Professor of Elderly Medicine
john.young@bthft.nhs.uk
01274 383406
Bradford Institute for Health Research, Temple Bank House, Bradford Royal Infirmary
Qualifications
1977 MB BS (Hons)
1980 MRCP (UK)
1989 MSc (Open University)
1994 FRCP (Lond)
1995 MBA (Open University)
Honours in Pathology, Applied Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Team of the Year Award, Bradford Hospitals Trust 1999
Current and Previous Roles
April 2005 – Head of the Academic Unit of Elderly Care & Rehabilitation, University of Leeds and honorary consultant physician, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
November 1986-2005 Consultant Geriatrician, Dept. Elderly Care, Bradford
April 1991 – August 1995 Clinical Director, Department of Elderly Care,
Bradford Hospitals Trust.
June 1994 – September 1994 Acting Director of Clinical Services,
Bradford Hospitals Trust.
Current Research Interests
Elderly Care; Dementia; Delirium; Stroke, Stroke Rehabilitation.
Current and Recent Research
2010 – 2011.
RP-PG-0108-10037Young J, Brooker D, Brown A, Cheater F, Farrin A, Forster A, George J, Green J, Hulme C, Hurst K, Inouye S, Siddiqi N.
An investigation of the Hospital elder Life Program (HELP) system of care to prevent delirium
National Institute for Health Research – Programme Grant. £1,949,9391 December 2009, 60 months. (Stage 1, 36 months; stage 2, 24 months
Forster A, Young J. Junior Research Fellowship: Realist evaluation of the Lotscare trial. The Stroke Association. 85,000 (+NIHR 20,000). May 2009 2 years (pus one one year).
ISRCTN57066881Clegg A, Young J. The Home-Based Older People's Exercise (HOPE) Programme. An exercise programme to improve the functional status of community-dwelling frail older people. Royal College of Physicians & Dunhill Medical Trust Research Fellowship. £10953. October 2009 - October 2011.
Young J, Keen J, Forster A, Bamford J, McDermid J. Outcome-Driven Stroke Care: Clinical Information Management System for Stroke (CIMSS). National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration For Leadership In Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC). 1,499,919.00 01/10/2008.
Rosemary Woolley, John Young, John Green, Claire Surr, Murna Downs, Rob Newell, Dawn Brooker . "Helping you to see this through my eyes" Developing an observational method to be used in the forthcoming national audit of care for people with dementia in hospital. The Royal College Of Psychiatrists. £152,724 July 2008 – Jul 11 plus extn to Oct 2011 (39 months)
PB-PG-0407-13308 Forster A, McKevitt C, Young J, Clarke D, Farrin A, Lalit K, Smithard D.
Research for Patient Benefit; Process evaluation embedded within a randomised trial of caregiver training after stroke. National Institute for Health Research. £249,633
RP-PG-0606-1128
Forster A, Young J, Bhakta B, Brady T, Farrin A, Hewison J, House A, Knapp M, Murray J, Patel A, Powell J, Steele V. Improving patient and carer centred outcomes in longer-term stroke care. NIHR Programme Grant. £1,861,488
Forster A, Young J. Creation of a Senior Research Fellowship in Stroke. The Stroke Association. £54,388
RP-PG-0606-1128Forster A, Young J, Farrin A, Nixon J, Murray J. Cluster randomised trial evaluation of a patient- and carer-centred system for longer-term stroke care. The Stroke Association See NIHR grant above. £179,870
YOR/011/004/N, Stockdale R, Young J. Comparative study of a protocol to reduce delirium in medicals wards, Marjorie Warren Fellowship, Research into Ageing. £143,000