Jane Ball, principle research fellow for NIHR CLAHRC, was quoted in the Health Service Journal about how nursing staff shortages fuelling recruitment from overseas.
Research by Professor Jonathan Drennan commissioned by the Irish Cancer Society to evaluate its information service has been published in the Irish Times.
Professor Alan Glasper discusses how children’s nurses can enhance care delivery using pertinent data in the next edition of Issues in Comprehensive Paediatric Nursing.
Student nurses Alex Collyer, Adam Hope and Stephanie Hall have had a blog published about the 6C's and being student nurses by NHS England.
Project lead for eAoPP, Pauline Morgan, was interviewed by the Nursing Times showcasing how Health Sciences is leading the way in electronic assessment of nursing practice.
Health Sciences level 6 OT student, Lauren Phillips, is profiled in the Guardian in a section on ‘How to become an occupational therapist’. Occupational therapy admissions tutor, Corinne Hutt Greenyer, is also featured.
Director of Macmillan Survivorship Research Group, Dr Claire Foster, was interviewed by BBC Radio Solent, Jack Radio and The Breeze about her work with research charity Breast Cancer Campaign which invested nearly £150,000 in a project that will see Dr Foster develop an online “decision aid” tool.
Principal research fellow for NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, Jane Ball, was interviewed by BBC Radio 4’s ‘File on 4’ documentary programme on nursing numbers.
Health Sciences research fellow, Dr Priya Khambhaita, spoke to Sunny and Shay on BBC London 94.9 (20 minutes in) about barriers faced by older people of Asian origin in accessing social care in light of Age UK’s report about funding cuts to social care services. Dr Khambhaita presented findings from the NIHR funded ‘Acceptability of and satisfaction with social care among South Asian groups’ project.
Professor Peter Griffiths has been quoted in the Health Service Journal in an article titled ‘Number of NHS nursing staff hits record levels’. He says of the latest figures: “…The 1:8 ratio is actually a very modest figure and should really be only a bare minimum….”.
A visit by Professor Jonathan Drennan and colleagues’ to Sultan Qaboos University in Oman, to explore a potential partnership with its College of Medicine and Health Sciences, was covered by The Oman Daily Observer.