Mr David Heaney

Associate Director of Centre For Rural Health

 

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E-mail: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk

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Biography

David joined CRH in March 2003, and became an associate director in 2005. David graduated in economics from Edinburgh University. He then worked for 13 years as a research fellow in the Department of General Practice there, studying aspects of the general practice consultation.  He is an experienced health services researcher with interests in organisation and delivery of health services, particularly in primary care, and in remote and rural areas. He has had a particular interest in the delivery of out of hours services, having led the evaluation of the introduction of NHS 24 in Scotland. He leads the research theme entitled "Access to care and the delivery of health services". 

More recently David has been an important part of the centre’s interest in technology and health, and leads "Implementing Transnational Telemedicine Solutions, funded by the Northern Periphery Programme

He has been a co-author on over 48 peer-reviewed articles and been involved in over 37 funded grants, valued at over £3M in total . David is a  Principal investigator experienced in setting up and running collaborative research with a track record of working with service providers and policy makers. He has good experience of both quantitative and qualitative research methods and a track record of working with service providers and policy makers. 

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Central Publications

  • Grant, S., Ring, A., Maclean, G., Guthrie, B., Gabbay, M., Mair, F., Watt, GC., Heaney, DJ. & O'Donnell, C. Governing the visible: performance management, governmentality and soft governance in UK general practice, Article, 2013, Social Science & Medicine, ISSN/ISBN: 0277-9536
  • King, G., O'Donnell, C., Boddy, D., Smith, F., Heaney, DJ. & Mair, F. Boundaries and e-health implementation in health and social care, Article, 2012, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 12 - 100, ISSN/ISBN: 1472-6947
  • Casey, M., Hayes, P., Heaney, DJ., Dowie, L., O'Laighin, G., Matero, M., Knarvik, U., Hun, S., Alrutz, K., Eadie, LH. & Glynn, L. Implementing Transnational Telemedicine Solutions, Article, 2012, European Journal of General Practice, ISSN/ISBN: 1381-4788
  • Sampson, R. & Heaney, DJ. Sharing control of appointment length with patients: A mixed- methods study, Article, 2012, British Journal of General Practice, ISSN/ISBN: 0960-1643
  • Roberts, EA., Heaney, DJ. & Nimegeer, AL. The Specific Role of Community First Responders: Complexities of Voluntary Participation in Scotland's Emergency Care services, Working paper, 2012
  • King, G., Heaney, DJ., Boddy, D., ODonnell , C., Clark, J. & Mair, F. Exploring public perspectives on e-Health, Article, 2011, Health Expectations, 14, 4, pp351 - 360, ISSN/ISBN: 1369-6513
  • MacFarlane, A., Clerkin, P., Murray, E. & Heaney, DJ. The e-Health Implementation Toolkit, Article, 2011, Implementation Science, 6 - 122, ISSN/ISBN: 1748-5908
  • Lattimer, V., Burgess, A., Knapp, F., Dalton, S., Brailsford, S., Junior, E., Moore, M., Baverstock, J., Heaney, DJ., Roberts, EA., Hall, SJ., O'Donnell, C., Peckham, S., Salisbury, C., Banks, J., Chalder, M., Meads, G., Dale, J. & Bosley, S. The Impact of changing workforce patterns in emergency and urgent out-of-hours care on patient experience, staff practice and health system performance, Commissioned Report, 2010
  • Roberts, EA., Heaney, DJ. & Wakeling, M. Transnational Comparison, Article, 2010, Telemedicine and E-Health, 16, 10, pp1053 - 1059
  • McKinstry, B., Watson, P., Pinnock, HJ., Heaney, DJ. & Sheikh, A. Confidentiality and the telephone in family practice, Article, 2009, Family Practice, 26, 5, pp344 - 350, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • Roberts, EA., Heaney, DJ., Haddow, G. & O'Donnell, C. Implementation of a national, nurse-led telephone health service in Scotland, Article, 2009, Rural and Remote Health, 9, pp1079, ISSN/ISBN: 1445-6354
  • Heaney, DJ., Caldow, J., McClusky, C., King, G., Webster, K., Mair, F. & Ferguson, J. The Introduction of a New Consulting Technology into the National Health Service (NHS) for Scotland, Article, 2009, Telemedicine Journal and E-Health, 15, 6, pp546 - 551, ISSN/ISBN: 1530-5627
  • Heaney, DJ., Wakeling, M., Roberts, EA. & Dowie, L. The context and development of eHealth innovations in Scotland with particular reference to the Highland region, Chapter, 2009, A portfolio of eHealth applications in European sparsely populated areas, pp79 - 110
  • Boddy, D., King, G., Clark, JS., Heaney, DJ. & Mair, F. The influence of context and process when implementing e-health, Article, 2009, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 9 - 9, ISSN/ISBN: 1472-6947
  • Roberts, EA., Hoddinott, P., Heaney, DJ. & Bryers, H. The use of video support for infant feeding after hospital discharge, Article, 2009, Maternal and Child Nutrition, 5, 4, pp347 - 357, ISSN/ISBN: 1740-8695
  • Howie, JGR., Heaney, DJ., Maxwell, M., Freeman, GK. & Mercer, SW. Further observations on enablement, Editorial, 2008, British Journal of General Practice, 58, 552, pp499 - 500, ISSN/ISBN: 0960-1643
  • Haddow, G., O'Donnell, CA. & Heaney, D. Stakeholder perspectives on new ways of delivering unscheduled health care, Article, 2007, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 13, 2, pp179 - 185, ISSN/ISBN: 1356-1294
  • O'Cathain, A., Munro, J., Armstrong, I., O'Donnell, C. & Heaney, D. The effect of attitude to risk on decisions made by nurses using computerised decision support software in telephone clinical assessment, Article, 2007, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 7, ISSN/ISBN: 1472-6947
  • Scott, A., Sullivan, F., Wordsworth, S. & Heaney, DJ. An extra pair of hands? Evaluation of a salaried payment for general practitioners, Article, 2006, Primary Health Care Research and Development, 7, pp165 - 171, ISSN/ISBN: 1463-4236
  • Heaney, DJ., Black, C., Van Teijlingen, ER., Stark, C. & O'Donnell, C. Community Hospitals - The Place of Local Service Provision in a Modernising NHS: An Integrative Thematic Literature Review, Article, 2006, BMC Public Health, 6, 309
  • McKinstry, B., Hanley, J., Heaney, DJ., McCloughan, L., Elton, R. & Webb, D. Impact on hypertension control of a patient-held guideline: a randomised controlled trial, Article, 2006, British Journal of General Practice, 56, pp842 - 847, ISSN/ISBN: 0960-1643
  • Worth, A., Boyd, K., Kendall, M., Heaney, DJ., MacLeod, U., Cormie, P., Hockley, J. & Murray, S. Out-of-hours palliative care: a qualitative study of cancer patients, carers and professionals, Letter, 2006, British Journal of General Practice, 56, pp6 - 13, ISSN/ISBN: 0960-1643
  • McLoughlin, M., Armstrong, P., Bryne, M., O'Brien, N., Heaney, DJ. & Murphy, AW. A comparative study on attitudes, mental health and job stress amongst GPs participating, or not, in a rural out-of-hours co-operative, Article, 2005, Family Practice, 22, pp275 - 279, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • Salisbury, C., Burgess, A., Lattimer, V., Heaney, DJ., Walker, J., Turnbull, J. & Smith, H. Developing a standard short questionnaire for the assessment of patient satisfaction with out-of-hours primary care., Article, 2005, Family Practice, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • Salisbury, C., Burgess, A., Lattimer, V., Heaney, D., Walker, J., Turnbull, J. & Smith, H. Developing a standard short questionnaire for the assessment of patient satisfaction with out-of-hours primary care, Article, 2005, Family Practice, 22, pp560 - 569, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • Heaney, DJ., O'Donnell, C., Roberts, EA., Myles, S., Abbotts, J., Haddow, G., Armstrong, I., Hall, SJ. & Munro, J. Evaluation of the Introduction of NHS 24 in Scotland, Commissioned Report, 2005
  • McKinstry, B., Guthrie, B., Freeman, G. & Heaney, DJ. Is success in postgraduate examinations associated with family practitioners@ attitudes or patient perceptions of the quality of their consultations? A cross-sectional study of the MRCGP examination in Great Britain, Article, 2005, Family Practice, 22, 6, pp653 - 657, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • Hendry, S., Beattie, T. & Heaney, DJ. Minor Illness and Injury: Factors Influencing Attendance at a Paediatric Accident and Emergency Department, Article, 2005, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 90, pp629 - 633, ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9888
  • Heaney, DJ. & Hall, SJ. Out of Hours Care in Remote and Rural Scotland: Identifying Sustainable Strategies for Change, Commissioned Report, 2005
  • Mercer, S., McConnachie, A., Maxwell, M., Heaney, DJ. & Watt, GCM. Relevance and practical use of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure in general practice, Article, 2005, Family Practice, 22, pp328 - 334, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • McKinstry, B., Walker, J., Blaney, D., Heaney, DJ. & Begg, D. Do patients and expert doctors agree on the assessment of consultation skills?: A comparison of two patient consultation assessment scales with the video component of the MRCGP, Article, 2004, Family Practice, 21, pp75 - 80, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • Dobbin, A., Faulkner, S., Heaney, DJ., Selvaraj, S. & Gruzelier, J. Impact on health status of a hypnosis clinic in general practice, Article, 2004, Contemporary Hypnosis, 21, pp153 - 160, ISSN/ISBN: 0960-5290
  • Howie, J., Heaney, DJ. & Maxwell, M. Quality, core values, and the general practice consultation; issues of definition, measurement and delivery, Article, 2004, Family Practice, 58, pp458 - 468, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • Mercer, SW., Maxwell, M., Heaney, D. & Watt, GCM. The consultation and relational empathy (CARE) measure: development and preliminary validation and reliability of an empathy-based consultation process measure, Article, 2004, Family Practice, 21, pp699 - 705, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • Scott, A., Simoens, S., O'Donnell, CA., Ross, S., Drummon, N., Heaney, DJ., Thomson, H. & Moffat, KJ. What does GP out of hours care cost? An analysis of different models of out of hours care in Scotland, Article, 2004, Scottish Medical Journal, 49, 2, pp61 - 66, ISSN/ISBN: 0036-9330
  • Heaney, DJ. & Maxwell, M. Enablement: Getting the Most from the Consultation, Letter, 2003, The New Generalist, 1, pp43 - 46
  • Thomson, H., O'Donnell, C., Heaney, DJ., Moffat, K., Ross, S., Scott, A. & Drummond, N. Unity or diversity? , Article, 2003, Primary Health Care Research and Development, 4, 3, pp193 - 205, ISSN/ISBN: 1463-4236
  • Maxwell, M., Heaney, DJ., Howie, J., Walker, J. & Freeman, G. Acceptability of methods and measures used to determine quality of general practice consultations: results of a focus group study and an acceptability questionnaire, Article, 2002, Primary Health Care Research and Development, 3, pp29 - 41, ISSN/ISBN: 1463-4236
  • Freeman, G., Rai, H., Walker, J., Howie, J., Heaney, DJ. & Maxwell, M. Non-English speakers consulting with the GP in their own language, Article, 2002, British Journal of General Practice, 52, 474, pp36 - 38, ISSN/ISBN: 0960-1643
  • Freeman, G., Walker, J., Heaney, DJ. & Howie, J. Personal continuity and the quality of GP consultations, Article, 2002, European Journal of General Practice, 8, 3, pp90 - 94, ISSN/ISBN: 1381-4788
  • McKinstry, B., Walker, J., Campbell, C., Heaney, DJ. & Wyke, S. Telephone consultations to manage requests for same-day appointments: a randomised controlled trial in two practices, Article, 2002, British Journal of General Practice, 52, pp306 - 310, ISSN/ISBN: 0960-1643
  • Heaney, DJ., Walker, J., Howie, J., Maxwell, M., Freeman, G., Berrey, P., Jones, T., Stern, M. & Campbell, S. The Development Of A Routine NHS Data Based Index Of Performance In General Practice (NHSPPI), Article, 2002, Family Practice, 19, pp77 - 83, ISSN/ISBN: 0263-2136
  • Heaney, DJ., O'Donnell, K., Scott, A., Drummond, N. & Moffat, K. A comparison of models of delivery of out of hours general medical services in Scotland. Final Report to the Scottish Executive, Other contribution, 2001
  • Heaney, DJ., Wyke, S., Wilson, P., Elton, R. & Rutledge, P. Assessment of impact of information booklets on use of healthcare services: randomised controlled trial, Article, 2001, British Medical Journal, 322, pp1218 - 1220, ISSN/ISBN: 0959-8138
  • Heaney, DJ., Wyke, S., Wilson, P., Elton, R. & Rutledge, P. Assessment of impact of information booklets on use of healthcare services: randomised controlled trial, Article, 2001, British Medical Journal, 322, pp1218 - 1220, ISSN/ISBN: 0959-8146

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