Dr Phillip Oliver

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Clinical Lecturer

phillip.oliver@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2217

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Dr Phillip Oliver
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX

Profile

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

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

Journal articles

Hulin J, Huddy V, Oliver P, Marshall J, Mohindra A, Delaney B & Mitchell C (2024) 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
Alyami RA, Simpson R, Oliver P & Julious SA (2023) 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.
Oliver P (2023) Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged men. British Journal of General Practice, 73(730), 203.1-203.
Turner N, Wahid A, Oliver P, Gardiner C, Chapman H, Khan D, Boyd K, Dale J, Barclay S, Mayland C & Mitchell S (2022) 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.
Stanley B, Davis A, Jones R, Julious S, Ryan D, Jackson D, Halpin D, Pinnock H, Quint J, Khunti K , Heaney L et al (2021) 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
Jones R, Davis A, Stanley B, Julious S, Ryan D, Jackson DJ, Halpin DMG, Hickman K, Pinnock H, Quint JK , Khunti K et al (2021) 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.
Mitchell S, Oliver P, Gardiner C, Chapman H, Khan D, Boyd K, Dale J, Barclay S & Mayland C (2021) Community end-of-life care during COVID-19: Findings of a UK primary care survey.. BJGP Open.
Marshall Mr J, Rowse G, Hollobone S, Afhim S & Oliver P (2021) 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.
Oliver P, Hulin J & Mitchell C (2020) 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
Burton C, O'Neill L, Oliver P & Murchie P (2019) 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
Rowse G, Hollobone S, Afhim S & Oliver P (2019) 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.
Parmenter J, Mitchell C, Keen J, Oliver P, Rowse G, Neligan I, Keil C & Mathers N (2013) Predicting biopsychosocial outcomes for heroin users in primary care treatment: a prospective longitudinal cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 63(612), e499-e505.
Leach D & Oliver P (2011) 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.
Parker SG, Oliver P, Pennington M, Bond J, Jagger C, Enderby P, Curless R, Vanoli A, Fryer K, Julious S , John A et al (2011) Rehabilitation of older patients: day hospital compared with rehabilitation at home. Clinical outcomes. Age and Ageing, 40(5), 557-562.
Oliver P, Keen J, Rowse G, Ewins E, Griffiths L & Mathers N (2010) 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.
(2005) OVERDOSE PREVENTION COUNSELLING DURING NALTREXONE IMPLANT REGIMEN CHANGES. Addiction, 100(7), 1028-1029.
(2005) FATAL OPIATE OVERDOSE FOLLOWING REGIMEN CHANGES IN NALTREXONE TREATMENT. Addiction, 100(4), 560-561.
Keen J & Oliver P (2004) Commissioning pharmacological treatments for drug users: a brief review of the evidence base. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 11(2), 149-156.
Keen J, Oliver P, Rowse G & Mathers N (2003) 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.
Oliver P & Keen J (2003) Concomitant drugs of misuse and drug using behaviours associated with fatal opiate-related poisonings in Sheffield, UK, 1997-2000. Addiction, 98(2), 191-197.
Keen J, Oliver P & Mathers N (2002) 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.
Oliver P (2002) 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.
Keen J, Oliver P, Rowse G & Mathers N (2001) Residential rehabilitation for drug users: a review of 13 months' intake to a therapeutic community. Family Practice, 18(5), 545-548.
Oliver P, Keen J, Rowse G & Mathers N (2001) Deaths from drugs of abuse in Sheffield, 1998: The role of prescribed medication. British Journal of General Practice, 51(466), 394-396.
Oliver P, Rowse G, Keen J & Forrest R (2001) Snoring prior to fatal opiate overdose: An intervention opportunity? [2]. Addiction, 96(4), 652.
Keen J (2000) 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.
Alyami RA, Simpson R, Oliver P & Julious SA () 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).
Parker S, Oliver P, Pennington M, Bond J, Jagger C, Enderby P, Curless R, Chater T, Vanoli A, Fryer K , Cooper C et al () Rehabilitation of older patients: day hospital compared with rehabilitation at home. A randomised controlled trial. Health Technology Assessment, 13(39).
Burton C, Stone T, Oliver P, Dickson JM, Lewis J & Mason SM () Frequent attendance at the emergency department shows typical features of complex systems: analysis of multicentre linked data. Emergency Medicine Journal.
Mitchell S, Harrison M, Oliver P, Gardiner C, Chapman H, Khan D, Boyd K, Dale J, Barclay S & Mayland CR () 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
Emery L, Jackson B, Oliver P & Mitchell C () International graduates’ experiences of reflection in postgraduate training: a cross-sectional survey. BJGP Open.

Conference proceedings papers

Alyami R, Oliver P, Simpson R & Julious S (2023) 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
Lehane D, Oliver P, Mitchell C & Burton C (2020) 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

Alyami RA, Simpson R, Oliver P & Julious SA () 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.
Mitchell S, Oliver P, Gardiner C, Chapman H, Khan D, Boyd K, Dale J, Barclay S & Mayland C () Community end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial findings of a UK primary care survey.
Burton C, Stone T, Oliver P, Dickson JM, Lewis J & Mason S () High use of the emergency department shows typical features of complex systems: analysis of multicentre linked data.

Research group

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.