I am an Evidence and Evaluation Research Fellow with IMPACT, the UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care. I also worked on the NIHR funded ‘Needs Rounds’ study which aimed to improve palliative and end of life care for care home residents.
I was awarded my PhD in Sociology from the University of Glasgow in 2019. My thesis explored whether experiences of community based compulsory treatment orders reflect the rights based intentions underpinning the legislation. I also worked on the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland project which examined the extent to which the Tribunal operates in accordance with human rights standards.
I am interested in disability, ageing, and mental health and how these intersect with issues of social justice. My research expertise centre on exploring the lived experience of health and social care provision, focusing on relational aspects of caring practices, how needs and rights are balanced, and how an ethics of care can be applied to improve practice. I also have expertise in implementation science, using realist evaluation to develop programme theories to help increase the chance of successful uptake in practice.
Article
Forbat L, Macgregor A, Brown T, McCormack B, Spilsbury K, Rutherford A, Hanratty B, Hockley J, McKenzie M, Soulsby I & Ogden M (2024) Negotiating pace, focus and identities: Patient/public involvement/engagement in a palliative care study. Sociology of Health & Illness, 46 (7), pp. 1327-1344. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13785
Research Report
What works in wellbeing for Personal Assistants (PAs) to disabled people? A systematic review
Macgregor A, Tawodzera O, Brunner R & McLean R (2024) What works in wellbeing for Personal Assistants (PAs) to disabled people? A systematic review. IMPACT. https://impact.bham.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Systematic-review-pdf.pdf
Project Report
Forbat E, Magregor A, Spilsbury K, McCormack B, Rutherford A, Hanratty B, Hockley J, Davison L, Ogden M, Soulsby I & McKenzie M (2024) Using Palliative Care Needs Rounds in the UK for care home staff and residents: an implementation science study. National Institute of Health Research. Southampton. https://doi.org/10.3310/KRWQ5829
Article
Macgregor A, McCormack B, Spilsbury K, Hockley J, Rutherford A, Ogden M, Soulsby I, McKenzie M, Hanratty B & Forbat L (2023) Supporting care home residents in the last year of life through ‘Needs Rounds’: Development of a pre-implementation programme theory through a rapid collaborative online approach. Frontiers in Health Services, 2, Art. No.: 1019602. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2022.1019602
Article
Macgregor A (2022) Meaningful participation or tokenism for individuals on community based compulsory treatment orders? Views and experiences of the mental health tribunal in Scotland. Journal of Mental Health, 31 (2), pp. 158-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1818708
Conference Paper (published)
What can an ethics of care offer people on CCTOs?
Macgregor A What can an ethics of care offer people on CCTOs?. In: , 04.05.2021.
Article
Macgregor A, Rutherford A, McCormack B, Hockley J, Ogden M, Soulsby I, McKenzie M, Spilsbury K, Hanratty B & Forbat L (2021) Palliative and end-of-life care in care homes: protocol for codesigning and implementing an appropriate scalable model of Needs Rounds in the UK. BMJ Open, 11 (2), Art. No.: e049486. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049486
Article
Macgregor A, Brown M & Stavert J (2019) Are mental health tribunals operating in accordance with international human rights standards? A systematic review of the international literature. Health & Social Care in the Community, 27 (4), pp. e494-e513. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12749
Conference Paper (published)
Macgregor A Meaningful Participation or Tokenism? Individual and Advocacy Experiences of the Mental Health Tribunal in Scotland. In: International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, 15.07.2018-21.07.2021.
Consultancy Report
Evaluation of Re:Connect and time and space peer mentoring projects
Macgregor A & Cameron J (2018) Evaluation of Re:Connect and time and space peer mentoring projects. Mental Health Foundation. Scotland.
Book Review
Psychiatry and the business of madness: an ethical and epistemological accounting
Macgregor A (2017) Psychiatry and the business of madness: an ethical and epistemological accounting. Review of:
by Bonnie Burstow, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, 302 pp, ISBN 978-1-13-750384-8, ISBN 978-1-13-750383-1. Disability & Society, 32 (6), pp. 933-935. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2017.1321240
Conference Paper (published)
Macgregor A Not in the Spirit of the Act: Examining Experiences of Community Compulsory Treatment Orders in Scotland. In: Nordic Network of Disability Researchers, Orebro, Sweden, 03.05.2017-05.05.2017.
Conference Paper (published)
Macgregor A An Exploration of Community Compulsory Treatment Orders and Family Relationships under the Scottish Mental Health System. In: Centre for Research on Families and Relationships International Conference, Edinburgh, 13.06.2016-15.06.2016.