All Outputs (46)

Developing a typology of the roles public contributors undertake to establish legitimacy: A longitudinal case study of patient and public involvement in a health network (2020)
Journal Article

Objective To identify how public contributors established their legitimacy in the functioning of a patient and public involvement programme at a health network. Design A longitudinal case study with three embedded units (projects) involving public co... Read More about Developing a typology of the roles public contributors undertake to establish legitimacy: A longitudinal case study of patient and public involvement in a health network.

Preparing non-medical clinicians to deliver GP out-of-hours services: lessons learned from an innovative approach (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite the need to develop a non-medical out-of-hours (OOHs) workforce to address increasing healthcare demands and to support a strained GP workforce, there is no consensus on... Read More about Preparing non-medical clinicians to deliver GP out-of-hours services: lessons learned from an innovative approach.

Evaluating the implementation of a quality improvement process in General Practice using a realist evaluation framework (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Rationale, aims, and objectives: Underuse of anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation is known to increase the risk of stroke and is an international problem. The National Institute for Health Care and Excellence guidanc... Read More about Evaluating the implementation of a quality improvement process in General Practice using a realist evaluation framework.

Evaluation and its importance for nursing practice (2017)
Journal Article

This article discusses the importance of evaluation of service delivery in nursing practice which is becoming increasingly used and led by nurses who are well placed to evaluate service and practice delivery. We start by defining evaluation of servic... Read More about Evaluation and its importance for nursing practice.

Practical guidance on undertaking a service evaluation (2016)
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This article describes the basic principles of evaluation, focusing on the evaluation of healthcare services. It emphasises the importance of evaluation in the current healthcare environment and the requirement for nurses to understand the essential... Read More about Practical guidance on undertaking a service evaluation.

A devolved model for public involvement in the field of mental health research: case study learning (2015)
Journal Article

Background: Patient and public involvement in all aspects of research is espoused and there is a continued interest in understanding its wider impact. Existing investigations have identified both beneficial outcomes and remaining issues. This paper p... Read More about A devolved model for public involvement in the field of mental health research: case study learning.

Men affected by prostate cancer: A survey of general practitioner’s learning needs (2015)
Journal Article

Background: With incidence rates for prostate cancer increasing each year in the UK, information and support for men with prostate cancer is crucial, yet GPs have identified this as an area where they lack knowledge and confidence. Prostate Cancer U... Read More about Men affected by prostate cancer: A survey of general practitioner’s learning needs.

Developing and evaluating guidelines for patient and public involvement (PPI) in research (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited Purpose – A growing literature reports the benefits and challenges of patient and public involvement (PPI) in research; nevertheless, understanding PPI in research design remains under-developed. The purpose of this... Read More about Developing and evaluating guidelines for patient and public involvement (PPI) in research.

Virtual patients: Development in cancer nursing education (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Background: The number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer is increasing and internationally there are high incidence rates. It is important that nurses and healthcare professionals are enabled to provide appropriate care to th... Read More about Virtual patients: Development in cancer nursing education.

Public involvement in research: Assessing impact through a realist evaluation (2014)
Journal Article

Background This study was concerned with developing the evidence base for public involvement in research in health and social care. There now is significant support for public involvement within the National Institute for Health Research, and resear... Read More about Public involvement in research: Assessing impact through a realist evaluation.

Designing and delivering an educational package to meet the needs of primary care health professionals in the diagnosis and management of those with complex regional pain syndrome (2014)
Journal Article

An integrated approach for individualised support: Carers' views (2014)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper was to capture carers' views of a service in Bristol funded jointly by the Local Authority and the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, which offers support to carers in the form of... Read More about An integrated approach for individualised support: Carers' views.

Rescheduling nursing shifts: Scoping the challenge and examining the potential of mathematical model based tools (2013)
Journal Article

© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim: To review research in the literature on nursing shift scheduling/rescheduling, and to report key issues identified in a consultation exercise with managers in four English National Health Service trusts to inform... Read More about Rescheduling nursing shifts: Scoping the challenge and examining the potential of mathematical model based tools.

Learning together, working together: An evaluation of experiences of a pilot programme for partnership between unions and management in the health service (2012)
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This article describes an innovative initiative to support partnership working between trade unions and management in three National Health Service Trusts, by means of shared participation in a series of learning and development days. Although there... Read More about Learning together, working together: An evaluation of experiences of a pilot programme for partnership between unions and management in the health service.

Experiences of qualified GPs and GP speciality trainees learning together: A mixed methods study (2012)
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Early stroke discharge team: A participatory evaluation (2011)
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Aims: International evaluation of Early Stroke Discharge (ESD) has concentrated on measuring the impact of service provision. This research aimed to address the question, ‘How did the ESD team members and external stakeholders experience the service... Read More about Early stroke discharge team: A participatory evaluation.

Issues with e-learning in nursing and health education in the uk: Are new technologies being embraced in the teaching and learning environments? (2011)
Journal Article

In this paper we present aspects of a study that scoped e-learning implementation in nursing and health science disciplines throughout the UK and explored the factors affecting use. Data related to the use of technologies are presented here. While th... Read More about Issues with e-learning in nursing and health education in the uk: Are new technologies being embraced in the teaching and learning environments?.

Nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning in higher education (2010)
Journal Article

Aim. This paper presents research on nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning. Background. The inception of e-learning in higher education is supported by a policy background and technological developments, yet little is kno... Read More about Nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning in higher education.

Developing and testing attitude scales around IT (2009)
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AB : Rod Ward, Margaret Glogowska, Katherine Pollard and Pam Moule describe how they developed and analysed data from a survey of healthcare professionals Information technology (IT) is an integral component of the healthcare delivery arsenal. Howeve... Read More about Developing and testing attitude scales around IT.

Family witnessed resuscitation: The views and preferences of recently resuscitated hospital inpatients, compared to matched controls without the experience of resuscitation survival (2009)
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Aim of the study: To compare the preferences of patients who survived resuscitation with those admitted as emergency cases about whether family members should be present during resuscitation. Methods: We used a case control design and recruited, from... Read More about Family witnessed resuscitation: The views and preferences of recently resuscitated hospital inpatients, compared to matched controls without the experience of resuscitation survival.