A5048482836- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Library Science and Administration
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
Lancaster University
2016-2025
University of York
2021
Hersenstichting
2021
University of Leicester
2013-2016
Furness College
2016
University of Sheffield
2009-2012
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
2004
Abstract Aims To examine frontline staff acceptance of telehealth and identify barriers to enablers successful adoption remote monitoring for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Heart Failure. Background The use in the UK has not developed at pace scale anticipated by policy. Many existing studies report as a key barrier, however data are limited there is little evidence routine practice. Design Case four community health services England that monitor Methods Thematic...
This paper draws on staff and student consultations conducted during the development of Student Minds' University Mental Health Charter to identify five key tensions which can arise in assessment design strategy when seeking balance wellbeing students with pedagogical, practical policy considerations. It highlights need acknowledge pressures as well students. The particular explored include challenge against psychological threats this entail; varying impacts traditional novel forms...
University student wellbeing is increasingly seen as a concern, and demands on university staff time for research, teaching, leadership pastoral support also increase, this mirrored in concerns about wellbeing. Dominant sectoral narratives frame oppositional, with initiatives to positioned creating additional practical emotional resources. Using large qualitative dataset collected the UK, including students, paper argues that does not have be case. Instead, there need look beyond provision...
For some professionally, vocationally, or technically oriented careers, curricula delivered in higher education establishments may focus on teaching material related to a single discipline. By contrast, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary (MITT) results improved affective cognitive learning critical thinking, offering learners/students the opportunity obtain broad general knowledge base. Chemistry is discipline that sits at interface of science, technology,...
The authors for this article represent public health, clinical paediatrics, medical sociology, and psychology, together present an argument why those in the UK should be concerned about rise vaping vaping-associated nicotine dependence under age of 18. piece draws latest evidence area calls dedicated services who are dependent as a result their vape usage, currently overlooked.
Evaluation of improvement initiatives in healthcare is essential to establishing whether interventions are effective and understanding how why they work order enable replication. Although valuable, evaluation often complicated by tensions friction between evaluators, implementers other stakeholders. Drawing on the literature, we suggest that these can arise from a lack shared goals evaluation; confusion about roles, relationships responsibilities; data burdens; issues flows confidentiality;...
Measurement of quality and safety has an important role in improving healthcare, but is susceptible to unintended consequences. One frequently made argument that optimising the benefits from measurement requires controlling risks blame, whether it possible do this remains unclear. We examined responses a programme known as NHS Safety Thermometer (NHS-ST). Measuring four common patient harms diverse care settings with goal supporting local improvement, explicitly eschews for blame. The study...
As concerns about student mental health have increased, policy aims moved towards a 'whole-university' approach. The 2017 Universities UK #Stepchange framework made this principle formal part of initiatives and legitimises it via its calls for action. distributes responsibility support across the institution, highlighting four key reasons intervention: risk, regulation, success policy. However, little is known how has been translated into practice activities adopted everyday work higher...
Health inequalities are systematic differences in health between people, which avoidable and unfair. Globally, more political strategies required to address inequalities, have increased since the global SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic, with a disproportionate impact on children. This scoping review aimed identify collate information how hospitals around world that deliver care children addressed inequalities.
Objectives This study aimed to understand how staff in children’s hospitals view their responsibility reduce health inequalities for the children and young people who access services. Design We conducted an exploratory qualitative study. Setting The took place at nine England. Participants 217 members of contributed via interviews focus groups January–June 2023. Staff were represented all levels organisations, volunteered contribute included Analysis Data analysed using Rapid Research...
Objectives To explore the impact of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis, management and patient journey for children young people with a newly diagnosed brain tumour in UK. Design Exploratory qualitative study focused journeys from multiple perspectives, conducted as part wider mixed-methods study. Setting Three paediatric oncology tertiary centres Participants 10 tumours (n=6 females, n=4 males), 20 caregivers (n=16 males) 16 stakeholders (specialist nurses, consultant neurosurgeons...
To identify burnout constructs from descriptions of staff experiences health inequalities operating across paediatric specialist hospitals and to categorise the according Leiter Maslach's six Areas Worklife (AWL) model burnout. A secondary data analysis a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews focus groups. The groups were conducted within nine children's in England. dataset included responses 217 individual members occupying various roles: leadership, clinical, professional...
Objectives To identify factors that improve retention in under-doctored areas experience difficulties maintaining sufficient medical workforce. Design Qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews, collected as part of a larger study. Setting Four purposely sampled geographic case sites England. Three were selected struggled to recruit and retain doctors one an area is oversubscribed. This comprised 27 NHS Trusts, plus 1449 GP practices. Participants 100 National Health Service...
Abstract Bibliotherapy is a concept that has been used in hospital libraries to help improve patient well-being for decades. In the United Kingdom, public have taken over impetus running schemes using books people with conditions such as depression and anxiety. These Books on Prescription proven popular medical professionals patients alike. This article situates current work within history of bibliotherapy, before practical outline techniques presented, suggestions how this can be...
Context is important in implementation—we know that what works one setting may not work the same way elsewhere. Primary care has been described as a unique context both relation to delivered and efforts carry out research implementation of new evidence. To explore some distinctive features primary environment influence implementation. We conducted an ethnographic study involving observations, interviews documentary analysis ENABLE-CKD project, which involved general practices implementing...
Biomedical research increasingly relies on long-term studies involving use and re-use of biological samples data stored in large repositories or "biobanks" over lengthy periods, often raising questions about whether when a re-consenting process should be activated. We sought to investigate the views re-consent participants longitudinal biobank. conducted qualitative study interviews with 24 people who were participating Their elicited using semi-structured interview schedule scenarios based...
Mobile applications (apps) have the potential to improve mental health services. However, there is limited evidence of efficacy or responsiveness user needs for existing apps. A lack design methods has contributed this issue. Developers view apps as stand-alone products and dismiss complex context use. Participatory design, particularly an informed participation approach, In study, we worked with young mobile users practitioners examine approach designing Using auto-ethnography a set...