Wednesday 27 June 2018

Recently Uncovered Photograph Collection Reveals Extraordinary Insight into pre-NHS Healthcare




As many of you will already know, I am avid user of Twitter and, like a magpie, I collect shiny and interesting looking tweets. I do this by emailing them to myself and archiving them for future reference - perhaps there is a more adept way to archive tweets, but I have yet to discover it! 


Consequently, I often have to 'prune' my collection of email tweets, and scrolling through them recently, I came across a tweet containing the following link: 

Recently Uncovered Photograph Collection Reveals Extraordinary Insight into pre-NHS Healthcare


If you have a chance, please do visit the link, especially given that the 70th anniversary of the NHS is likely in your sights at the moment. You will find an amazing collection of photographs as well as video interviews with ex-nurses…..hugely engaging and insightful.
Lizzie Ette-Lecturer in Nursing

I hope you’ll agree that this extraordinary archive is a
must-see.



Lizzie Ette-Lecturer in Nursing
@busygirlizzie









Monday 25 June 2018

If it's important to our patients then it's important to us

Mark Gretton has published:

If it's important to our patients then it's important to us Nursing Times 22 June 2018

Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses 14th edition

Roger Watson has just published the 14th edition of Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses with Elsevier. 

Perceptions of caring between Slovene and Russian members of nursing teams


Roger Watson has co-authored:

Panjkihar M, Vrbnjak D, Kasimocskaya N, Watson R, Stiglic G (2018) Perceptions of caring between Slovene and Russian members of nursing teams Journal of Transcultural Nursing (accepted for publication)

The structure of mentors' behaviour in clinical nursing education


Andrea Hilton and Roger Watson have co-authored:


Chen Y, Hilton A, Watson R (2018) The structure of mentors' behaviour inclinical nursing education: confirmatory factor analysis Nurse Education Today doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.06.018

Tuesday 19 June 2018

The need to understand the experience of prisoners families in end of life care


Carol Rubini presented a paper entitled ‘The need to understand the experience of prisoners families in end of life care’, at the HMP Whatton annual conference last week.





The prison currently works in collaboration with academic institutions and partner organisations undertaking pioneering prison based research.  This year the conference focused on Hope, Help and Change. It brought together over one hundred people including prison staff, academics and service users with the aim of understanding the experiences of prisoners and the effectiveness of prisoner support.

Honorary degree for Jörg Richter

Dr Jörg Richter has been awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Umeå in Sweden. The degree will be awarded on 20 October 2018.

Friday 15 June 2018

Evidence Briefing: 'Behaviour that challenges' in dementia

Esme Moniz-Cook co-authored (with Ian James):
Evidence Briefing: 'Behaviour that challenges' in dementia


This briefing outlines the importance of having a psychological understanding of the complex causes of ‘behaviour that challenges’ (BtC) and related interventions to meet the needs of the person living with dementia. It summarises research and clinical evidence in this arena, to aid commissioners and other stakeholders to shape the service landscape. It is not intended to be read as a set of recommendations for practitioners.

Probiotics for mental health

Professor Colin Martin
has co-authored:

Probiotics in Mental Health 

From the website:
The concept that the gut and brain are intricately linked is widely accepted not just within the lay community but increasingly within scientific and therapeutic circles as well. Terms such as "heartache" and "gut wrenching" are more than mere metaphor, they represent key fundamental aspects of human experience which all individuals will invariably endure from time to time. The relationship between the gut and brain is complex but fundamental to health and wellbeing. Increasing and compelling evidence supports the existence of a relationship between the health and status of the gut and the manifestation of significant psychopathology.

Thursday 14 June 2018

Conversation piece


Carl Marcinowitz and Andrew Garrett have published: A head injury could cost a footballer more than the World Cup in The Conversation 14 June 2018

Jacquie White appointed to adjunct position in Canada

Associate Dean Dr Jacquie White has been appointed Adjunct Professor at Memorial University, Canada effective for three years. Jacquie and Julie Jomeen visited Memorial in February 2018 and as a result Jacquie is working to facilitate some projects with them e.g. a network to benefit both groups of PhD students, some early discussions about interdisciplinary education with both our medical schools (they have a long history of this) and a FHS group that has just started that is aiming to develop a peer-to-peer observation audit tool for the VLE. Dr Judith Dyson already holds a position at Memorial.

Wednesday 13 June 2018

Midwifery student presents at RCM Education conference 2018

Melissa Tweddle, a second year midwifery student discussing partnership working at a Pecha Kucha style session by student midwives at the RCM Education Conference 2018 held in London on 12 June 2018.





Tuesday 5 June 2018

Global Challenges Research Funding success in the SHSW:


Dr Karin Cooper (PI) was successful in gaining £3,945 GCRF with NGO partners in East Africa - Bienvenu Munyerere (Burundi) and Yannick Mubakilay (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and University of Hull colleagues Amina Dualeh and Dr Amanda Lee.

This project emerges from discussions following the International Social Work Conference which took place in Kigali, Rwanda earlier this year.
The work will commence in July 18 when Karin will meet with Bienvenu and Yannick in Tanzania during the initial networking phase of the project entitled ‘Trauma and Community Based Social Work in East Africa’.  This visit will contribute to the development of a further research bid to the GCRF.

Monday 4 June 2018

Faculty colleagues visit to Helsinki

Dr Andrea Hilton and Kirsty Fishburn visited Laurea University Finland during 23 – 25th May as part of an Erasmus Staff Mobility. We delivered a teaching session/workshop on maintaining professional knowledge in non-medical prescribing. Also during the visit we discuss non-medical prescribing in the UK and Finland highlighting similarities and differences and how we can work together particularly on assessment. We explored partnership opportunities for both staff and students and look forward to working with Tiina and Jonna (lecturers in prescribing at Laurea)