Dr Lucy Pocock
B.Sc.(Leic.), PGCE(Bristol), MBChB(Bristol), MRCGP(RCGP)
Expertise
Academic GP with an interest in improving care at the end of life. Particular interests include primary palliative care, interprofessional communication and the coordination of care.
Current positions
NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Biography
Dr Lucy Pocock is an academic GP and co-leads the University of Bristol’s Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group. Formerly a teacher, Lucy retrained to work as a doctor in 2005 and she is now practicing as a GP in South Gloucestershire.
Following the death of a close friend whilst she was at medical school, Lucy is committed to improving care for people at the end of life. Lucy is currently studying for a PhD, exploring the communication of poor prognosis between hospital clinicians and GPs.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Creating Compassionate Communities to Support the Bereaved
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
As part of Good Grief, Bristol festival, we will hold a ‘Creating Compassionate Communities’ Day at the university of Bristol to build relationships, share information about public health approaches to…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2020 to 31/05/2021
Good Grief, Bristol: Bristol Grief Festival 2020
Principal Investigator
Role
Collaborator
Description
Grief affects everyone, yet remains taboo, with bereaved people often unsupported and isolated. We will hold a city-wide festival on grief and bereavement in 2020/21 (Good Grief, Bristol), focussed on…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/11/2019 to 31/10/2020
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2025Predictors of Persisting Symptoms after Concussion in Children Following a Traumatic Brain Injury: a longitudinal retrospective cohort study
BMJ Paediatrics Open
An online clinical decision tool to screen for vertebral fragility fractures (Vfrac) in older women presenting with back pain in general practice
Archives of Osteoporosis
Frailty is associated with long-term outcomes in older trauma patients
Injury
Grief and Collaborative Storytelling
Journal of Creativity in Mental Health
What helps or hinders the communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care? A systematic review with narrative synthesis
British Journal of General Practice
Related people
Professor Yoav Ben-Shlomo
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Sarah Purdy
Emeritus Professor
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Lucy Selman
Professor of Palliative and End of Life Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Tomas Welsh
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Dr Grace Pearson
Clinical Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (THS)