Publications

Vital signs in hospitals at night. Dying to sleep? - Spring 2015

Improving patient experience and safety via a ward based clinical accreditation scheme - Autumn 2015

12 hour shifts: Nurse burnout, job satisfaction & intention to leave - Autumn 2015

Safe-staffing: What do we know? - November 2016

Fundamental care on hospital wards: Identifying research priorities

EVIDENCE BRIEF - July 2017 - Are interventions to support the delivery of more compassionate nursing care effective?

How many nurses? What does the evidence say?

Skill mix and new roles in Emergency and Urgent care: what is the evidence?

Flexible nurse staffing in hospital wards: the effects on costs and patient outcomes

Shift work in hospitals: what are the effects on patient and employee outcomes?

Why are vital sign observations missed at night?

What is NIHR CLAHRC Wessex?

Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care

A report about the potential difficulties of setting up collaborative ventures – and potential solutions – suggested by delegates at a meeting organised by CLAHRC South London, 22 January 2015.

NIHR CLAHRC World Class Research Making a Difference

Benefit of using volunteers for mealtime assistance - First published in journal of clinical nursing 2014

NHS spending is less transparent and accountable in more deprived areas - Claire Reidy

Social media for people who don't get what all the fuss is about?

NIHR CLAHRC Wessex presentation template

Arguments for and against the use of multiple comparison control in stochastic simulation studies (Slides)

Utilisation of the health and social care system by the over 65s: a system dynamics study

Simulation of stroke care systems

Neuro LTC Programme Presentation - Dr Christopher Kipps Wessex Neurology Intelligence Report

COPD Seminar - June 14 2016

Service User Researchers - Commissioning - Seminar June 2016

Treatment Escalation Plans Seminar 14 June 2016

Nursing shift patterns and patient safety Seminar - June 14 2016

SoMove - Increasing activity in older people seminar - 14 June 2016

Online Communities - technology and health seminar 14 June 2016

Creating Clinical Academic Leaders in Nursing, Midwifery & the Allied Health Professions in Wessex: A Collaborative Training Programme

New CLAHRC Wessex dates for key events

NIHR CLAHRC Partnership - BITES

NIHR CLAHRC Wessex - Industry Engagement Strategy

Summary NIHR CLAHRC Wessex - Industry Engagement Strategy

NIHR Wessex at 10 – Speaker profiles - Friday 18 November 2016

Event programme for Wessex NIHR at 10 - 18 November 2016 at Winchester Guildhall

NIHR Wessex @ 10 - Professor Chris Whitty presentation

NIHR Wessex @ 10 - Professor Chris Edwards, Wellcome Trust CRF

Helen Roberts - NIHR Wessex @10: Improving healthcare for older people through research

Dr Katherine Bradbury - Developing and evaluating an online intervention for weight loss: POWeR+ Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme at the University of Southampton

Dr Tom Monks - How health data and simulation can help inform the redesign of our NHS services - NIHR CLAHRC Wessex

Kathryn Woods-Townsend. Engaging the next generation in health matters. LifeLab - Southampton Biomedical Research Centre

Sally Dace, PPI Champion - CLAHRC Wessex Patient and Public Involvement

Emma Munro, Head of Nursing/Midwifery/AHP – Research - NIHR Wessex @ 10: Spotlight on research nursing

Alison Richardson, Clinical Professor of Cancer Nursing & End of Life Care - NIHR Wessex @10 - Embedding research at the heart of healthcare

Alison Ford, Head of Engagement - NIHR Wessex @10 - Involvement in NIHRDissemination Centre

Dr Katrina Cathie, Consultant paediatrician. NIHR Wessex @10 - Research in general paediatrics – from ACF to consultant

Professor Peter Johnson, Director of CRUK. Cancer Research: the value of partnership

Prof Mark Mullee, RDS South Central, Lynn Kerridge, NETSCC, Tina Coldham - Wessex Public Involvement Network

Fiona Dalton, Chief Executive, University Hospital Southampton NHSFT -NIHR Wessex @10 Hostingthe Wessex CRN and the Wessex CLAHRC, Southampton BRC, BRU & CRF

Hopefully helpful writing tips

CLAHRC Wessex Annual Event 2017

The flexible hospital - myth or reality

An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research. (BMJ 2016)

NIHR CLAHRC Wessex Events 2018

Conference poster template A1 Portrait

Conference poster template A1 Landscape

NIHR Powerpoint Presentation (standard screen size)

NIHR Powerpoint Presentation (16:9 widescreen screen size)

Frailty Seminar 07 March 2019

Arguments for and against the use of multiple comparison control in stochastic simulation studies

Operational research as implementation science: definitions, challenges and research priorities

A modelling tool for capacity planning in acute and community stroke services

Systems modelling and simulation in health service design, delivery and decision making. (BMJ Quality & Safety 2015)

Complex Interventions in Health. An overview of research methods. Edited by Prof Deave Richards. Book chapter - Systems modelling for improving health care. (Routledge 2015)

Can involving clients in simulation studies help them solve their future problems? A transfer of learning experiment. (European Journal of Operational Research 2016)

Evaluating the impact of simulation study in emergency care. (Operations Research for Health Care 2015)

Utilisation of health and social care services by the over 65s population. A system dynamics study. (Society Simulation Workshop 2016 (SW16))

The ICECAP-SCM tells you more about what I’m going through’: A think-aloud study measuring quality of life among patients receiving supportive and palliative care. (Palliative Medicine 2016)

Properties of Bootstrap Tests for N-of-1 studies. (The British Journal of Mathematical and statisical Psychology 2016)

A team approach to recruitment in hospice research: engaging patients, close persons and health professionals. (International Journal of Palliative Nursing 2016)

A facility location model for analysis of current and future demand for sexual health services

Initial report to HEW: Supporting the delivery of better care to patients living with frailty

Exploring emergency department 4-hour target performance and cancelled elective operations: a regression analysis of routinely collected and openly reported NHS trust data

Improved outcomes in ex-smokers with COPD: a UK primary care observational cohort study. (European Respiratory Journal 2017)

Asthma diagnosis in the community - time for a change. (Clinical & Experimental Allergy 2014)

Does self-management prevent severe exacerbations? (Current Opinon in Pulmonary Medicine 2015)

Interactive digital interventions to promote self-management in adults with asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis. (BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2016)

Managing complex respiratory patients in the community: an evaluation of a pilot integrated respiratory care service. (BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2016)

Giving hope, ticking boxes or securing services? A qualitative study of respiratory physiotherapists' views on goal-setting with people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (Clinical Rehabilitation 2016)

Seasonality, risk factors and burden of community-acquired pneumonia in COPD patients: a population database study using linked health care records. (International Journal of COPD 2016)

A qualitative study of GP, nurse and practice manager views on using targeted case-finding to identify patients with COPD in primary care

Assessment and management of older people with sarcopenia. (Nursing Older People 2014)

Fall frequency, predicting falls and participating in falls research: similarities among people with Parkinson’s Disease with and without cognitive impairment. (Parkinson and related disorders 2015)

The association of grip strength with severity and duration of Parkinson’s: a cross sectional study. (Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 2015)

Measuring appetite with the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire identifies hospitalized older people at risk of worse health outcomes. (g Health Nutr J)

An overview of appetite decline in older people. (Nursing Old People 2015)

Wessex Strategic Clinical Network Neurology Intelligence Report 2015 - Dr Chris Kips

Measuring younger onset dementia: A comprehensive literature search of the quantitative psychosocial research. (Dementia 2016)

How volunteers can improve the mealtime care of older inpatients. (Nursing Times 2015)

Current clinical care of older people with sarcopenia. (Journal of clinical densitrometry 2015)

Epidemiology of sarcopenia. (Journal of clinical densitrometry 2015)

An overview of appetite decline in older people. (PubMed 2015)

Cachexia, Sarcopenia, Inflammaging and Outcomes in Hospitalised Older People (the CaSIO study): study protocol and preliminary results. (European Geriatric Medicine 2015)

A multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of PDSAFE to prevent falls among people with Parkinson’s: study protocol. (BMC Neutrol 2015)

Human vastus lateralis skeletal muscle biopsy using Weil-Blakesley conchotome. (Journal of Vizualized experiments 2016)

Markers of assimilation of problematic experiences in demential within the LivDem Project. (Dementia (London) 2015)

Mealtime assistance may increase the energy and protein intake of hospitalised older patients. (Evidence based Nursing 2016)

The impact of trained volunteer mealtime assistants on the dietary intake of older female in-patients: the Southampton Mealtime Assistance Study. (Journal of nutrition, health and aging 2016)

Global variation in grip strength: A systematic review and meta-analysis of normative data. (Age and Ageing 2016)

A feasibility study of implementing grip strength measurement into routine hospital practice (GRImP): study protocol.

The use of volunteers to help older people mobilises in hospital: a systematic review. (Journal of Clinical Nursing 2016)

Wessex Dementia Collaboration Conference: Quality care, research and risk reduction in dementia.

Living well with Dementia Groups: Changes in Participant and Therapist Verbal Behaviour. (Aging & Mental Health 2016)

The impact of trained volunteer mealtime assistants on dietary intake and satisfaction with mealtime care in adult hospital inpatients: A systematic review. (The journal of nutrition, health & aging)

Why do people with Parkinson's maintain or stop leisure activities? (Age and Ageing 2015)

Involving service users in the development of educational material for people with Parkinson's. (Age and Ageing 2015)

Acceptability of use of volunteers for fundamental care of older inpatients. (Age and Ageing 2015)

Benefit of using volunteers for mealtime assistance. (Nursing Times 2015)

The impact of a specialist interdisciplinary team and assessment lounge on the quality of care of older people presenting to the emergency department. (Age and Ageing 2015)

Occipital cortex hypoperfusion in (99M)TC-HMPAO SPECT predicts 123-I FP-CIT SPECT (DATASCAN) status. (Alzheimer's & Dementia 2014)

Quantity and quality of interaction between staff and older patients in UK hospital wards: a descriptive study. (International Journal of Nursing Studies 2016)

Use of the electronic Frailty Index to identify vulnerable patients: a pilot study in primary care

Changing the food environment: the effect of trained volunteers on mealtime care for older people in hospital

Implementation of grip strength measurement in medicine for older people wards as part of routine admission assessment: identifying facilitators and barriers using a theory-led intervention

Physical activity among hospitalised older people: insights from upper and lower limb accelerometry.

Nurses’ Shift Length and Overtime Working in 12 European Countries: The Association With Perceived Quality of Care and Patient Safety. (Medical Care 2014)

Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study. (Lancet 2014)

Evaluating a major innovation in hospital design: workforce implications and impact on patient and staff experiences of all single room hospital accommodation. (Health Services and Delivery Research 2015)

Skill mix, roles and remuneration in the primary care workforce: Who are the healthcare professionals in the primary care teams across the world? (International Journal of Nursing Studies 2015)

The role of the dementia specialist nurse in acute care: a scoping review. (Journal of Clinical Nursing 2015)

'Care left undone' during nursing shifts: associations with workload and perceived quality of care. ( BMJ Quality and Safety 2014)

Dirt and disgust as key drivers in nurses' infection control behaviours: an interpretative, qualitative study. (The Journal of Hospital Infection 2014)

Infection prevention as "a show": a qualitative study of nurses' infection prevention behaviours. (International Journal of Nursing Studies 2014 )

Treatment-related problems experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a scoping review. (European Journal of Cancer Care (England) 2014)

Methodological considerations when translating “burnout”. (Burnout Research)

Creating learning environments for compassionate care: a programme to promote compassionate care by health and social care teams. ( International Journal of Older People Nursing 2014)

Capacity for care: meta-ethnography of acute care nurses’ experiences of the nurse-patient relationship. (Journal of Advanced Nursing 2013)

It's easier to stick a tube in”: a qualitative study to understand clinicians’ individual decisions to place urinary catheters in acute medical care. (BMJ Quality and Safety 2015)

Association of 12 h shifts and nurses’ job satisfaction, burnout and intention to leave: findings from a cross-sectional study of 12 European countries. (BMJ Open 2015)

Patient satisfaction and non-UK educated nurses: a cross-sectional observational study of English National Health Service Hospitals. (BMJ Open 2015)

Experiences of long-term life-limiting conditions among patients and carers: what can we learn from a meta-review of systematic reviews of qualitative studies of chronic heart failure, obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease? (BMI Open 2016)

Determining priorities for research to improve fundamental care on hospital wards. (Research Involvement and Engagement 2016)

Inter-rater reliability of the QuIS as an assessment of the quality of staff-inpatient interactions. (BMC Medical Research Methodology 2016)

The relationship between cognitive impairment, mortality and discharge characteristics in a large cohort of older adults with unscheduled admissions to an acute hospital: a retrospective observational study. (Age and Ageing 2017)

Implementation of a self-management support approach (WISE) across a health system: a process evaluation explaining what did and did not work for organisations, clinicians and patients. (Implementation Science 2014)

Quality care, research and risk reduction in dementia. Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation. (Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation 2015)

Impact of introducing Hospital Wide Electronic Patient Surveillance on hospital mortality. (BMJ Quality and Safety 2015)

Indwelling urinary catheter use at the end of life: a retrospective audit. (British Journal of Nursing 2014)

Safe Staffing for Nursing in Emergency Departments: evidence review. (Emergency Medicine Journal 2015)

Nursing consultations and control of diabetes in general practice: a retrospective observational study. (British Journal of General Practice 2015)

Research shows nurses are short on time, not compassion. (The Conversation 2015)

Registered nurse, health care support worker, medical staffing levels and mortality in English hospital Trusts: a cross-sectional study. (BMJ Open)

Interventions for compassionate nursing care: a systematic review. (International Journal of Nursing Studies 2016)

Is single room hospital accommodation associated with differences in healthcare-associated infection, falls, pressure ulcers or medication errors? A natural experiment with non-equivalent controls. (Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2016)

Twelve-hour shifts: burnout or job satisfaction? (Nursing Times 2016)

Characteristics of shift work and their impact on employee performance and wellbeing: A literature review. (International Journal of Nursing Studies 2016)

One size fits all? Mixed methods evaluation of the impact of 100% single-room accommodation on staff and patient experience, safety and costs. (BMJ Quality and Safety 2015)

Structural characteristics of hospitals and nurse-reported care quality, work environment, burnout and leaving intentions

Vital signs monitoring in hospitals at night.

Nurse staffing and patient outcomes: strengths and limitations of the evidence to inform policy and practice. (International Journal of Nursing Studies 2016)

A cross-sectional study of ‘care left undone’ on nursing shifts in hospitals. (Journal of Advanced Nursing 2016)

"There's No Place Like Home": A Scoping Review on the Impact of Homelike Residential Care Models on Resident-, Family-, and Staff-Related Outcomes. (Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2016)

Prevalence of cancer chemotherapy-related problems, their relation to health-related quality of life and associated supportive care: a cross-sectional survey. (Support Cancer Care 2016)

A thing called Q. (Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 2017)

Post-operative mortality, missed care and nurse staffing in nine countries: A cross-sectional study

The relationship between cognitive impairment, mortality and discharge characteristics in a large cohort of older adults with unscheduled admissions to an acute hospital: a retrospective observational study

Managing night-time vital signs observations: the conflicting care work of supporting sleep and preventing deterioration. RCN poster

Hospital outcomes of older people with cognitive impairment: An integrative review

Relationships between healthcare staff characteristics and the conduct of vital signs observations at night: Results of a survey and factor analysis

Dr Jo Hope MedSoc presentation - fragmented nursing practices and limits to the personalisation project

Integrating community pharmacy testing for hepatitis C with specialist care - Dr Ryan Buchanan, NIHR CLAHRC Wessex Research Fellow

Continued high rates of antibiotic prescribing to adults with respiratory tract infection: survey of 568 UK general practices. (BMJ Open 2014)

Delayed antibiotic prescribing strategies for respiratory tract infections in primary care: pragmatic, factorial, randomised controlled trial. (BMJ Clinical Research Edit 2014)

Antibiotic prescription strategies for acute sore throat: a prospective observational cohort study. (The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2014)

Amoxicillin for acute lower respiratory tract infection in primary care: subgroup analysis of potential high-risk groups. (British Journal of General Practice 2014)

Measuring Younger Onset Dementia: What the Qualitative Literature Reveals About the “Lived Experience” for Patients and Caregivers". (Dementia (London 2017

Using a linked database for epidemiology across the primary and secondary care divide: acute kidney injury

Funding and policy incentives to encourage implementation of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing for lower respiratory tract infection in NHS primary care: a mixed-methods evaluation

Why less may be more: a mixed methods study of the work of relatedness of 'weak ties' in supporing long-term condition self management. (Implementation Science 2014)

The Contribution of Social Networks to the Health and Self-Management of Patients with Long-Term Conditions: A Longitudinal Study. (PLOS One 2014)

Non-disclosure of chronic kidney disease in primary care and the limits of instrumental rationality in chronic illness self-management. (Social Science & Medicine 131 2015)

Implementation of self-management support approach (WISE) across a health system. A process evaluation explaining what did and didn't work for organisations, clinicians and patients. (Implementation Science 2014)

Assessing the implementability of telehealth interventions for self-management support: a realist review. (Implementation Science 2015)

Developing cartoons for long-term condition self-management information. (BMC Health Services Research 2014)

The influence of social networks on self-management support: a metasynthesis. (BMC Public Health 2014)

Dynamics and nature of support in the personal networks of people with type 2 diabetes living in Europe: qualitative analysis of network properties. (Health Expectations 2014)

Diabetes self-management arrangements in Europe: a realist review to facilitate a project implemented in six countries. (BMC Health Services Research 2014)

The influence of personal communities on the self-management of medication taking: A wider exploration of medicine work. (Chronic Illness 2015)

Effect of information and telephone-guided access to community support for people with chronic kidney disease: randomised controlled trial. (PLOS One 2014)

Aligning everyday life priorities with people’s self-management support networks: an exploration of the work and implementation of a needs-led telephone support system. (BMC Health Services Research 2014)

Participation in voluntary and community in the United Kingdom and the influences on the self management of long term conditions. (Health & Social Care in the Community 2014)

Addressing the evidence to practice gap for complex interventions in primary care: a systematic review of reviews protocol. (BMJ Open 2014)

Predictors of patient self-report of chronic kidney disease: baseline analysis of a randomised controlled trial. (BMC Family Practice 2014)

Systematic techniques for assisting recruitment to trials (START): study protocol for embedded, randomised controlled trials. (Trials 2014)

What are the outcomes of self-management that matter to stakeholders? Study protocol for the self-management VOICED project. (Implementation Science 2014)

Modelling self-management pathways for people with diabetes in primary care. (BMC Family Practice 2015)

Re-inventing care planning in mental health: stakeholder accounts of the imagined implementation of a user/carer involved intervention. (BMC Health Services 2015)

Implementing a social network intervention designed to enhance and diversify support for people with long-term conditions. A qualitative study. (Implementation Science 2014)

Achieving change in primary care—causes of the evidence to practice gap: systematic reviews of reviews. (Implementation Science 2016)

Long-Term Condition Self-Management Support in Online Communities: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Papers. (Journal of Medical Internet Research 2016)

Local networks of community and healthcare organisations: a mixed methods study. (BMC Research notes 2016)

Commissioning of self-management support for people with long-term conditions: an exploration of commissioning aspirations and processes. (BMJ Open 2015)

Implementation Science: A reappraisal of our journal mission and scope. (Implementation Science 2015)

Social network type and long-term condition management support: A cross-sectional study in six European countries. PLOS One 2016)

The articulation of neoliberalism: narratives of experience of chronic illness management in Bulgaria and the UK. (Sociology of Health and Illness 2016)

Illness beliefs and the sociocultural context of diabetes self-management in British South Asians: a mixed methods study. (BMC Family Practice 2015)

Meso level influences on long term condition self-management: stakeholder accounts of commonalities and differences across six European countries. (BMC Public Health 2015)

I’m managing my diabetes between two worlds’: Beliefs and experiences of diabetes management in British South Asians on holiday in the East: a qualitative study. (Journal of Diabetes 2015)

The causes of falls: views of older people with visual impairment. (Health Expectations 2015)

Social Support and Health in Diabetes Patients: An Observational Study in Six European Countries in an Era of Austerity. (PLOS One 2015)

Social support and self-management capabilities in diabetes patients: An international observational study. (Patient Education and Conselling)

Voluntary organizations and community groups as new partners in diabetes self-management and education: a critical interpretative synthesis. (The Diabetes Editor 2015)

Connectivity, contest and the ties of self-management support for type 2 diabetes: a meta-synthesis of qualitative literature. (Health & Social Care in the Community 2015)

Institutional logic in self-management support: coexistence and diversity. (Health & Social Care in the Community 2016)

The determinants of time spent on self-care. (Chronic Illness 2015)

Evolving 'self'-management: exploring the role of social network typologies on individual long-term condition management. (Health Expectations 2015)

A scoping review to understand the effectiveness of linking schemes from healthcare providers to community resources to improve the health and well-being of people with long-term conditions. (Health & Social Care in the Community 2015)

Achieving change in primary care—effectiveness of strategies for improving implementation of complex interventions: systematic review of reviews. (BMJ Open 2015)

Long-term condition illness work in online communities. A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. (Journal of Medical Internet Research 2016)

Brief encounters: what do primary care professionals contribute to peoples self-care support network for long-term conditions? A mixed methods study. (BMC Family Practice 2016)

Negotiating diet in networks: A cross-European study of the experiences of managing type 2 diabetes. (Qualitative Health Research 2015)

Ontological security and connectivity in an uncertain world: A study of pets in the management of the everyday lives of people diagnosed with a long-term mental health condition. (BMC Psychiatry 2016)

An evidence-based approach to the use of telehealth in long-term health conditions: development of an intervention & evaluation through pragmatic randomised controlled trials in patients with depression or raised cardiovascular risk. (NIHR Journals 2017)

Core elements to understand and improve coping with Parkinson's disease in patients and family carers: a focus group study. (Journal of Advanced Nursing 2017)

Exploring the potential implementation of a tool to enhance shared decision making (SDM) in mental health services in the United Kingdom: a qualitative exploration of the views of service users, carers and professionals

A systematic review and meta-analysis of trials of social network interventions in type 2 diabetes

How do people with long- term mental health problems negotiate relationships with network members at times of crisis?

The Effects of Exercise and Relaxation on Health and Wellbeing

The contribution of internet use in personal networks of support for long-term condition self-management

Identifying the processes of change and engagement from using a social network intervention for people with long-term conditions. A qualitative study

Motivational interviewing in respiratory therapy: What do clinicians need to make it part of routine care? A qualitative study

Barriers to Advance Care Planning at the End of Life: An Explanatory Systematic Review of Implementation Studies. (PLOS One 2015)

Rethinking the patient: using Burden of Treatment Theory to understand the changing dynamics of illness. (BMC Health Services Research 2014)

Living With, Managing and Minimising Treatment Burden in Long Term Conditions: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research. (PLOS One 2015)

Presentation: Treatment Escalation Plan Seminar September 24 2015- Professor Alison Richardson

Presentation: Implementing TEPS in Devon, Tips and pitfalls. George Lillie and Dr Mick Mercer

Presentation: Towards a national decision form for TEPs. David Pitcher, Resuscitation Council UK and Professor Alison Richardson

Better endings: a review of end-of-life services. (Nursing Times 2015)

Practical multidisciplinary approaches to heart failure management for improved patient outcome. (European Heart Journal 2016)

Experiences of long-term life-limiting conditions among patients and carers: protocol for a qualitative meta-synthesis and conceptual modelling study. (BMJ Open 2015)

Managing expectations: cognitive authority and experienced control in complex healthcare processes

Implementing communication and decision-making interventions directed at goals of care: a theory-led scoping review