Associate professor wins award for research into end-of-life care for people with learning disabilities 25th January 2017 Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne awarded 2017 Post Doctoral Researcher Award from the European Association of Palliative Care
Building Bridges: Research programme for self-management support 26th October 2016 Professor Fiona Jones is leading a programme of research for self-management support for individuals with complex disabilities.
Faculty research reveals how ambulance services respond to new demands 31st August 2016 New report from NIHR, developed with Professor Tom Quinn of Kingston University and St George’s, examines the changing landscape of emergency care
Preparation for practice: The role of the HCPC’s standards of education and training in ensuring that newly qualified professionals are fit to practise 18th February 2016 The HCPC is a regulator of 16 health and social care professions. Its role includes ensuring that education and training programmes meet standards of education and training (SETs) and that newly qualified professionals are fit to practise.
Service user involvement leads to registration 5th May 2015 The purpose of this study, led by Kingston and St George’s Director for the Centre for Public Engagement, Professor Mary Chambers, was to investigate the extent of service user involvement (SUI) in the design and delivery of pre-registration education and training programmes which they approve.
Investigating whether hourly hospital ward rounds improve quality of patient care 5th May 2015 Patients often report a regular visit from a nurse can feel like a lifeline to a person lying in a hospital bed, but researchers from Kingston and St George’s are examining whether hourly ward rounds really do help deliver safe, compassionate, patient-centred care.
Ethnic differences in satisfaction with social care amongst older carers of stroke survivors 5th May 2015 The study, led by Dr Nan Greenwood, explored the perceptions and experiences of 57 older carers of stroke survivors, and was funded by the National Institute of Health Research School of Social Care Research (NIHR SSCR).
BREATHE platform for informal care givers 5th May 2015 ‘Support for the Informal Caregiver in Long Term Care of elderly people; Platform for self-assessment and efficient management for informal caregivers (BREATHE)’, is an interdisciplinary research project
Accountability and blame in social work – The Story of Baby P 1st May 2015 Author Dr Ray Jones spent years researching the case for his book, ‘The Story of Baby P; Setting the Record Straight’, examining the way the case was told to the public and how the media became focused on the social workers; its threatening consequences for those who work to protect children; and its considerable impact on the child protection system in England.
Improving end of life care for people with learning disabilities 1st May 2015 Pioneering research by Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, into end of life and palliative care for people with learning disabilities, has helped transform services and change public policy in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
