Dr Daniel Herron

• British Psychological Society

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• BSc Hons Psychology and Criminology (Keele University)
• MSc Clinical Psychological Research (Keele University)
• TLHEP (Keele University)
• PhD in Psychology (Keele University)

Methodological expertise in designing qualitative research involving carers, people living with dementia, and people with physical and/or mental health conditions.

Creative and inclusive research methods such as Photovoice and photo elicitation.

Carers’ experiences, with a particular focus on their wellbeing.

Student carers experiences of University and approaches to improve their experiences.

Experiences of supporting and/or living with long term health conditions

Dementia, and learning difficulties and dementia

I have expertise in qualitative and inclusive methodologies, and aiming to understand and collaboratively improve the lives of people with physical and/or mental health problems, in particular, people living with dementia and their carers. I have listed some of my current research interests below:

• Inclusive research methods.
• Better understanding, through multiple perspectives including a positive psychology perspective, experiences of dementia, through individuals with dementia, their family, friends, and carers (informal and formal).
• The care practices of carers and healthcare professionals of people with dementia, and people with a learning difficulty and dementia, including improving person-centred practices through dementia training.
• Social interventions to improve/and or maintain the well-being of carers of people with dementia.

Funding

Dr Jessica Runacres, Dr Dan Herron, and Dr Fiona Cust have been awarded £5,402.00 by the BA Leverhulme Small Research Grants for their research project which aims to explore “How can universities better support student carers? An exploration of student carer priorities and support needs”.

Dr Dan Herron and Dr Jessica Runacres have been awarded £1877 as part of the university’s impact acceleration fund for a project exploring the support and research priorities of family carers of people living with dementia.

I teach on a variety of modules across our undergraduate and post-graduate courses, including core and special option modules. I particularly enjoy teaching about qualitative methods, including creative qualitative methods.

Burton, A. E. Lindsay-Wiles, I., Herron, D., Owen, A., Elliott, J., Metcalfe, A & Diwakar, L. (In Press). Hereditary Angioedema patient experiences of medication use and emergency care. Journal of International Emergency Nursing Herron, D., & Runacres, J. (2023). The Support Priorities of Older Carers of People Living with Dementia: A Nominal Group Technique Study. Healthcare, 11(14), 1998. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11141998 Runacres, J., & Herron, D. (2023). Designing Inclusive Qualitative Research with Carers of People Living with Dementia: Methodological Insights. Healthcare, 11(15), 2125. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11152125 Herron, D., Runacres, J., Danton, I., Beardmore, J. (2023). Carers’ experiences of caring for a friend or family member with dementia during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dementia, 22(3), 576-593. doi:10.1177/14713012221150298 Hawarden, A., Bullock, L., Chew-Graham, C. A., Herron, D., Hider, S., Jinks, C., Erandie Ediriweera De Silva, R., Machin, A., & Paskins, Z. (2023). Incorporating FRAX into a nurse-delivered integrated care review: a multi-method qualitative study. BJGP open, 7(2), BJGPO.2022.0146. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0146 Herron, D., Runacres, J., Danton, I., & Beardmore, J. (2023). Carers’ experiences of caring for a friend or family member with dementia during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dementia, 22(3), 576-593. doi:10.1177/14713012221150298 Dalgarno, E., Harrison, A., Astbury, J., Price, D., Drake, P., Herron, D., Runacres, J. (2021). Research with family carers of people living with dementia: recruiting during the pandemic (Blog). British Society of Gerontology. https://ageingissues.wordpress.com/2021/11/13/research-with-family-carers-of-people-living-with-dementia-recruiting-during-the-pandemic/ Herron, D., et al. (2021). Acceptability of a nurse-led integrated primary care review for people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions: a qualitative evaluation. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 11. doi: 10.1177/26335565211002402 Runacres, J., Herron, D., Buckless, K., & Worrall, S. (2021). Student carer experiences of higher education and support: a scoping review. International Journal of Inclusive Education. DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2021.1983880. Hider, S.L., Bucknall, M., Jinks, C., Herron, D., et al. (2021). A pilot study of a nurse-led integrated care review (the INCLUDE review) for people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions in primary care: feasibility study findings. Pilot Feasibility Study, 7(9). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00750-7 Herron, D., Priest, H., & Read, R. (2020). Supporting people with an intellectual disability and dementia: a constructivist grounded theory study exploring care providers’ views and experiences in the UK. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(6), 1405-1417. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12768 Hider, S. L., Bucknall, M., Cooke, K, Herron, D., et al. (2018). The INCLUDE study: INtegrating and improving Care for patients with infLammatory rheUmatological DisordErs in the community; identifying multimorbidity: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Comorbidity, 8(1). doi:10.1177/2235042X18792373 Herron, D., Priest, H., & Read, R. (2015). Working alongside older people with a learning disability: informing and shaping research design. British Journal of Learning Disability, 43(7), 261-269. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12147 Herron, D., & Priest, H. (2013). Support Workers’ Knowledge of Dementia: A Vignette Study. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities. 7(1), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/20441281311294675 Presentations Acceptability of a nurse-led integrated primary care review for people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions: a qualitative evaluation (3-5/07/19). Oral presentation to SAPC Annual Conference, University of Exeter. The effectiveness of nurse training to deliver an integrated care review for patients with inflammatory rheumat