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Understanding the role of allied health professional support workers with exercise qualifications in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan within allied health professional services in England (2023)
Journal Article
Singh, V., Pollard, K., Okasheh, R., Percival, J., & Cramp, F. (2023). Understanding the role of allied health professional support workers with exercise qualifications in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan within allied health professional services in England. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 9(3), Article e001625. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001625

Demand modelling for the allied health professionals (AHPs) workforce showed that significant expansion would be needed to successfully deliver on the National Health Service (NHS) Long Term Plan. The aim was to explore the use of AHP support workers... Read More about Understanding the role of allied health professional support workers with exercise qualifications in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan within allied health professional services in England.

Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training (2023)
Journal Article
Percival, J., Abbott, K., Allain, T., Bradley, R., Cramp, F., Donovan, J., …Cotterill, N. (2023). Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training. Nursing Open, 10(5), 3305-3313. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1582

Aim: The aim of the study was to explore practitioners' experiences and perspectives on continence training, in order to understand its relevance to practice and how take-up of, and engagement with, such training may be improved. Design: 27 qualitati... Read More about Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training.

Practitioner suggestions for improving continence care in hospitals (2022)
Journal Article
Percival, J., Cotterill, N., Cramp, F., & McCabe, C. (2022). Practitioner suggestions for improving continence care in hospitals. Nursing Times, 118(4),

Difficulties with bladder control affect one in five people in the UK and bowel problems affect one in ten. The quality of continence care can be poor and is then associated with increased admission to nursing or residential homes. Our study, which... Read More about Practitioner suggestions for improving continence care in hospitals.

Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England (2022)
Journal Article
Singh, V., Pollard, K., Okasheh, R., Percival, J., Fordham, C., & Cramp, F. (2022). Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England. Physiotherapy, 114(Supplement 1), e70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2021.12.329

Keywords: Support worker, Exercise, NHS Long Term Plan Purpose: To explore the use of exercise professionals in AHP services and to understand their current and potential role in AHP NHS commissioned services. Methods: The project had three pha... Read More about Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England.

‘We tend to get pad happy’: A qualitative study of health practitioners’ perspectives on the quality of continence care for older people in hospital (2021)
Journal Article
Percival, J., Abbott, K., Allain, T., Bradley, R., Cramp, F., Donovan, J. L., …Cotterill, N. (2021). ‘We tend to get pad happy’: A qualitative study of health practitioners’ perspectives on the quality of continence care for older people in hospital. BMJ Open Quality, 10(2), Article e001380. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001380

Bladder and bowel control difficulties affect 20% and 10% of the UK population, respectively, touch all age groups and are particularly prevalent in the older (65+ years) population. However, the quality of continence care is often poor, compromising... Read More about ‘We tend to get pad happy’: A qualitative study of health practitioners’ perspectives on the quality of continence care for older people in hospital.