Outputs (20)

Exploring end of life care provision during medical imaging in hospitals: Analysis of survey data from the UK radiography workforce (2024)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Heaslip, V., & Szczepura, K. (2024). Exploring end of life care provision during medical imaging in hospitals: Analysis of survey data from the UK radiography workforce. Radiography, 30(5), 1308-1316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2024.07.003

Introduction
Patients receiving end-of-life care often undergo medical imaging examinations in hospitals to inform symptom management and care. Yet little is known about the experiences of the radiography workforce who deliver it. This study aims to... Read More about Exploring end of life care provision during medical imaging in hospitals: Analysis of survey data from the UK radiography workforce.

Exploring end of life care provision during medical imaging in hospitals: Analysis of survey data from the UK radiography workforce (2024)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Heaslip, V., & Szczepura, K. (2024). Exploring end of life care provision during medical imaging in hospitals: Analysis of survey data from the UK radiography workforce. Radiography, 30(5), 1308-1316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2024.07.003

Introduction: Patients receiving end-of-life care often undergo medical imaging examinations in hospitals to inform symptom management and care. Yet little is known about the experiences of the radiography workforce who deliver it. This study aims to... Read More about Exploring end of life care provision during medical imaging in hospitals: Analysis of survey data from the UK radiography workforce.

Social Failty And Falls (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine

In September 2023, Jennifer Woods presented at the NHS England North East and Yorkshire Falls and Frailty Conference. Here with Robert Higgins and Adam Spacey she considers the relationship between social factors and falls, looks at the concept of s... Read More about Social Failty And Falls.

Enablers and barriers to delivering person centred dementia care: Perceptions and experiences of diagnostic and therapeutic radiography practitioners. (2024)
Journal Article
Higgins, R., Spacey, A., & Innes, A. (2024). Enablers and barriers to delivering person centred dementia care: Perceptions and experiences of diagnostic and therapeutic radiography practitioners. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 55(3), Article 101441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2024.101441

There is a lack of evidence about the experiences of radiographers providing care to people living with dementia (PLWD). This study explored the perceptions and experiences of radiography practitioners when delivering person-centred dementia care (PC... Read More about Enablers and barriers to delivering person centred dementia care: Perceptions and experiences of diagnostic and therapeutic radiography practitioners..

Understanding experiences of the radiography workforce delivering medical imaging as part of patients' end of life care: An exploratory qualitative interview study. (2023)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Heaslip, V., & Szczepura, K. (2024). Understanding experiences of the radiography workforce delivering medical imaging as part of patients' end of life care: An exploratory qualitative interview study. Radiography, 30(1), 132-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2023.10.019

People nearing the end of life often require medical imaging in hospitals to manage symptoms and care, despite this little is known about the experiences of those delivering it. The aim of this study is therefore to explore the experiences of the rad... Read More about Understanding experiences of the radiography workforce delivering medical imaging as part of patients' end of life care: An exploratory qualitative interview study..

Delivering person-centred dementia care: Perceptions of radiography practitioners within diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy departments (2023)
Journal Article
Higgins, R., Spacey, A., & Innes, A. (2023). Delivering person-centred dementia care: Perceptions of radiography practitioners within diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy departments. Dementia, 14713012231189061. https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012231189061

Despite abundant literature on the diagnosis of dementia, limited research has explored the lived experiences of radiography practitioners when providing care to people living with dementia in the department. This qualitative study explored the perce... Read More about Delivering person-centred dementia care: Perceptions of radiography practitioners within diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy departments.

Education and training of radiography practitioners when caring for people living with dementia (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Higgins, R., Spacey, A., & Innes, A. (2023, June). Education and training of radiography practitioners when caring for people living with dementia. Presented at UK Imaging & Oncology Congress 2023

Background: Despite abundant literature on the diagnosis of dementia, limited research has explored the lived experiences by radiography practitioners when delivering care to people living with dementia (PLWD).

Method: A two-phase qualitative... Read More about Education and training of radiography practitioners when caring for people living with dementia.

Optimising care and the patient experience for people livingwith dementia: the perceptions of radiography practitioners (2023)
Journal Article
Higgins, R., Spacey, A., & Innes, A. (2023). Optimising care and the patient experience for people livingwith dementia: the perceptions of radiography practitioners. Radiography, 29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2023.01.016

Introduction: Despite abundant literature on the diagnosis of dementia, limited research has explored
the lived experiences by radiography practitioners when delivering care to people living with dementia
(PLWD). This study explored the perceptions... Read More about Optimising care and the patient experience for people livingwith dementia: the perceptions of radiography practitioners.

Understanding advance care planning in care homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical realist review and synthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., & Porter, S. (2022). Understanding advance care planning in care homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical realist review and synthesis. Palliative Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163221137103

Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted advance care planning discussions in care homes, particularly discussions involving relatives and surrogate decision makers. There is a need to collate and examine current evidence to assess the extent... Read More about Understanding advance care planning in care homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical realist review and synthesis.

Imaging Persons Living with Dementia (2022)
Book Chapter
Spacey, A., Higgins, R., & Scragg, B. (2022). Imaging Persons Living with Dementia. In C. Mercer, P. Hogg, & J. Kelly (Eds.), Digital Mammography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10898-3_35

This chapter provides evidence-based guidance for practitioners to support them when imaging persons living with dementia. This is important given the current lack of specific guidelines and the increasing prevalence of women living with dementia att... Read More about Imaging Persons Living with Dementia.