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Dr Lucy Webster

Senior Consultant

Since joining Cordis Bright, Lucy has managed projects spanning social care, pay, employment, and support for care leavers. She has over 10 years’ experience in dementia, mental health and social care research, including her PhD from the Division of Psychiatry, University College London (UCL), which investigated the impact of sleep disturbances on people with dementia living in care homes. She also holds an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences from UCL and a BSc in Neuropsychology from the University of Central Lancashire.

Before joining Cordis Bright, Lucy worked in academic health and social care research as a Research Fellow and has published over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles. She was also a co-applicant on a £1.8 million NIHR-funded randomised controlled trial of a psychological intervention to improve sleep disturbances in people living with dementia. She has worked and volunteered in a variety of health and social care settings with people with dementia, mental health problems, family carers, and people with learning disabilities. Her expertise includes designing and managing complex mixed-methods evaluations, recruiting participants, collecting and analysing data, and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders. Examples of Lucy's recent projects include:

  • Evaluation of the Implementation of the Real Living Wage policy for Social Care Workers in Wales (Welsh Government). A national evaluation of the policy to pay social care workers the Real Living Wage. The study includes development of a Theory of Change, process and impact evaluation, interviews, workshops, surveys, analysis of documentation and datasets, and policy recommendations.
  • Quantifying the hidden costs of low wages in adult social care (Joseph Rowntree Foundation). A study examining the economic arguments for improving pay in adult social care. Methods include literature review, provider case studies, interviews, analysis of national datasets, and development of recommendations for future workforce policy.
  • Innovation-to-Commercialisation of University Research programme 10 Year Anniversary Impact Report (UK Research and Innovation). An impact study showcasing the achievements of the ICURe programme and informing future investment. Methods included interviews, case studies, analysis of programme data, and recommendations for the future of the programme.
  • Evaluation of the Universal Family Programme pilot phase (NHS England). A mixed-methods evaluation of the pilot programme supporting care leavers aged 16–25 into NHS employment, training and education across 10 Integrated Care Boards. The study explored short-term impacts, good practice, and challenges, using interviews, case studies, and programme data analysis, with recommendations for national roll-out.
  • Developing research resources and minimum data set for care homes’ adoption (National Institute for Health and Care Research). A project to develop a minimum dataset for care homes, enabling health and social care data to be digitalised and linked. Included stakeholder engagement, recruitment, survey delivery, and data sharing agreements.
  • ASCOT Easy read for older adults (National Institute for Health and Care Research). A co-production project to develop an Easy Read version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for older people and those living with dementia. Methods included co-production workshops and semi-structured interviews.

     Lucy joined the team in October 2023.