(Suppl 1). London, UK, 12 March 2020 - 12 March 2020. View this article in WRRO
Preprints
- TRial to Assess Implementation of New research in a primary care Setting (TRAINS): study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention to promote asthma prescription uptake in General Practitioner Practices, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Community end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial findings of a UK primary care survey.
- High use of the emergency department shows typical features of complex systems: analysis of multicentre linked data.
- Research group
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Current and recent student supervision:
- PhD. Alyami R, Simpson R, Oliver P, Julious S. Implementation of published research results in Primary Care.
- BMedSci. Crothers R, Oliver P, Twohig H. Exploring barriers and facilitators to uptake of physical activity for young adults in areas of socioeconomic deprivation.
- BMedSci. O’Neil L. Oliver P, Burton C. Variation in urgent referrals for suspected cancer.