Dr Joe Webb
MA, BA
Expertise
Joseph uses a variety of qualitative methods and co-produced research to explore the enactment of health and social care policy in practice.
Current positions
Lecturer in Social Policy
School for Policy Studies
Contact
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Research interests
My research interests centre on understanding and improving the way health and social care policy is enacted in practice. This is informed by my background working in disability social care services. I use various qualitative methods, including conversation analysis, to examine how policy is ‘talked into being’ and to highlight its impact on people themselves. Much of my research focuses on issues affecting disabled people, with a focus on producing work that makes a positive impact outside of academia. This is often achieved through co-producing work with disabled people themselves.
One of my research lines focuses on communication in health and social care settings. I am currently researching the role of paid social care companions in remote consultations for patients with learning disabilities, how communication impacts the delivery and outcome of personal independence payment disability assessments, and how decisions are made in social work supervisions.
My second research line focuses on co-producing research together with disabled people to conceptualised and create change on their own terms. For example, I have worked with people living with dementia to co=-produce communication training videos (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/gettingthingschanged/about-the-project/dementiatalk/), and I am currently working on a research project led by people living with dementia on improving post-diagnosis support.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
The role of the paid companion in remote consultations for patients with learning disabilities
Principal Investigator
Description
Primary care consultations are a gateway for people with learning disabilities to interact with health services and can play a part in reducing the health inequalities they face. When…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/03/2022 to 30/04/2024
Exploring experiences of post-diagnosis support and ideas for improving practice
Principal Investigator
Description
Co-led by three co-researchers living with dementia, we are holding a series of focus groups with carers and people living with dementia from across the UK to explore experiences of…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/09/2021 to 01/08/2022
Communication in healthcare consultations for patients with learning disabilities
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/12/2019 to 31/08/2022
Experiences of dementia diagnosis and post-diagnosis support: a co-production approach
Principal Investigator
Description
This project follows on from the ‘Getting Good Support’ study, an ESRC
funded examination of communicational support practices between staff and people with dementia
(due to finish at the end of May…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/06/2018 to 31/07/2018
Tackling disabling practices: co-production and change
Role
Researcher
Description
It is based at Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Bristol, and led by Val Williams. Our work also involves key partners including Disability Rights UK…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/04/2015 to 31/05/2018
Publications
Recent publications
01/07/2024Developing a core outcome set for interventions in people with mild cognitive impairment: study protocol
A social practice theory approach to exploring the ubiquity of quizzes in dementia care settings
Ageing and Society
“Atypical Interactions” in Healthcare
Research on Language and Social Interaction
Communication in leisure activity
Leisure and everyday life with dementia
Exploring the Added Value of Inclusive Dementia Research Throughout (and Beyond) the Research Process
International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Related people
Mrs Beth Tarleton
Senior Lecturer
School for Policy Studies
Professor Val Williams
Emeritus Professor
School for Policy Studies
Professor Pauline Heslop
Emeritus Professor of Intellectual Disabilities Studies
School for Policy Studies
Dr Marina Gall
Senior Lecturer
School of Education
Dr Matthew Booker
Consultant Senior Lecturer in Primary Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)