All Outputs (106)

Health inequities, their causes and the role of nurses in addressing them (2025)
Journal Article

This paper presents the case for the nurses roles in promoting health equity within the UK. It commences by exploring the differences between health inequality and inequity before highlighting the health inequity experienced by individuals who are so... Read More about Health inequities, their causes and the role of nurses in addressing them.

Picture of mental illness in young people, globally and in the United Kingdom (2025)
Book Chapter

Prevalence of mental ill health in children and young people (CYP), both globally and in the UK, is high and worldwide as much as one in seven (13%) of 10- to 18-year-olds may experience a mental disorder. In the UK nations there has been a marked in... Read More about Picture of mental illness in young people, globally and in the United Kingdom.

Impact of Social Exclusion, Intersectionality and Discrimination on Children and Young People’s Mental Health (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter commences by examining the links between inequalities and mental health, exploring the impact of the social gradient of health as well as examining national and international policies aimed at addressing health inequities. The chapter de... Read More about Impact of Social Exclusion, Intersectionality and Discrimination on Children and Young People’s Mental Health.

Learning Disability and Neurodiversity (2025)
Book Chapter

Globally, there are many children and young people living with a disability or who are neurodivergent. These children often have poorer health outcomes and often experience discrimination and social exclusion. Their needs can be mis-diagnosed throug... Read More about Learning Disability and Neurodiversity.

Child Protection and Safeguarding (2025)
Book Chapter

Globally, children are considered a vulnerable population due to factors like physical size, developmental stages, and dependency on adults for their needs. This chapter examines the complexities of child protection and safeguarding in the United Kin... Read More about Child Protection and Safeguarding.

J2.6 Exploring end of life care provision during medical imaging in hospitals: Analysis of survey data from the UK radiography workforce (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
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 J2.6 Exploring end of life care provision during medical imaging in hospitals: Analysis of survey data from the UK radiography workforce.

Exploring registered nurses' experiences of preparation as practice supervisors and assessors of nursing students: a phenomenographic study (2025)
Thesis

In the United Kingdom, all nursing students are required to be supervised and assessed in clinical practice by registrants (registered health professionals may act as supervisors, but registered nurses must act as assessors). Prior to 2018, the role... Read More about Exploring registered nurses' experiences of preparation as practice supervisors and assessors of nursing students: a phenomenographic study.

Early Laser for Burn Scars (ELABS) - Randomised controlled trial of pulsed dye laser treatment and standard care versus standard care alone for the treatment of hypertrophic burn scars. (2025)
Journal Article

Hypertrophic burn scarring (HBS) is described as "the greatest unmet challenge after burn injury". This ELABS trial hypothesised that early pulsed dye laser (PDL) treatment of HBS improves both scar quality and quality of life (QoL). A parallel arm r... Read More about Early Laser for Burn Scars (ELABS) - Randomised controlled trial of pulsed dye laser treatment and standard care versus standard care alone for the treatment of hypertrophic burn scars..

Valuing social care in nursing education. (2025)
Journal Article

Ethical and Humanistic Dimensions of Digital Nursing (2025)
Book Chapter

As nurses fundamentally work with people, families and communities, their practice is grounded in both ethical and moral principles. These include the promotion of self, humanisation and the provision of person-centred care. Yet how nurses deliver th... Read More about Ethical and Humanistic Dimensions of Digital Nursing.

Episode 3 Shaping the Future of Social Care: Innovation, Education, and Diversity (2025)
Digital Artefact

Welcome to our podcast, where we explore the evolving landscape of adult social care, education, and professional practice.



In this episode, we’ll dive into three key areas shaping the future of social care.
Claire shares insights from her r... Read More about Episode 3 Shaping the Future of Social Care: Innovation, Education, and Diversity.

A Pilot Project to Create Awareness of Clinical Research Funding Streams Among Nurses and Allied Health Professionals in England (2025)
Journal Article

Background: A culturally diverse research workforce benefits patients, the community and the population as patients see health and care professionals who are like them and can build trusting relationships. From our experience, ethnic minority group n... Read More about A Pilot Project to Create Awareness of Clinical Research Funding Streams Among Nurses and Allied Health Professionals in England.

A systematic review of key principles relating to decolonising interventions in midwifery education. (2025)
Journal Article

Midwifery education is predominantly influenced by Eurocentric models, contributing to systemic health inequalities for marginalised groups. The health disparities for ethnically diverse maternity service users are well documented. There are various... Read More about A systematic review of key principles relating to decolonising interventions in midwifery education..

Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of Inaction Submission to the Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry (2025)
Other

Submission to the Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry

Written evidence submitted by Deepa Korea (Director at RCN Foundation); Professor Vanessa Heaslip (Professor of Nursing and Healthcare Equity at University of Salford); Mr Aaron Hume
(Exp... Read More about Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of Inaction Submission to the Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry.

Response to the Health and Social Care Committee call for evidence "Adult Social Care Reform The Cost of Inaction" (2025)
Other

This response to the inquiry focuses on the following areas:

-How much is inaction on Adult Social Care reform costing the NHS and
local authorities, and what impact does this have on the adults who
receive social care and the public?... Read More about Response to the Health and Social Care Committee call for evidence "Adult Social Care Reform The Cost of Inaction".

A pilot project to create awareness of clinical research funding streams among nurses and allied health professionals in England. (2025)
Journal Article

Background
A culturally diverse research workforce benefits patients, the community, and the population as patients see health and care professionals who are like them and can build trusting relationships. From our experience, ethnic minority group... Read More about A pilot project to create awareness of clinical research funding streams among nurses and allied health professionals in England..

The forced sterilisation of Indigenous and racialised Peoples: origins, nature of abuses, impacts and responses (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose. To draw attention to the global infringement of reproductive rights of Indigenous and racialised Peoples.
Approach. Narrative literature review. Description and comparative analysis of examples of forced sterilisation.
Findings. Large-scal... Read More about The forced sterilisation of Indigenous and racialised Peoples: origins, nature of abuses, impacts and responses.

Establishing Parity of Esteem Across Health and Social Care Nursing (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine

Bridging the gap: enhancing orthopaedic outcomes through qualitative research integration (2024)
Journal Article
Mew, L. E., Heaslip, V., Immins, T., Ramasamy, A., & Wainwright, T. W. (2024). Bridging the gap: enhancing orthopaedic outcomes through qualitative research integration. Bone & Joint Open, 5(11), 953-961. https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.511.bjo-2024-0145.r1

Aims: The evidence base within trauma and orthopaedics has traditionally favoured quantitative research methodologies. Qualitative research can provide unique insights which illuminate patient experiences and perceptions of care. Qualitative methods... Read More about Bridging the gap: enhancing orthopaedic outcomes through qualitative research integration.

Multi-theoretical perspectives on family relations building and practices (2024)
Book Chapter
Parker, J., Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Tembjerg, P., & Sosnowsks-Buxton, P. (2024). Multi-theoretical perspectives on family relations building and practices. In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family (43-71). Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7_3

The current chapter explores a variety of useful theoretical perspectives with which to view and reframe the rebuilding and, where possible, the reunification process for families. We begin by offering a critique of psychological theories of attachme... Read More about Multi-theoretical perspectives on family relations building and practices.