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 Partnership
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...
Celebrating 4 years of Meaningful Measures Ltd.
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...
Evaluating Community Health and Wellbeing Workers in supporting underserved communities
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...
Independent survey to explore attitudes towards the Church of England in the Diocese of Bristol
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 Board using MYCaW®
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...
Impact Report - Menstrual Cycle Support Course for Adults
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...
Faith & Social Prescribing
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...
Implementation and development of MYCaW® frailty framework
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 ...
Developing a framework of concerns from people living with frailty
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...
Partnership with Joy
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...
MYCaW® for Social Prescribing Services Evaluation
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...
YourClinic Partnership
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 ...
MYCaW® Training for the International Clinical Aromatherapy Network
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...
Understanding the Implementation and Impact of Personalised Care Training in West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
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...
Create+: A Lime Arts and Health Wellbeing project with NHS staff off sick, returning to work, or experiencing high stress and anxiety
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...
The SPLENDID Programme
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 ...
Celebrating the success of MYCaW® and MYMOP®
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...
Review of our work in 2022
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...
Our new partnership with Menstrual Cycle Support
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...
