Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery A Global Perspective

Janet Kelly Claire Marshall, Catriona Jones & Julie Jomeen have contributed to a new book which is co-edited by Julie Jomeen:

Elaine Jefford, Julie Jomeen (2019) Decision-Making in Midwifery A Global Perspective Routledge, London

Faculty promotions

Dean Professor Julie Jomeen writes:

I am delighted to announce that we had a number of successful promotions following this year’s promotion round

Promotions to Professor

Alan Rigby (HYMS)

Stephen Dewhurst (SLS)

Adam Nicolls (SLS)

Peter Draper (SHSW)

Promotions to Reader

Francisco Rivero (HYMS)

Sam Xu (HYMS)

Grant Abt (SLS)

Promotions to Senior Lecturer

Fiona Earle (SLS)

Janet Kelly (SHSW)

Dr JanetKelly NMC appointment

Janet Kelly

Janet has been appointed as one of the Chair's for the NMC Conduct and Competent Committee hearings following her successful application.  She has been a registrant panellist for the last 4 years and will now serve as Chair for a further 4 years.

Forthcoming publications and presentation by Dr Janet Kelly

Janet Kelly

Dr Janet Kelly has had the following articles accepted:


Millington H, Kelly J (2016) Why not boys? The human papillomavirus vaccine schedule in the UK British Journal of School Nursing 11:9 1-5

Kelly J, Welch E (2016) Ehical decsion-making regarding infant viability: a dicussion Nursing Ethics doi: 10.1177/0969733016677869

Benthall EM, Draper HJA, Henning J, Kelly J (2016) 'A band of brothers' - an exploration of the range of medical ethical issues faced by British senior military clinicians on deployment in Afghanistan: a qualitative study Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps doi:10.1136/jramc-2016-000701

Janet is also giving a presentation at the Royal College of Nursing, International Centenary Conference  22 November 2016 in London titled: Ethical considerations and complexities for military nurses and ways to overcome them

Dr Janet Kelly appointed to the Defence Nursing Forum Steering Committee

Dr Janet Kelly has been appionted to the Defence Nursing Forum Steering Committee starting in January 2017.  This is an RCN committee to promote defence nursing in the UK , so it is a national appointment.  

Major Janet Kelly

Dr (Major) Janet Kelly

Dr Janet Kelly (Major in the Territorial Army) is off to Sierra Leone with the British Army as reported in The Guardian

New publication by Janet Kelly

Janet Kelly has published:

Dr Janet Kelly

Kelly J (2015) Following professional codes of practice and military orders in austere military environments: a controversial debate on ethical challenges Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 161, Supp 1 i10-i12

Speaker confirmation for Dr Janet Kelly

Janet will be speaking on

Thursday 5^th November 2015, 13.55-14.25

Session title: Ethical considerations for defence nurses

RCN Defence Nursing Forum and Ethics Committee Workshop

Doing the right thing on a difficult day

Thursday 5^th November 2015

RCN headquarters, London

Military research grant for Dr Janet Kelly

Janet Kelly has been awarded a research grant from the Ministry of Defence totalling £40,124.

Janet Kelly

The project is collaborative between the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Academia and Research), School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham and Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Hull titled: An exploration of the range of medical ethical issues faced by senior military clinicians to determine how best to support medical ethical decision making in future military operations.

Janet Kelly & Roger Watson attend Army Nursing Professoriate meeting

Janet Kelly and Roger Watson attended the annual meeting of the Army Nursing Research Professoriate at the Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom headquarters in London on 2 October 2014.  The Professoriate, formed by Colonel Alan Finnegan PhD QARANC exists to integrate civilian and military academics with an interest in military nursing research and more information can be found on the RCN website.  In the evening, members of the Professoriate attended the Annual Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Annual Cocktail Party in The Great Hall and the Royal Chelsea Hospital.

The Army Nursing Research Professoriate
Col Alan Finnegan front left

Major Janet Kelly with
Professor Roger Watson
at QA Cocktail Party

Faculty nomination for BMA prize

Janet Kelly

Janet Kelly's book :
Is Medical Ethics in Armed Conflict Identical to Medical Ethics in Times of Peace? has been nominated by Cambridge Scholars Publishing for a British Medical Association book award, under the ‘Basis of Medicine’ category.

Thanks to Janet Kelly

Dr Janet Kelly has stepped down as Chair of our Faculty Ethics committee.

She is pictured here receiving a bouquet of flowers in thanks for her years of service.  The committee will now be chaired by Dr Judith Dyson and has some new members, including one of our PhD students Tzu-Pei Yeh from Taiwan.

Scholarship [January 2013]

Fiona Cowdell

Fiona Cowdell and Steven Ersser published:

Cowdell F,Ersser SJ, Gradwell C, Thomas PW (2012 The Person-Centered Dermatology Self-Care IndexA Tool to Measure Education and Support Needs of Patients With Long-term Skin Conditions JAMA Dermatology 148, 1251-1256



Steven Ersser

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Peter Draper

Peter Draper published:

Holloway M, Adamson S, Argyrou V, Draper P, Mariau D (2013) "Funerals aren't nice but it couldn't have been better". The makings of a good funeral Mortality 







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One of our students Gillian Hebblewhite, a 3rd year Learning Disability Nurse who  won the Pre-registration/Pre-qualifying student award published:

Hebblewhite, G. (2012) Grief in the transition from oral to enteral feeding among children Learning Disability Practice 15 (10) pp12-16

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Janet Kelly published:

Kelly J (2012) Military Healthcare Battlefield Immunity,  J R Army Med Corps 158: 308-312

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Kate Galvin

Kate Galvin published:

Galvin, K.T. & Todres, L (2012). Caring and Wellbeing: A Lifeworld Approach.  Routledge.

Borbasi S, Galvin K T, Adams T, Todres L, Farrelly B (2012) Demonstration of the usefulness of a theoretical framework for humanising care with reference to a residential aged care service in Australia, Journal of Clinical Nursing doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04256.x

Galvin K,Prendergast M (Guest editors) (2012) Creative Approaches to Research Special Issue Poetic Inquiry 5:2 

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Mark Hayter

Mark Hayter published:

Cutler L, Hayter M, Ryan T (2013) A critical review and synthesis of qualitative research on patient experiences of critical illness Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 17, doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2012.12.001

Lo SF, Hayter M, Hu WY (2012) Symptom burden and quality of life in patients with malignant fungating wounds Journal of Advanced Nursing  68,  1312–1321

Hayter M, Jackson D, Carter B, Nyamathi A (2012) The three development phases of addressing sexuality in nursing care: Where do we go from here? Contemporary Nurse 42, 187-189

Al kalaldeh M, Watson R, Hayter M (2012) A review of current guideleines in enteral nutrition in the critically ill patient European Scientific Journal December edition 8, 1857 – 7881

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Amanda Sherratt

Amanda Sherratt published:

Sherratt A (2013) Antibiotics in Ophthalmology International Journal of Ophthalmic Practice 3, 260-263.

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Roger Watson published:

Al kalaldeh M, Watson R, Hayter M (2012) A review of current guidelines in enteral nutrition in the critically ill patient European Scientific Journal 8, 1857 – 7881

Ski CF, Thompson DR, Hare DL, Stewart AG, Watson R (2012) Cardiac Depression Scale: Mokken scaling in heart failure patients Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 10:141 http://www.hqlo.com/content/10/1/141

Deary IJ, Watson R, Booth T, Gale CR (2012, December 10). Does Cognitive Ability Influence Responses to the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale? Psychological Assessment doi:10.1037/a0030834

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