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Work

What are the team currently working on?

  • Dr Siobhan Kelly is working on a project in collaboration with DanceSyndrome. It explores methodological decision making with people living with learning disabilities. Find out more here.
  • Dr Melanie Stephens and Dr Lorna Chesterton are undertaking a Delphi‑designed study to establish consensus statements outlining best practice for HEIs and social care providers across England and Wales. The work spans the full adult social care nursing education pathway, including pre‑entry engagement, early transition, curriculum delivery, practice learning, enrichment opportunities, and progression to graduation. Watch this space!
  • The team are about to begin a review centred around social care interventions designed to reduce delayed discharge and achieve associated cost savings. Watch this space!
  • Professor Claire Pryor and Dr Lorraine Henshaw are conducting a scoping review focused on the presence and impact of social care in undergraduate nurse education. Watch this space!
  • The team have completed a research priority setting project for adult social care nursing. Find out more here.
  • The team carried out a large scale study to understand the landscape of learning disability nursing. Find out more here.

Showcasing associated work

In addition to the research conducted by our team, we are keen to highlight the innovative and impactful projects led by our colleagues across the university in the field of social care:

  • Professor Michelle Cornes leads on homelessness and inclusion health research in the Centre for Applied Health Research (CAHR) and co-leads the Homelessness Research Programme at King’s College London. Current NIHR funded research projects include:
  • Dr Adam Spacey has worked on a number of papers related to advance care planning in care homes. You can view these here and here.
  • Dr Kirsty Marshall (University of Salford) is part of a research project led by Prof Carol Atkinson (Manchester Metropolitan University), in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR). The study explores ‘blended roles’- where social care workers take on some duties of community nurses – to better understand how these new ways of working function in practice. Currently, there is limited evidence on their effectiveness and impact. The research aims to:
    • Review existing literature and data on blended roles.
    • Gather insights from health and social care workers, service users, families, and others involved.
    • Develop a framework to measure the effectiveness of blended roles and recommend key data for ongoing evaluation.
    • Create a practical toolkit to support the successful implementation of blended roles, ensuring they meet the needs of people using services.
  • Sarah Kennedy’s work explores supervision and assessment models for learning disability nursing students in non-traditional placement settings. View this here.

What have the team published?

The research team has published extensively on a wide range of topics related to nursing and social care. View all our publications.

Awards and professional achievements