Do hourly hospital ward rounds improve quality of patient care? 13th May 2015 Researchers from Kingston University and St George’s, University of London are examining whether hourly ward rounds really do help deliver safe, compassionate, patient-centred care.
Honorary Learning Disability Nursing Lecturers recognised in the Nursing Times Leaders Awards 22nd May 2015 he Nursing Times, a prestigious publication highly esteemed amongst the nursing community, has presented its first ever Nursing Times Leaders awards.
Dementia research 22nd May 2015 Kingston and St George’s is collaborating on a number of new initiatives to support and improve the lives of people living with dementia in positive and meaningful ways
Final year Social work BA student appointed Student Representative of Merton’s Children Social Care Social Work Board during placement. 14th May 2015 A first person account by Yvonne Bryant about her placement, what led her to becoming a student representative and the exciting new doors it opened for her.
Harvey Wells, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health designs new healthy lifestyle smartphone app 6th May 2015 The Application to Improve Motivation (AiM) is the result of three years research to create the most effective mobile application to motivate people to change their lives for the better.
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.
Interprofessional education activities under review 5th May 2015 Interprofessional education (IPE) is a learning activity implemented around the world, designed to enhance collaborative abilities (knowledge, skills, behaviours) in order to deliver high quality care to patients/clients.
Intensive care units examined in Interprofessional working 5th May 2015 The need for effective interprofessional collaboration to reduce duplication of effort, restrict clinical error, improve safety and enhance the quality of patient care is now widely acknowledged in intensive care unit (ICU) settings.
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).
