Rate My Professor Thomas Blakeman

Thomas Blakeman is Professor of Primary Care and Senior Academic General Practitioner in the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care at the University of Manchester. He qualified with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1993, followed by a Diploma in Child Health from the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow in 1997, Certificate of Prescribed Experience and Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (with Distinction) in 1999, Masters in Health and Community Research from the University of Manchester (with Distinction) in 2004, and PhD from the School of Medicine at the University of Manchester in 2010.

Blakeman's research focuses on implementation science to enhance patient safety across care systems for individuals with complex health needs, particularly strategies to improve outcomes for those with chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury while avoiding overtreatment. He has led kidney health research for over a decade, serving as Principal Investigator for the NIHR Health Services & Delivery Research-funded ASTERAKI study. His leadership roles include Co-Lead for the NIHR Manchester School for Primary Care Research, NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration's Developing Safer Health and Care Systems Theme, and NIHR Manchester Integrated Academic Training Programme. He previously served on the NHS England Think Kidneys Programme Board (2014-2017), as Royal College of General Practitioners AKI Clinical Champion (2017-2020), Lead for the NHSE Renal Services Transformation Programme Post-AKI care group (2021-2023), and as a member of the international KDIGO AKI Guideline Work Group. Awards include the Royal College of General Practitioners Research Paper of the Year (Overall Winner, 2016) and the NIHR School for Primary Care Research International Primary Care Research Leadership Programme (Cohort 7, 2012). Key publications encompass 'Clinical Performance Feedback Intervention Theory (CP-FIT): a new theory for designing, implementing, and evaluating feedback in health care' (2019), 'Implementation of self management support for long term conditions in routine primary care settings' (2013), and 'Chronic kidney disease: identification and management in primary care' (2016). His contributions have influenced NICE guidelines on post-AKI care.