Outputs (73)

Factors influencing fall prevention programmes: The challenge of implementing and spreading the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in a complex landscape (2025)
Journal Article
Ventre, J., Manning, F., Mahmoud, A., Orton, E., Timmons, S., & Hawley-Hague, H. (2025). Factors influencing fall prevention programmes: The challenge of implementing and spreading the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in a complex landscape. Age and Ageing, 54(4), Article afaf083. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf083

Background: The occurrence of falls in adults 65+ years remains a common and costly issue worldwide. There is current evidence to suggest that falls can be prevented using evidence-based strength and balance interventions, such as the 6 month Falls M... Read More about Factors influencing fall prevention programmes: The challenge of implementing and spreading the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in a complex landscape.

The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place‐Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings (2024)
Journal Article
Bianchi, L., Kelemen, M., Shivji, A. K., Tallant, J., & Timmons, S. (2025). The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place‐Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings. Sociology of Health and Illness, 47(1), Article e13870. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13870

This paper investigates the impact of boundary spanning activities on building trust as a means of tackling health inequalities in hardly reached communities. Lack of trust has been identified as a barrier to engagement with healthcare services, resu... Read More about The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place‐Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings.

Service Users' Perspectives on Communicating Compassion in Mental Health Practice (2024)
Journal Article
Wildbore, E., Bond, C., Timmons, S., Hui, A., & Sinclair, S. (2024). Service Users' Perspectives on Communicating Compassion in Mental Health Practice. Nursing Open, 11(11), Article e70081. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70081

When people talk about their healthcare experience, compassion is often a common ingredient in the stories they share. After a decade of healthcare reforms and research on compassion, the experience of receiving compassionate care has been shown to b... Read More about Service Users' Perspectives on Communicating Compassion in Mental Health Practice.

Optimising digital clinical consultations in maternity care: a realist review and implementation principles (2024)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Clancy, G., Evans, K., Booth, A., Nazmeen, B., Timmons, S., Sunney, C., Clowes, M., Jones, N., & Spiby, H. (2024). Optimising digital clinical consultations in maternity care: a realist review and implementation principles. BMJ Open, 14(10), Article e079153. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079153

OBJECTIVES
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased use of digital clinical consultations (phone or video calls) within UK maternity services. This project aimed to review the evidence on digital clinical consultations in maternity systems to illu... Read More about Optimising digital clinical consultations in maternity care: a realist review and implementation principles.

Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them? (2024)
Journal Article
Hussain, B., Shaw, I., & Timmons, S. (2024). Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them?. Perspectives in Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139241270754

Objectives: The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are significant among the Pakistani ethnic group in the UK. Existing literature has identified food and exercise practices as contributing factors. This qualitative inquiry investigates foo... Read More about Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them?.

What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews (2024)
Journal Article
Dodds, E., Redsell, S., Timmons, S., & Manning, J. C. (2024). What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews. Implementation Science, 19, Article 70

Background/aims
The measurement of implementation outcomes can establish the success of implementing evidence into practice. However, implementation outcomes are seldom measured in acute healthcare settings, such as Paediatric Intensive Care Units (... Read More about What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews.

Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Radford, K., Kettlewell, J., das Nair, R., Morriss, R., Holmes, J., Kellezi, B., Timmons, S., Jones, T., Tressider, H., Andrews, I., Bridger, K., Patel, P., Lindley, R., De Dios Perez, B., Statham, A., Jones, T., Hoffman, K., James, M., Kendrick, D., & ROWTATE study team. (2024). Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach. BMJ Open, 14(10), Article e085724. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085724

Objectives: Major trauma centres save lives but rehabilitation to support return-to-work (RTW) is lacking. This paper describes development of a vocational rehabilitation intervention (the ROWTATE intervention) to support RTW following traumatic inju... Read More about Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach.

What affects implementation of the UK major trauma rehabilitation prescription? A survey informed by the behaviour change wheel (2024)
Journal Article
Kettlewell, J., Radford, K., Timmons, S., Jones, T., Fallon, S., Westley, R., White, S., & Kendrick, D. (2024). What affects implementation of the UK major trauma rehabilitation prescription? A survey informed by the behaviour change wheel. Injury, Article 111722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2024.111722

Objective: Major trauma 'Rehabilitation Prescriptions' aim to facilitate continuity of care and describe patient needs following discharge from UK Major Trauma Centre (MTCs), however research suggests rehabilitation prescriptions are not being implem... Read More about What affects implementation of the UK major trauma rehabilitation prescription? A survey informed by the behaviour change wheel.

Early vocational rehabilitation and psychological support for trauma patients to improve return to work (the ROWTATE trial): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial (2024)
Journal Article
Kendrick, D., Lindley, R., Blackburn, L., Roadevin, C., Thompson, E., Andrews, I., Anwar, F., Brooks, A., Carlton, E., Crouch, R., Day, F., Fallon, S., Farrin, A., Graham, L., Hoffman, K., Howell, R., Holmes, J., James, M., Jones, T., Kellezi, B., …Radford, K. (2024). Early vocational rehabilitation and psychological support for trauma patients to improve return to work (the ROWTATE trial): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial. Trials, 25(1), Article 439. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08183-w

Background
Moderately severe or major trauma (injury severity score (ISS) > 8) is common, often resulting in physical and psychological problems and leading to difficulties in returning to work. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) can improve return to w... Read More about Early vocational rehabilitation and psychological support for trauma patients to improve return to work (the ROWTATE trial): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial.

Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives (2024)
Journal Article
Tucker, R., Vickers, R., Adams, E. J., Burgon, C., Lock, J., Goldberg, S. E., Gladman, J., Masud, T., Orton, E., Timmons, S., & Harwood, R. H. (2024). Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives. Archives of Public Health, 82(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01283-8

Background
Despite several interventions demonstrating benefit to people living with dementia and their caregivers, few have been translated and implemented in routine clinical practice. There is limited evidence of the barriers and facilitators for... Read More about Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives.