Graham Hinchcliffe
Specialist
Medicine
School of Medicine

Graham has worked for 15 years in various UK based healthcare governance and management roles, particularly in NHS mental health and substance use settings. He specialized in quality improvement and assurance, regulatory compliance, clinical audit and risk management. Graham has 10 years experience working at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as an inspector and inspection manager, where he still works flexibly.

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Graham established a healthcare consultancy in 2015 (Mango Tree Group), using his expertise to advise healthcare providers around CQC compliance, regulation and inspection. He has worked with multiple NHS Trusts and private sector organizations, successfully guiding them to improve standards and CQC ratings.

Graham is currently at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in the U.S after the COVID-19 pandemic motivated him to study a master's in Global Health Sciences and transition into research and teaching. He is currently a non-faculty academic specialist with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) in the Department of Medicine. His research is focused on vulnerable/marginalized populations, HIV prevention, mental health, substance use and the carceral system.

Awards

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• Improvement Academy Clinical Fellow, Improvement Academy, 2018
• Q Community Member, The Health Foundation, 2018

Education & Training

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• DICP Certificate Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program UCSF 2023
• Master of Science Global Health Sciences UCSF 2021
• Bachelor of Arts International Business with German Sheffield Hallam University 2005

Interests

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• HIV
• HIV prevention
• Substance Use
• Carceral Settings
• Jail Health
• Criminal Justice
• Prevention Science
• Implementation Science
• Qualitative Research Methods
• LGBTQ+ Health
• Mental Health

Websites

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• UCSF Pride Pin Pledge (forms.gle)

Grants and Projects

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• Consumer Preferences for the Delivery of Prevention Services Among Individuals Leaving Jail, California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP), 2021-2024
• Using Innovative Intervention Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes among People with HIV (2iS), HRSA Special Programs of National Significance (SPNS)

Publications (5)

Top publication keywords:
Total Quality ManagementState MedicineSelf-Injurious BehaviorUnited KingdomNurse-Patient RelationsAccreditationEmergency TreatmentHelping BehaviorMental Health ServicesPsychiatric Department, HospitalInformation ServicesQuality of Health CareEmergency NursingIntensive Care UnitsNurse's Role

• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and mental health care of people living with HIV in California (Study Brief based on thesis)
  The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and mental health care of people living with HIV in California (Study Brief based on thesis). 2021 Hinchcliffe G, Fuller S, Arnold E.A , Nangia D, Steward W.T
• Telehealth and HIV Care Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in California (Study Brief)
  Telehealth and HIV Care Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in California (Study Brief) 2021 Nangia D, Steward W.T, Arnold E.A, Hinchcliffe G, Fuller S
• Using an accreditation scheme to demonstrate quality in mental healthcare settings.
  Nursing times 2010 Page MJ, Metherall A, Hinchcliffe G
• Aggression on psychiatric inpatient units for older adults and adults of working age.
  International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2008 Chaplin R, McGeorge M, Hinchcliffe G, Shinkwin L
• Helping people who self-harm.
  Emergency nurse : the journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association 2008 Palmer L, Blackwell H, Hinchcliffe G