Hi! I'm Nick Le Mesurier. I live in Coventry in the West Midlands, England. I'm a writer of fiction and a researcher in health and social care.
I've done many kinds of work. I've been a farmer, a lorry driver, a home help (at one time the only male home help in Wales!), and a social worker. My job at the moment is a researcher into quality in health and social care services at the Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, Staffordshire University. I've done research on services for people in prison, with learning disabilities, mental health problems and dementia. Some of my research work is featured in this site. I'm working with the Rural Media Company on a multi-media project about growing old in the countryside, called Over The Hill? I'm also a volunteer at a night shelter for homeless asylum seekers at the Coventry Peace House.
My fiction is mainly concerned with loss and vulnerability, and how people cope with them.