Katherine Pollard's Outputs (107)

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

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.

Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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 phases. In phase one an expert panel was established to gui... Read More about Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England.

How do they measure up? Differences in stakeholder perceptions of quality measures used in English community nursing (2019)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2019. Objectives: To establish how quality indicators used in English community nursing are selected and applied, and their perceived usefulness to service users, commissioners and service providers. Methods: A qualitative multi-site... Read More about How do they measure up? Differences in stakeholder perceptions of quality measures used in English community nursing.

Preliminary piloting and validation of a questionnaire identifying basic clinical skills practised by research nurses (2019)
Journal Article

Clinical research nurses (CRNs) need to be competent in both clinical and research skills. In the past 10 years there has been increasing focus on developing the research competencies of CRNs. Employers, however, use the nurses’ registered status as... Read More about Preliminary piloting and validation of a questionnaire identifying basic clinical skills practised by research nurses.

Preparing midwifery students for traumatic workplace events: Findings from the POPPY (programme for the prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder in midwifery) feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article

Background: Midwifery students can experience events on clinical placements that they perceive to be traumatic. There is currently no requirement to provide training about the nature of trauma, normal responses, or the most helpful ways of self-manag... Read More about Preparing midwifery students for traumatic workplace events: Findings from the POPPY (programme for the prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder in midwifery) feasibility study.

Using contractual incentives in district nursing in the English NHS: results from a qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Since 2008, health policy in England has been focusing increasingly on improving quality in healthcare services. To ensure quality improvements in community n... Read More about Using contractual incentives in district nursing in the English NHS: results from a qualitative study.

Measuring quality in community nursing: A mixed methods study (2018)
Journal Article

Abstract
Background
High-quality nursing care is crucial for patients with complex conditions and co-morbidities living at home, but such care is largely invisible to health planners and managers. Nursing care quality in acute settings is typically... Read More about Measuring quality in community nursing: A mixed methods study.

Translation and psychometric properties of the German version of the University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP) (2016)
Journal Article

© 2017 Taylor & Francis. The implementation of a bachelor degree in Interprofessional Health Care at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has fostered the need to evaluate the impact of this innovative programme. The University of the West of Eng... Read More about Translation and psychometric properties of the German version of the University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP).

Evaluating interprofessional learning: A complex process (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This was a keynote presentation, discussing the essential features of undertaking an evaluation of interprofessional learning, with reference to the multi-method evaluation of the interprofessional curriculum introduced in the Faculty of Health and S... Read More about Evaluating interprofessional learning: A complex process.

Interprofessional working (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter discusses interprofessional working in which nurses may engage. It identifies why interprofessional working is important, and explains a registered nurse's responsibilities and obligations in this regard. It then outlines different types... Read More about Interprofessional working.

Slaying the demon. The dementia challenge: Progress and achievements (2015)
Report

There can be no doubt that the delivery of high quality care and support for patients and families living with dementia is a major challenge for health and social care services. As a nation we are living longer and we are seeing more people living wi... Read More about Slaying the demon. The dementia challenge: Progress and achievements.

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.

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.

Virtual patients: Development in cancer nursing education (2015)
Journal Article

© 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.

Developing computer simulations for nurses and non-registered practitioners caring for men with prostate cancer (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Factors affecting carers’ acceptance and use of support (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Individuals caring informally for chronically ill/disabled friends or relatives are themselves particularly susceptible to stress and even ill-health (Greenwood et al, 2013; O’Shaughnessy 2010), with potentially significant implications f... Read More about Factors affecting carers’ acceptance and use of support.

Youth work (2014)
Book Chapter

This chapter presents the aims and purpose of youth work- what it is, where it happens and who does it. It outlines the roles of youth workers and how they work illustrated with case studies from practice. It offers a flavour of debates and issues fa... Read More about Youth work.

The need for interprofessional working (2014)
Book Chapter