
Dr Victoria Welsh
- Title
- Clinical Lecturer in General Practice
- Location
- DJW
- Contact me
- Via email
- v.welsh@keele.ac.uk
Biography
Biography
Victoria is an academic GP, working in clinical practice and at Keele University. Victoria completed the first Academic Foundation Year 2 rotation in the West Midlands Deanery in 2006-07 and went on to an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship in General Practice from 2007-2011 where she completed an MPhil using qualitative methodology to explore the feasibility of extending the authority to certify sickness absence beyond the medical profession and obtained her Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice.
Victoria was successfully awarded an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship in 2011, and undertook a quantitative research project which investigated the relationship between pain and falls in older people. Her PhD was completed in 2017 and Victoria went on to an NIHR Clinical Lectureship in General Practice.
Research and scholarship
Research and scholarship
Victoria’s primary research interest is pain in the oldest old population. In addition, Victoria is joint chief investigator on two studies: the SNIPE study (exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care of people with rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders in primary care, funded by Foundation for Research in Rheumatology) and SPLaT-19 (Symptom patterns and life with long-term COVID-19 in children and young people, funded by the NIHR SPCR).
Victoria has a mixed methods background, having published in quantitative, qualitative and systematic review methodologies including the use of linked databases, survey data and semi-structured interview techniques.
Victoria is an external member of the Advisory Group for NIHR-funded studies including investigations of Long-COVID and pain management for older people living with frailty.
Victoria reviews for the NIHR Reviewer Development Scheme, and reviews for journals including British Journal of General Practice, Age and Ageing, and European Journal of General Practice. Victoria is a member of the NIHR Long Covid in Children expert group and has been an invited Specialist Committee Member in the development of the NICE Quality Standard for Falls Prevention.5 Aligned to an interest in healthcare measures, Victoria is also a Standing Committee Member of the NICE Indicator Advisory Committee.
Teaching
Teaching
During her academic time, Victoria supervises Academic Foundation Year 2 trainees, supports PhD students, and teaches medical students. Victoria is joint deputy lead for the MSK Faculty Research Theme group and leads the MMedSci Dissertation module where she supervises post-graduate students from multi-disciplinary backgrounds.
Publications
Publications
Journal Articles
- Akhtar Baz, Sarah; Woodrow, Mirembe; Clutterbuck, Donna; Fang, Chao; Mullard, Jordan; Banerjee, Amitava; Barley‐McMullen, Sarah; Carpentieri, Jd; Donskoy, Anne‐Laure; Faux‐Nightingale, Alice; Lewis‐Jackson, Sasha; O'Hara, Margaret E.; Rai, Tanvi; Sherwood, Ondine; Smyth, Nina; Stanley, Kirsty; Welsh, Victoria; Mir, Ghazala; Alwan, Nisreen A.. 02-10-2024. 'Long COVID and Health Inequalities: What's Next for Research and Policy Advocacy?'. Health Expectations. DOI > view in repository >
- Faux-Nightingale, Alice; Somayajula, Glenys; Bradbury, Charlotte; Bray, Lucy; Burton, Claire; Chew-Graham, Carolyn A; Gardner, Aaliyah; Griffin, Alex; Twohig, Helen; Welsh, Victoria. 01-06-2024. 'Coproducing Health Information Materials With Young People: Reflections and Lessons Learned'. Health Expectations. DOI > view in repository >
- Twohig, Helen; Bajpai, Ram; Corp, Nadia; Faux-Nightingale, Alice; Mallen, Christian; Robinson, Toni; Somayajula, Glenys; van-Der-Windt, Danielle; Welsh, Victoria; Burton, Claire. 24-04-2024. 'Long-term outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]'. NIHR Open Research. DOI > view in repository >
- Twohig, Helen; Bajpai, Ram; Corp, Nadia; Faux-Nightingale, Alice; Mallen, Christian; Robinson, Toni; Somayajula, Glenys; Van der Windt, Danielle; Welsh, Victoria; Burton, Claire. . 'Long-term outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis'. . DOI > view in repository >
- Shivakumar, Mrithula; Welsh, Victoria; Bajpai, Ram; Helliwell, Toby; Mallen, Christian; Robinson, Michelle; Shepherd, Thomas. 01-02-2024. 'Musculoskeletal disorders and pain in agricultural workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis'. Rheumatology International. DOI > view in repository >
- Faux-Nightingale, Alice; Saunders, Benjamin; Burton, Claire; Chew-Graham, Carolyn A; Somayajula, Glenys; Twohig, Helen; Welsh, Victoria. 01-11-2023. 'Experiences and care needs of children with long Covid: a qualitative study.'. BJGP Open. DOI > view in repository >
- Welsh, Victoria K; Mason, Kayleigh J; Bailey, James; Bajpai, Ram; Jordan, Kelvin P; Mallen, Christian D; Burton, Claire. 18-09-2023. 'Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study.'. British Journal of General Practice. DOI > view in repository >
- Pradhan, Anup; Nicholls, Elaine; Edwards, John; Welsh, Victoria; Paskins, Zoe. 30-08-2023. 'Bone health assessment in adults with fragility fracture risk factors between 2002-2014: a retrospective cohort study.'. BJGP Open. DOI > view in repository >
- Burton, Claire; Mallen, Christian; Mason, Kayleigh; Jordan, Kelvin; Welsh, Victoria; Bajpai, Ram; Bailey, James. 12-04-2023. 'The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on referrals to musculoskeletal services from primary care and subsequent incidence of inflammatory rheumatic musculoskeletal disease: an observational study'. RHEUMATOLOGY ADVANCES IN PRACTICE. DOI > view in repository >
- Faux-Nightingale, Alice; Burton, Claire; Twohig, Helen; Bucknall, Milica; Carroll, Will; Chew-Graham, Carolyn; Dunn, Kathryn; Gilchrist, Francis; Helliwell, Toby; Lawton, Oliver; Lawton, Sarah; Mallen, Christian; Saunders, Benjamin; Van Der Windt, Danielle; Welsh, Victoria. 01-02-2023. 'Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol.'. BJGP Open. DOI > view in repository >
- Kwok, CS; Burke, H; McDermott, S; Welsh, V; Barker, D; Patwala, A; Duckett, S; Satchithananda, D; Mallen, C. 06-06-2022. 'Missed Opportunities in the Diagnosis of Heart Failure: Evaluation of Pathways to Determine Sources of Delay to Specialist Evaluation.'. Current Heart Failure Reports. DOI > view in repository >
- AlSayegh, Abdulwahab; Gassan, Adnan A; Bajpai, Ram C.; Muller, Sara; Welsh, Victoria; Kwok, Chun Shing; Mallen, Christian D.. 01-12-2021. 'Readmission after index hospital discharge among patients with COVID-19: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis'. Health Science Reports. DOI > view in repository >
- Kwok, Chun Shing; Bennett, Sadie; Azam, Ziyad; Welsh, Victoria; Potluri, Rahul; Loke, Yoon K.; Mallen, Christian D.. 17-02-2021. 'Misdiagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review of the Literature'. Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. DOI > view in repository >
- Elise Clarson, Lorna; Bajpai, Ram; Whittle, Rebecca; Belcher, John; Abdul Sultan, Alyshah; Shing Kwok, Chun; Welsh, Victoria; Mamas, Mamas; Mallen, Christian D. 29-06-2020. 'Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction'. Heart. DOI > view in repository >
- Clarson, Lorna Elise; Bajpai, Ram; Whittle, Rebecca; Belcher, John; Abdul Sultan, Alyshah; Kwok, Chun Shing; Welsh, Victoria; Mamas, Mamas; Mallen, Christian D.. 01-06-2020. 'Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction'. HEART. DOI > view in repository >
- Mallen, C; Belcher, J; Mamas, M; Clarson, L; Welsh, V; Bajpai, R. 27-05-2020. 'Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction.'. Heart. DOI > view in repository >
- Welsh, Victoria; Mallen, Christian; Ogollah, Reuben; Wilkie, Ross; McBeth, John. 11-12-2019. 'Investigating multisite pain as a predictor of self-reported falls and falls requiring health care use in an older population: A prospective cohort study.'. PLoS One. DOI > view in repository >
- Welsh, Victoria; Clarson, Lorna E.; Mallen, Christian; McBeth, John. 22-02-2019. 'Multisite pain and self-reported falls in older people: systematic review and meta-analysis.'. Arthritis Research and Therapy. DOI > view in repository >
- Yee Hing Tang, Eugene; Fox, Hannah; Gajria, Camille; Welsh, Victoria K.; Mehrotra, Anushka. 02-01-2016. 'Development of an audit toolkit for use in resource-poor countries'. Education for Primary Care. DOI > view in repository >
- Welsh, VK; Sanders, T; Richardson, JC; Wynne-Jones, G; Jinks, C; Mallen, CD. 17-05-2014. 'Extending the authority for sickness certification beyond the medical profession: the importance of 'boundary work''. BMC Family Practice. DOI > view in repository >
- Welsh, Victoria. 01-03-2013. 'Tips for GP trainees working in rheumatology'. British Journal of General Practice. DOI > view in repository >
- Mudge, Hannah R; Honey, Jonathan R; Tachoukaft, Sara; Hider, Samantha L; Mason, Kayleigh J; Welsh, Victoria K; Burton, Claire. . 'Summarizing Evidence of Associations of COVID‐19 With a Future Diagnosis of Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Rapid Review'. Arthritis Care & Research. DOI > view in repository >
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Presentation / Conferences
- Bajpai, Ram; Burton, Claire; Mason, Kayleigh J; Bailey, James; Jordan, Kelvin P; Mallen, Christian D; Welsh, Victoria. . 'P103 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care referrals and new diagnoses of inflammatory arthritis'. . DOI > view in repository >
- Bajpai, R.; Burton, C.; Mason, K.; Bailey, J.; Frisher, M.; Jordan, K.; Mallen, C.; Welsh, V.. . 'POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY'. . DOI > view in repository >
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