Philip Hodgson

Assistant Professor

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

Dr Philip Hodgson is a social scientist and a lecturer in health research in the department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health and Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. His primary research interests focus on the relationship between home and health, older populations, health inequalities, advice services and mixed methods methodologies. Having previously worked as a senior research assistant, he has a diverse methodological experience, and has experience on a variety of health-related topics. He was previously chair of a Home and Healthy Ageing research group across all of the North East universities, which worked with a range of stakeholders to identify priorities for future research policy. He has also worked with an array of partners developing services which integrate housing issues into health and social care. He also has teaching and supervision expertise in the fields of health research and research methodologies.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Dr Philip Hodgson’s primary research interests include the relationship between home and health, older populations, health inequalities, advice services and mixed methods methodology. Examples of recent projects include a mixed methods evaluation of the quality-of-life impacts of HenPower (combining creative activities and hen keeping in UK care homes) on care home residents with dementia. This project used both qualitative interviews to explore staff experiences of implementation issues and the ASCOT CH-3 tool to evaluate the quality of life of participating residents. Significant previous projects include a realist evaluation of the health impacts of Citizens Advice services, a feasibility study of hydration interventions in care homes UK, evaluations of fuel poverty and housing advice services, and a pilot of the implementation of technologically enhanced National Early Warning Scores (NEWS) measures in care homes. Theoretical interests include housing/home as a wider determinant of health and the concepts of facework, the capabilities model and the Third Space as improving access / addressing inequalities within advice services. Following a diverse range of projects as senior research assistant, his methodological interests include the use of mixed methods approaches within health and social care research, although he has a background in both qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Key Publications

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Developing and testing a competency framework to enhance hydration care for older people in care homes, Straughair, C., Hodgson, P., Gates, J., Johnson, A., Pryor, C., Cook, G. 19 Sep 2025, In: Working with Older People
Settings of Care, Finlay, S., Hodgson, P., Murphy, K. 8 Jul 2025, Fundamentals of Caring for the Older Person, Oxford, Wiley
“Making It Easier to Live, You Know?” A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Hoarding Behaviours and Social Networks on Older People’s Supported Housing Decisions, Murphy-Morgan, C., Hodgson, P., Pollet, T., Neave, N. 23 Jul 2024, In: Health and Social Care in the Community
The methodological challenges faced when conducting hydration research in UK care homes, Hodgson, P., Cook, G., Johnson, A. 11 Sep 2024, In: Nurse researcher
Think Drink: Feasibility trial of a multicomponent hydration care intervention for people living with dementia in care homes, Cook, G., Hodgson, P., Deary, V. 1 Aug 2024, In: Clinical Nutrition Open Science
Unmasking impostor phenomenon: a study of nurses in specialist roles, Ord, T., Metcalfe, D., Greaves, J., Hodgson, P. 8 Feb 2024, In: British Journal of Nursing
Ageing Well with Creative Arts and Pets: The HenPower Story, Hodgson, P., Cook, G., Johnson, A., Abbott-Brailey, H. 3 Apr 2023, In: Activities, Adaptation and Aging
Recipient perspectives on the impact of home adaptations in later life in England, Aitken, D., Wilson-Menzfeld, G., Hodgson, P., Bailey, C. 1 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
A study to introduce National Early Warning Scores (NEWS) in care homes: Influence on decision‐making and referral processes, Hodgson, P., Greaves, J., Cook, G., Fraser, A., Bainbridge, L. 1 Jan 2022, In: Nursing Open
Gateways not gatekeepers – reaching seldom-heard groups to gather public health community insights, Lie, M., Visram, S., Cheetham, M., Christie, A., Hodgson, P., Jasperse, J., Logan, M. 25 Oct 2022, In: European Journal of Public Health

Current and Recent Projects

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Hydration competence in the care workforce, Hodgson, P. (Principal Investigator), NHS England, 01/01/23 - 31/12/23, £137,117.00

PGR Supervision

Zoe Brown A qualitative exploration of nurses’ experiences when seeking to implement creative interventions to gain clinical and social care outcomes, when caring for older adults aged over 65. Start Date: 01/02/2022
Charlotte Gordon Insights under the skin… sensing the journey – using mixed methods research to explore the biopsychosocial impact and experiences of people living with type 1 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring technology Start Date: 22/04/2024 End Date: 23/12/2025
Marion Haskin ??A phenomenological study into the experience of training to perform Intermittent Self Catheterisation from the perspective of the patient and the nurse.? Start Date: 26/06/2024
Ibi-Ilate Bunting The Lived experience of Urban Ageing in socioeconomically deprived communities in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Start Date: 22/08/2025 End Date: 01/06/2026
Tracy Hinchliffe Impostor Phenomenon in nurses working within NHS specialist roles in the Northeast of England;experiences and influencing factors. A mixed methods study (The ImP2 Study) Start Date: 01/03/2022