John Bailey

I have a background in psychology and have worked as a researcher in forensic mental health services. I began working for Glyndwr University on the Deaths Involving Alcohol (DIAL) project in 2010 with Professors Poole and Robinson. I joined the Bangor School of Social Sciences in July 2012. Since that time I has been working alongside Prof Poole on problems associated with opioid medication prescribed for chronic pain. In collaboration with various NHS healthcare staff, a number of projects have been developed examining.

• Identifying patients with long-term, high-dose opioid medication (LTHDOM) use in primary care and measuring their prevalence.
• Factors involved in the development of LTHDOM use.
• The experiences of patients and their family members of LTHDOM.
• The effects of LTHDOM use on patient functioning.
• Interventions to reduce LTHDOM use.
• GPs’ experiences of prescribing opioid medication for chronic pain.
• The development of interventions to facilitate the control and reduction of opioid medication prescribing in primary care.

I am also involved in other research examining dependency-forming medication and rational prescribing in prison and interventions with users of new psychoactive substances.

I served as vice chair of the University CBLESS research ethics committee and set up and chaired the School of Social Sciences research ethics subcommittee. I became a member of the School of Health Sciences research ethics committee when CFMHAS moved to that school in the summer of 2018.

I am regularly involved in a number of knowledge exchange activities with healthcare staff in the Local Health Board.

Grants

Rob Poole, Catherine Robinson and Sue Ruben on deaths involving alcohol.
Rob Poole on dysfunctional therapeutic opioid use.