Martin Bollard

Dr Martin Bollard is Professor of Nursing and Innovation in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Wolverhampton. He is the cluster lead for Knowledge Development for Communities and Practitioners in the Centre for Applied and Inclusive Health Research at the University of Wolverhampton and has managerial oversight for the CPD provision in the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Martin is a specialist nurse recognised for his practice development work for People with Learning Disabilities and his inclusive research expertise. He pioneered the first health assessment tool and associated Health Facilitator role in primary and acute care for People with Learning Disabilities, overcoming the health inequalities this population experience in mainstream health care. This work was instrumental in General Practitioners being renumerated for delivering health assessments for People with Learning Disabilities.

Martin recently completed a national evaluation of the Advanced Clinical Practice role for People with Learning Disability and Autism, funded by NHSE-WTE. His work combines design thinking with experience-based methods to mobilise new knowledge for citizens who experience inequality. This method has recently been applied with community leaders and the NHS across the Black Country to further understand the delays in breast cancer screening decision-making by Black people.