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

Bridging the gap: enhancing orthopaedic outcomes through qualitative research integration (2024)
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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.

Promoting equity in community nursing (2024)
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Heaslip, V., Parker, J., & Marshall, K. (2024). Promoting equity in community nursing. #Journal not on list, 26, Article 100229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcar.2024.100229

The Covid-19 pandemic illuminated the health inequities that occur both in the UK and globally. Ultimately where individuals live, work and how they live has a major impact on the length of their life as well as the number of years living in illness.... Read More about Promoting equity in community nursing.

A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness (2024)
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Background: The Cardio-Thoracic (CT) professional group experienced a significant increase in stress and workload during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) in Great Britain and Ireland with the aim of endor... Read More about A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness.

The use of long-arm (indirect) supervision for nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals in health and social care settings: A systematic literature review (2024)
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Background: Internationally, critical shortages of healthcare workers have been reported. Indirect supervision is one educational approach which has the potential to expand placement opportunities for the future healthcare workforce. However, its use... Read More about The use of long-arm (indirect) supervision for nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals in health and social care settings: A systematic literature review.

Exploring end of life care provision during medical imaging in hospitals: Analysis of survey data from the UK radiography workforce (2024)
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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.

Current nursing and midwifery contribution to leading digital health policy and practice: An integrative review (2024)
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Aim: To review the current nursing and midwifery contribution to leading digital health (DH) policy and practice and what facilitates and/or challenges this. Design: Integrative literature review. Methods: Pre-defined inclusion criteria were used. St... Read More about Current nursing and midwifery contribution to leading digital health policy and practice: An integrative review.

Investigating the retention and attrition of emergency care advanced clinical practitioners in the UK (2024)
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Hemmings-Trigg, K., Heaslip, V., & Stephens, M. (2024). Investigating the retention and attrition of emergency care advanced clinical practitioners in the UK. British Journal of Nursing, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.12968/ijap.2024.2.2.90

Background:
Advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) are an integral part of the healthcare workforce, and recognising growth in these roles is a priority for the future. ACPs within emergency care (EC) are often senior clinical decision-makers that w... Read More about Investigating the retention and attrition of emergency care advanced clinical practitioners in the UK.

Use of removable support boot versus cast for early mobilisation after ankle fracture surgery: cost-effectiveness analysis and qualitative findings of the Ankle Recovery Trial (ART). (2024)
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To estimate the cost-effectiveness of using a removable boot versus a cast following ankle fracture from the National Health Service and Personal Social Services (NHS+PSS) payer and societal perspectives and explore the impact of both treatments on p... Read More about Use of removable support boot versus cast for early mobilisation after ankle fracture surgery: cost-effectiveness analysis and qualitative findings of the Ankle Recovery Trial (ART)..

The war within: emotional experiences of children in Norwegian child protection services (2023)
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Wilson, S., Hean, S., Abebe, T., Heaslip, V., & Smith, J. (in press). The war within: emotional experiences of children in Norwegian child protection services. Children's Geographies, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2023.2286309

This article demonstrates how children’s emotional experiences in the context of child protection services (CPS) impact their choices in everyday lives. It draws on a qualitative study examining the lived experiences of children from Pakistani backgr... Read More about The war within: emotional experiences of children in Norwegian child protection services.

Understanding experiences of the radiography workforce delivering medical imaging as part of patients' end of life care: An exploratory qualitative interview study. (2023)
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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..

Researching Dalits and health care: Considering positionality (2023)
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Thapa, R., Regmi, P., van Teijlingen, E., & Heaslip, V. (2023). Researching Dalits and health care: Considering positionality. #Journal not on list, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v22i1.49826

This methods paper explores the issue of the researcher’s positionality and its potential impact on the overall qualitative research process. After defining positionality this paper outlines its potential influences on the research process and findi... Read More about Researching Dalits and health care: Considering positionality.

Pakistani children's lived experiences of relationships in the context of child protection services in Norway: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2023)
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Wilson, S., Hean, S., Abebe, T., & Heaslip, V. (in press). Pakistani children's lived experiences of relationships in the context of child protection services in Norway: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Children & Society, https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12800

This paper examines how children from immigrant background experience and negotiate power relations with family and social workers in the context of child protection services (CPS) in Norway. Using the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) m... Read More about Pakistani children's lived experiences of relationships in the context of child protection services in Norway: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Pakistani children’s lived experiences of relationships in the context of Child Protection Services in Norway: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2023)
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Wilson, S., Hean, S., Abebe, T., & Heaslip, V. (2023). Pakistani children’s lived experiences of relationships in the context of Child Protection Services in Norway: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Children & Society, https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12800

This paper examines how children from immigrant background experience and negotiate power relations with family and social workers in the context of Child Protection Services (CPS) in Norway. Using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) m... Read More about Pakistani children’s lived experiences of relationships in the context of Child Protection Services in Norway: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.