Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Results of an audit survey in England (2008)
Journal Article

Objective: To assess the extent national standards for Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) were achieved across England. Context: PALS are an important element of patient and public involvement strategy in England. Seven national standards for... Read More about Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Results of an audit survey in England.

The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review of the literature (2008)
Journal Article

This article reports a systematic review of literature published between 1994 and 2004 on the effects of performing arts for health in young people aged 11-18. The review includes research on music, performance, drama and dance in community settings... Read More about The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review of the literature.

The national evaluation of patient advice and liaison services in England (2008)
Report

Through the glass ceiling-and back again: The experiences of two of the first non-medical directors of public health in England (2007)
Journal Article

In 2001, the English Department of Health announced a radical re-organisation of the NHS under the banner of 'shifting the balance of power'. As part of this re-organisation health authorities were abolished and the main NHS public health responsibil... Read More about Through the glass ceiling-and back again: The experiences of two of the first non-medical directors of public health in England.

History of multidisciplinary public health mini-symposium (2007)
Journal Article

Transference to Practice (TOP): A study of collaborative learning and working in placement settings. The student voice (2007)
Report

Confiding or confining? The space of contact tracing in the VD clinic (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

"There was no plan!" The origins and development of multidisciplinary public health in the UK (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

New directions in tackling inequalities in health (2007)
Book Chapter

Evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement initiatives on UK health services: A systematic review (2007)
Journal Article

This article reports on a systematic review of the patient and public involvement (PPI) literature in the UK that was undertaken in 2005 to support an evaluation of the Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) in England.The general PPI literature... Read More about Evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement initiatives on UK health services: A systematic review.

The Patient Advice and Liaison Service as a catalyst for change: Myths and realities of the implementation of the NHS user involvement agenda (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Guest editorial: UKPHA mini symposium (2006)
Journal Article

"There is a quality about what PALS does that is not measurable ...": Dilemmas of policy and evidence in the national evaluation of PALS (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

'We do not use the word "crisis" lightly...': Sexual health policy in the United Kingdom (2006)
Journal Article

At the turn of the twenty-first century, health professionals, the media and politicians identified 'sexual health' as a policy problem in the UK. Despite publication in 2001 of a National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV for England, in 2003 the H... Read More about 'We do not use the word "crisis" lightly...': Sexual health policy in the United Kingdom.

PALS: bridging the false dichotomy between choice and voice? (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The effects of participation in performing arts for health on young people: A systematic review of the literature (2006)
Report

The impact of performing arts for health on young people: A systematic review of the literature (2006)
Other

"There was no plan!": The origins and development of multidisciplinary public health in the UK (2006)
Other

Report of the witness seminar held at the University of the West of England on Monday 7 November 2005

Public health leadership in the real world: The role of the director of public health (2006)
Journal Article