Burden of Alcohol Disorders on Emergency Department Attendances and Hospital Admissions in England

Tom Phillips has co-authored:

Thomas Phillips, Simon Coulton, and Colin Drummond (2019) Burden of Alcohol Disorders on Emergency Department Attendances and Hospital Admissions in England Alcohol & Alcoholism doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agz055

Learning Disability Centenary Westminster Event

Sara Mayer one of our 3rd year learning disability students writes:

The week of 17 June this year was learning disability week, and 21st June marked 100 years of learning disability nursing! I was amazed to hear I was privileged enough to be nominated by Uni to attend an event in the Houses of Parliament to celebrate this. Here is an account of the day:

It was over whelming to arrive at Westminster, faced straight away by Big Ben as I got off the tube, then humbled by a memorial for PC Palmer, who lost his life defending his country just a few steps away from the Cromwell Green entrance I was instructed to go to. Walking through security and waiting to go in I started chatting to people, the buzz of celebrating the event and the passion of all those involved was already clear!

Walking through parliament was breathtaking! I was greeted by David Harling, head of Learning Disability at NHS Improvement, who made a special effort to greet each person individually as they entered The Strangers Dining Room where the event was situated. The event was chaired by Jim Blair (independent nurse consultant) and Lloyd Page (expert with lived experience from Mencap) who did an excellent job timing all the speeches!

The event was hosted also by Baroness Sheila Hollins, professor of the psychiatry of learning disability, assisted by her son Nigel. We were told a heart-warming story of how he had met Hugh Grant through his acting and they remain great friends! The day was delivered in partnership with NHS England and NHS Improvement, Health Education England, Beyond Words and the British Institute of Learning Disabilities.

It was very inspiring to be in a room with all these very important people, and the best thing about this was that everyone was so down to earth! There was many speeches saying thank you to service users who inspired people in the room to do the job they do, and what validated their role, this was so heart-warming. I remember a particular speech from a nurse who said that she always felt a bit different, that she wanted to take alternate approaches with people she cared for, getting to know them well and putting her whole self into their care. She said that when she discovered learning disability nursing this enabled her to be herself and work in this way, this rang true to myself and was so well received throughout the room. Another message I remember especially was to keep doing what we do! To be proud and realise the importance of it. To have so many people in one room that “got it” around learning disability nursing really confirmed its significance, especially at the houses of parliament! There was a special performance from Jen Blackwell from DanceSyndrome also. This was a personal highlight for me, a very emotional performance. If you follow the link below it should take you to a video of the dance. Jen’s family set up DanceSyndrome as Jen loved to dance however main stream dance services did not fit the bill! View it here.

Lastly, thank you so much to Debbie, Mary and Ros for this wonderful opportunity, here’s to
the future of learning disability nursing!

Psychosocial approaches to behaviours that challenge care

Esme Moniz-Cook has published a chapter (pp 105-120) in:

Harrison Dening K (2019) Evidence based practice in dementia for nurses and nursing students Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London

Psychology students wins first prizes

Sophie Brown

Something to smile about! Sophie Brown, one of our PhD students has won first prize from the judges across the University for the “Making sense of research”- postgraduate researcher competition. This was for her poster submitted on improving services for suicidal service users.

Well done Sophie!

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Another one of our PhD students Tyler Mills won best presentation in the Wellbeing, Health and Communities pathway for his talk ‘Conceptualising masculinities in transgender men’ at the White Rose DTP Annual Conference (Leeds, 19 June).
We have a talented bunch of PhD students !

Roger Watson addresses inaugural conference in Italy

L-R: Professor Elizabeth Rosser (Sigma); RW;
Professor Loredana Sasso FAAN (Genoa); Dr Milko Zanini (Genoa);
Professor Alison Kitson (Flinders); Professor Annamaria Bagnasco (Genoa)
Dr Gianluca Catania (Genoa)

Professor Roger Watson addressed the inaugural conference on Fundamentals of Care in Italy recently at the University of Genoa.

Zoe Dale at The Midwifery Society

Zoe Dale addressed the Midwifery Society this week and has been invited to write a blog post for All4Maternity or an article for The Practising Midwife (or both).

Spirituality and locus of control—A rapid literature review

Colin Martin has co-authored: 

Timmins, Fiona, Martin, Colin (2019) Spirituality and locus of control—A rapid literature review Spirituality in Clinical Practice 6, 83-99

aDolescents gEnder surVey, rEsponsible coupLes evaluatiOn, and capacity building Project in India (DEVELOP): a study protocol

Anand Ahanhari, Mark Hayter & Clare Whitfield have published:

aDolescents gEnder surVey, rEsponsible coupLes evaluatiOn, and capacity building Project in India (DEVELOP): a study protocol F100Research

Faculty contributions to Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing

Mary Dearing and Debbie Crickmore have contributed the following topics:

Supporting People during transition; Preschool children; School-aged children; Adolescence; Puberty; Adulthood; Women and menopause

to the Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing 2nd edition (2019)

Falling into Crime Kindle Edition

Penny Grubb's first three crime novels are now available as a trilogy and can be purchased from Amazon.

What about me?

Chris Westoby writes:

Writing about our own professional or personal experiences is not restricted to one faculty. To many of us it is necessary for our own wellbeing; in the rush of academic life, it is a way to take stock, see things more objectively, slow down for a moment, perhaps make a change. Do we wish to publish this, share it with someone close, keep it to ourselves, or destroy it immediately after writing? We each have our own process.

‘What about me?’ is a new series of relaxed and friendly seminars that celebrate the universality of writing the self: staff from every department are welcome to a monthly two-hour session offering a safe space to discuss the writing we’re working on, support each other’s writing and discover inspiration. Everyone is encouraged to join the discussion! The sessions will also include 45 minutes of quiet space to write.

1-3 on 12 July 2019 in Management Learning Laboratory: Discovery Room

Ros Masamha in Oxford: Creativity and Innovation Research Day

Roselyne Masamha presented at the Creativity and Innovation Research Day at University of Oxford on 15  June 2019, the presentation - Different, Resilient and Relevant - was in the form of a conversation with Dr Julius (Associate Professor of Innovation and Development), University College London; followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

Blunted stress reactivity is a distinctive feature in clinically depressed patients

Lolita Alfred and Vicky Howard have published: 

Alfred L, Howard V. (2019) Blunted stress reactivity is a distinctive feature in clinically depressed patients Evidence-Based Nursing 22:73.

Evaluating possible intended and unintended consequences of the implementation of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Scotland: a natural experiment protocol

Tom Phillips has co-authored:

Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Clare Beeston, Andrew Millard, Ross Forsyth, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Douglas Eadie, Lesley Graham, Shona Hilton, Anne Ludbrook, Gerry McCartney, Thomas Phillips, Martine Stead, Allison Ford, Lyndal Bond, Alastair H Leyland (2019) Evaluating possible intended and unintended consequences of the implementation of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Scotland: a natural experiment protocol BMJ Open oi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028482

Dr Barbara Guinn (BMS) was an invited speaker at the 19th Progress in Vaccines Against Cancer conference, held in Athens Greece this month. She spoke about the data being generated by two MSc students in her lab, Ms Stephanie Jordaens, an Erasmus student from the University of Antwerp and Ms Leah Cooksey a MSc by Research student in the group. The talk entitled 'Immunotherapeutic targets for the treatment of adult B-cell acute lymphocytic leukaemia' by Leah Cooksey, Stephanie Jordaens, Suzanne Bonney, Lawrence Orchard, Viggo van Tendeloo, Ken Mills, Kim Orchard, and Barbara Guinn is now being prepared for publication.

Justin Sturge represents Hull at Westminster

Dr Justin Sturge represented translational research at The University of Hull and HEY NHS Teaching Hospitals Trust at the All-Party Parliamentary Group meeting for Pancreatic Cancer chaired by Nic Dakin MP on June 11th in Westminster.

The toxic effect of cytostatics on primary cilia frequency and multiciliation

Dr Justin Sturge in the Department of Biomedical Sciences has co-auhtored a new breast cancer focussed article:

Filipová, Alžběta; Diaz Garcia, Daniel; Bezrouk, Aleš; Čížková, Dana; Dvořák, Josef; Filip, Stanislav; Sturge, Justin; Šinkorová, Zuzana (2019) The toxic effect of cytostatics on primary cilia frequency and multiciliation Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 

The effectiveness of combined alcohol and sexual risk taking reduction interventions on the sexual behaviour of teenagers and young adults: a systematic review

Anand Ahankari, Jane Wray, Julie Jomeen & Mark Hayter have published:

A.S. Ahankari, J. Wray, J. Jomeen, M. Hayter (2019) The effectiveness of combined alcohol and sexual risk taking reduction interventions on the sexual  behaviour of teenagers and young adults: a systematic review Public Health doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.05.023

Technology for Families of People with Dementia

Dr Emma Wolverson, Rosie Dunn and Caroline White have co-authored a book chapter entitled:

‘Technology for Families of People with Dementia’ in Astell A, Smith SK, Jodrell P (2019) Using Technology in Dementia Care: A Guide to Technology Solutions for Everyday Living Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London

NMC degree approval

Jacquie White, Associate Dean (Education) writes:


I am very pleased to report the very positive outcome from the NMC Approval event for the Foundation Degree Health and Social Care Nursing Associate , including the Nursing Associate (Apprenticeship).

Exploring the Trajectory and Prevention of Alcohol Use Among Young People From the Perspective of Professional Youth Workers.

‘New publication by Mark Hayter with former Fullbright Scholar, Dr Kristin Haglund, from Marquette University, USA in the Journal of Addictions Nursing:

Haglund K, Hayter M (2019) Exploring the Trajectory and Prevention of Alcohol Use Among Young People From the Perspective of Professional Youth Workers Addictions Nursing 30, 94-100

‘Welcome to the World’: parents’ experiences of an antenatal nurturing programme

Franziska Wadephul, Catriona Jones & Julie Jomeen have published:

Franziska Wadephul, Catriona Jones & Julie Jomeen (2019) ‘Welcome to the World’: parents’ experiences of an antenatal nurturing programme British Journal of Midwifery 27, 353-361

Recognising Narcissistic Abuse and the Implications for Mental Health Nursing Practice

Vickie Howard has published: 

Howard V (2019) Recognising Narcissistic Abuse and the Implications for Mental Health Nursing Practice, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, DOI:10.1080/01612840.2019.1590485

Roselyn Masamha: Young Researcher Prize 2019

Roselyn Masamha has been awarded the Young Researcher Prize 2019 which will be presented at Oxford University on the 15th of June. The award is offered by the Britain Zimbabwe Society(BZS) in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for African Studies. 

The judging panel feedback was:

" We were impressed by the quality, originality and interdisciplinarity of Roselyn’s research which will make a significant contribution to nursing studies. Roselyn's research is at the interface of science and society; it investigates the politics of knowledge production in relation to an African identity within nurse education."

A neglected transition in nursing: the need to properly support the move from clinician to academic

Jan Hunter & Mark Hayter have co-authored:

Hunter, J. and Hayter, M. (2019), A neglected transition in nursing: the need to properly support the move from clinician to academic. J Adv Nurs. doi:10.1111/jan.14075

Relationship between burnout and intention to leave amongst clinical nurses: the role of spiritual climate

Mark Hayter has co-authored a publication with colleagues from Yangzhou University, China:

Wu Z, Wan X, Hayter M, Wu J, Li S, Hu Y, YuannY, Liu Y, Gong W (2019) Relationship between burnout and intention to leave amongst clinical nurses: the role of spiritual climate Journal of Nursing Management doi:10.1111/jonm.12810