Dr Katrina Forsyth
drkatrinaforsyth.bsky.social
Dr Katrina Forsyth
@drkatrinaforsyth.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow - prison, social care, implementation science, mama & salsa

University of Manchester
NIHR Research Support Service social care specialist advisor
Reposted by Dr Katrina Forsyth
🎉 Congratulations to @drkatrinaforsyth.bsky.social winner of the Best Outstanding Contribution to Research Impact 2025 at this year’s Postdoctoral Research Development Awards! 🏆✨

A fantastic achievement and very well deserved! 👏 #ResearchImpact #UoMResearch

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September 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Excited to see our poster up at the #sscr2025 conference. Findings from our scoping review about language and cultural issues for people with dementia will be fed into our dementia in prison work.
May 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Thank you to Dr Philip Whitehead for sharing his social care RCT experience. We can’t wait to get started on our social care RCT in prison. #SSCR2025 @nihr.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Great to have presented our Women’s social care needs study at #SSCR2025 today.
May 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Our new paper -We found over 1000 older adults living in prison with likely symptoms of dementia. Excited to be implementing our DECISION care pathway and training package to support this vulnerable group and staff. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/4...
Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment among the older prisoner population in England and Wales: a cross-sectional study
Objectives To estimate the prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the older prisoner population in England and Wales and to establish risk of harm to self and others, activity o...
bmjopen.bmj.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Reposted by Dr Katrina Forsyth
✍️ NEW PUBLICATION - Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment among the older prisoner population in England and Wales: a cross-sectional study bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/4...
Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment among the older prisoner population in England and Wales: a cross-sectional study
Objectives To estimate the prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the older prisoner population in England and Wales and to establish risk of harm to self and others, activity o...
bmjopen.bmj.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM