Dr Ron Neville

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

Tel: 01382 668189
Fax: (0131) 650 9119
Ron.Neville@ed.ac.uk

Role

• Collaboration in e-health and respiratory care research

Teaching Responsibilities

Postgraduate

• Ad hoc supervision of Higher Degrees

Research Interests

• e-health
• respiratory care

Current Research Involvement

• CSO Primary Care Research Career Award - the use of Agent technology to improve access to and process of healthcare. The project focuses on e-mail and SMS consulting.
• Scottish Acute Clinical Trials Recruitment Software Development
• Mobile phone SMS support for opiate users under going detoxification

Further Information

Work History

Previous Appointments

1985 - 2000	Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and then Asthma Research Unit Director, University of Dundee
1985 - present	General Practitioner, Westgate Health Centre, Dundee

Education

1980	MBChB
1984	MRCGP with Distinction
1985	DRCOG
1990	MD
1997	FRCGP
2004	FRCP(E)

Selected grants

Selected publications

• Neville RG, Greene AC, Lewis S. Patient and health care professional views and experiences of computer agent-supported health care. Informatics in Primary Care 2006 14 11-15
• Neville RG Two- minute consultation: e-mail. BJGP 2005 (55) 517 642
• McCowan C, Neville RG, Hoskins G. An academic, pharmaceutical and practice collaboration to implement asthma guidelines. Primary Care Resp J. 2005 14 106-111
• Pinnock H, Hoskins G, Neville R, Sheikh A. Triage and remote consultations: moving beyond the rhetoric of access and choice. Br J Gen Pract. 2005; 55: 910-911.
• Neville RG, Marsden W, McCowan C, Pagliari C, Mullen H, Fannin A. Email consultations in general practice. Informatics in Primary Care 2004 12 207-14
• Neville RG, Hoskins G, McCowan C, Smith B. Pragmatic 'real world' study of the effect of audit of asthma on clinical outcome. Primary Care Resp J. 2004 13(4) 198-204
• Poustie A, Neville RG Deliberate self-harm cases: a primary care perspective. Nursing Standard 2004 18(48) 33-36
• Neville RG, Marsden W, McCowan C, Pagliari HC, Mullen H, Fannin A. E-mail consultations in general practice. BJGP 2004 54 546. Link
• Steven K, Marsden W, Neville RG, Hoskins G, Sullivan FM, Drummond N. Do the British Guidelines for Asthma Management facilitate concordance? Health Expectations 2004 7 74-84
• Neville RG, Marsden W, McCowan C, Pagliari C, Mullen H, Fannin A (2004) Email consultations in general practice. Informatics in Primary Care, 12 (4), 207-14. Link
• Neville RG, Marsden W, McCowan C, Pagliari C, Mullen H, Fannin A (2004) A survey of GP attitudes to and experiences of email consultations. Informatics in Primary Care, 12 (4), 201-5. Link
• Neville RG, Hoskins G, Smith B, McCowan C. The Economic and Human Costs of Asthma in Scotland. Prim Care Resp J 2003 12(4) 115-119
• Quick Reference Guide to the British Guideline on the Management of Asthma. Scottish InterCollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) and thre British Thoracic Society (BTS) 2003 ISBN 1899893 28 8
• British Guideline on the Management of Asthma. Scottish InterCollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) and the British Thoracic Society (BTS). Thorax 2003 58 Suppli 1 1-94
• Steven K, Neville RG, Hoskins G, Sullivan FM, Drummond N, Alder EM. The RCP's Three Key questions for asthma: review of practical use. Br J Com Nursing 2002 7(6) 300-303
• Irvine L, Crombie IK, Alder EM, Neville RG, Clark RA. What predicts poor collection of medication among children with asthma? A case control study. Eur Resp J 2002 20 1464-69
• Neville RG, Greene A, McLeod J, Tracey A, Surie J. Using mobile-telephone text messages to help young adults manage their asthma. The Asthma Journal 2002 7(4) 199-202
• Neville RG, Greene A, McLeod J, Tracey A, Surie J. Mobile phone text messaging can help young people manage asthma. BMJ 2002 325 600 (research letter version of longer paper)
• Duffy R, Neville RG, Staines H. Variance in practice emergency medical admission rates: can it be explained? BJGP 2002 52 14-18
• Pocket Guide for Asthma Management and Prevention. Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2002 NIH No. 02-3659 USA
• Hoskins G, McCowan C, Thomas G, Neville RG, Clark R, Smith B. Asthma or COPD? An investigation into the symptom patterns of asthma may highlight the need for more rigorous diagnostic procedures in elderly patients. Prim Care Respir J 2001 10(4) 99-102
• Neville RG, Hoskins G, Clark RA, McCowan C, Smith B. A Standardised Recording system to monitor outcomes. The Asthma Journal 2001 6(4) 193-196
• McCowan C, Neville RG, Ricketts IW, Warner FC, Hoskins G, Thomas GE. Lessons from a randomised controlled trial designed to evaluate computer decision support software to improve the management of asthma. Med Inform 2001 26 3 191-201
• Neville RG, McCowan C, Hoskins G, Thomas G. Cross sectional observations on the Natural History of Asthma. BrJGen Pract 2001 51 361-365
• Hoskins G, Neville RG, Smith B, Steven K, Barnes G, Loveridge T, Sergeant E, Dempster J. Asthma Care by Nurse Practitioners in the United States. J Am Acad Nurse Practitioners 2001 13(8) 376-383
• Neville RG, McCowan C, Hoskins G, Little A, Mukhopadhyay S, Ferguson S. Asthma Website Review. Asthma J 2000;5(2):84-86
• Neville R G, Warner, F C, McCowan C, Hoskins G. Email Consultations: 2 Years Experiences from Asthma Information Websites. Br J Gen Prac 2000 50 (452) 256-7
• Hoskins G, Neville RG, Smith B, McCowan C, Clark RA, Ricketts IW. Scottish Asthma Management Initiative Health Bulletin 2000 5(2) 84-86
• Hoskins G, McCowan C, Neville R G, Thomas G E, Smith B, Silverman S. Risk factors and costs associated with an asthma attack. Thorax 2000 55(1) 0-5
• Neville RG, McCowan C, Ricketts IW, Fonseca JA, Invernizzi G, Stey C. Guidelines into Practice: An International Pilot Study of 'Asthma Crystal Byte'. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 2000 9(3) 56-58
• Neville R G, Pearson M G, Richards N, Patience J, Sondhi S, Wagstaff B, Wells N. A cost analysis on the pattern of asthma prescribing in the UK. Eur Respir J 1999 14 605-609
• Neville R G, Higgins B G. Providing better asthma care: what is there left to do? Thorax 1999 54 813-817
• Hoskins G, Neville R G, Smith B, Clark R A. The link between practice nurse training and asthma outcomes. Br J Com Nursing 1999 4 (5) 22-28
• Thorax Review Series 1999 - (Co author)
• National Asthma & Respiratory Training Centre Booklet - Respiratory conditions - Are health needs being met? (Co-author) - 1999
• Asthma in General Practice Fourth Edition: Ed Levy M, Hilton S, RCGP London 1999 ISBN: 0 85084 243 3 Research and Audit (Neville R G) Chapter 10 86-95
• Hoskins G, Smith B, Thomson C, Sulpher M, McCowan C, Neville R G. The Cost Implications of an Asthma Attack. Paediatric Asthma, Allergy & Immunology 1998 12 (3) 193-198
• Mowat D, McCowan C, Neville R G, Crombie I, Thomas G, Ricketts I, Clark R, Berry W. Socio-economic status and childhood asthma. Asthma in General Practice June 1998 6 (1) 9-11
• Duffy R, Bain J, Neville R G, Stains H. Relationship Between Route of Referral for Acute Medical Admissions, Patient Characteristics and Appropriateness of Admission. Health Bulletin 1998 56 (6) 863-870
• Neville R G, Hoskins G, Smith B. Asthma audit for enthusiasts and sceptics. Asthma in General Practice 1998 6 (2) 19-22
• Hoskins G, Smith B, Neville R G, Clark R A. The Tayside Asthma Management Initiative. Health Bulletin 1998 56 (2) 586-591
• McCowan C, Neville R G, Thomas G E, Crombie I K, Clark R A, Ricketts I W, Cairns AY, Warner F C, Greene S A, White E. Effect of asthma and its treatment on growth: four year follow up of cohort of children from general practices in Tayside, Scotland. BMJ 1998 316 668-672
• Bellamy D, Hoskins G, Smith B, Warner F, Neville R G for GPs in Asthma Group. The use of spirometers in general practice. Asthma Journal 1997 5(1) 9-11
• Duffy R, Neville R G, Hoskins G, Smith B and McCowan C. Who is admitted to hospital with asthma? Asthma Journal 1997 5 (1) 5-7, ISSN: 0968-039X
• Hoskins G, Neville R G, Smith B, Clark R A. Does Participation in Distance Learning and Audit Improve the Care of Patients with Acute Asthma Attacks. Health Bulletin 1997 55 (3) 150-155
• McCowan C, Neville R G, Crombie I K, Clark R A, Warner F C. The facilitator effect; results from a four-year follow-up of children with asthma. Br J Gen Prac 1997 47 156-160
• Neville R G, Hoskins G, Smith B, Clark R A. How general practitioners manage acute asthma attacks. Thorax 1997 52 153-156
• Asthma: Ask the Experts - Outcome Measures and Audit. Ed Barnes G. Class Publishing London 1997
• Neville R G. Patient Education and Guided Self-Management Plans. Resp Med 1996 90 385-386
• Neville R G, Hoskins G, Smith B, Clark R A. Observations on the Structure Process and Clinical Outcome of Asthma Care in General Practice. Br J Gen Prac 1996 46 583-587
• McCowan C, Bryce F P, Neville R G, Crombie I K, Clark R A. School Absence - A Valid Morbidity Marker for Asthma? Health Bulletin 1996 54 (4) 307-13
• Neville RG, McCowan C, Crombie IK, Thomas GE. Asthma and Growth - Cause for Concern? Annals of Human Biology 1996 23 (4) 323-331
• Hoskins G, Neville R G, Smith B, Clark R A. Do self management plans reduce morbidity in patients with asthma? Br J Gen Pract 1996 46 169-171
• British Asthma Guidelines 1996: Expert panel and author of background paper.