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Expertise and forms of knowledge in the government of families (2003)
Journal Article
Murphy, E. (2003). Expertise and forms of knowledge in the government of families. Sociological Review, 51(4),

This paper examines the relationship between the state and the individual in relation to an aspect of mundane family life – the feeding of babies and young children. The nutritional status of children has long been a matter of national concern and i... Read More about Expertise and forms of knowledge in the government of families.

Using Needs Assessment to Understand Continuing Disability in Patients with Enduring Mental Illness. Implications for Considerations of Service Development (2002)
Journal Article
Middleton, H., Adeniran, R., Brewin, C. R., Brady, C., Duggan, C., Hopkins, N., Raleigh, K., & Walton, M. (2002). Using Needs Assessment to Understand Continuing Disability in Patients with Enduring Mental Illness. Implications for Considerations of Service Development. Journal of Mental Health, 11,

Particular strengths of the MRC Needs for Care Assessment Schedule have been used to investigate the treatment status of patients with persistent psychiatric disability in ways that other needs assessment tools are unable to. One hundred and seventy-... Read More about Using Needs Assessment to Understand Continuing Disability in Patients with Enduring Mental Illness. Implications for Considerations of Service Development.

Being more certain about random assignment in social policy evaluations (2002)
Journal Article
Stafford, B. (2002). Being more certain about random assignment in social policy evaluations. Social Policy and Society, 1(4),

Social experiments have been widely utilised in evaluations of social programmes in the US to identify ‘what works’, whilst in the UK their use is more controversial. This paper explores the paradigmatic, technical and practical issues evaluators co... Read More about Being more certain about random assignment in social policy evaluations.

Reforming the public sector: personalised activation services in the UK
Book Chapter
Stafford, B., & Kellard, K. Reforming the public sector: personalised activation services in the UK. In R. van Berkel, & B. Valkenburg (Eds.), Making it Personal: Individualising activation services in the EU. Policy Press

This paper highlights the degree of flexibility and personalisation in the UK’s welfare to work programmes. The Labour Government’s New Deals as originally designed were meant to provide personalised and tailor-made services and to meet the needs of... Read More about Reforming the public sector: personalised activation services in the UK.

Inclusion, Participation and the Emergence of British Chinese Websites
Journal Article
Parker, D., & Song, M. Inclusion, Participation and the Emergence of British Chinese Websites. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 33(7),

Previous work has drawn attention to the relative absence of British Chinese voices in
public culture. No one is more aware of this invisibility than British-born Chinese people
themselves. Since 2000 the emergence of Internet discussion sites prod... Read More about Inclusion, Participation and the Emergence of British Chinese Websites.

Global warming is dead, long live global heating?
Journal Article
Hulme, M., Nerlich, B., & Pearce, W. (2014). Global warming is dead, long live global heating?

We discuss how global heating is used in comparison to global warming, look at its semantic history and examine the communicative problems it may pose and the confusion it may lead to.

Employment Retention Policy
Book
Fox, E., & Stafford, B. Employment Retention Policy. Nottingham University

This Report investigates the potential for a statutory model of employment retention leave. A Private Members Bill (HC Bill 2006-07) [79] currently in progress through Parliament would, if enacted, offer disabled employees the right to paid leave for... Read More about Employment Retention Policy.

Doctors' thinking about the system as a threat to patient safety
Journal Article
Waring, J. Doctors' thinking about the system as a threat to patient safety. Health, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459307070801

‘Systems thinking’ is an important feature of the emerging ‘patient safety’ agenda. As a key component of a ‘safety culture’, it encourages clinicians to look past individual
error to recognise the latent factors that threaten safety. This paper inv... Read More about Doctors' thinking about the system as a threat to patient safety.

New ethnicities online: reflexive racialisation and the internet
Journal Article
Parker, D., & Song, M. New ethnicities online: reflexive racialisation and the internet. Sociological Review, 54(3),

In this article we analyse the emergence of Internet activity addressing the experiences of young people in two British communities: South Asian and Chinese.We focus on two web sites: www.barficulture.com and www.britishbornchinese.org.uk, drawing on... Read More about New ethnicities online: reflexive racialisation and the internet.

Safety and complexity: the inter-departmental threats to patient safety in the operating department
Journal Article
Waring, J., McDonald, R., & Harrison, S. Safety and complexity: the inter-departmental threats to patient safety in the operating department. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 20(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/14777260610662753

Purpose: Current thinking about ‘patient safety’ emphasises the causal relationship between the work environment and the delivery of clinical care. This research draws on the theory of Normal Accidents to extend this analysis and better understand th... Read More about Safety and complexity: the inter-departmental threats to patient safety in the operating department.

A Letter of Consequence: Referral Letters from General Practitioners to Secondary Mental Health Services
Journal Article
Shaw, I., Clegg Smith, K. M., Middleton, H., & Woodward, L. A Letter of Consequence: Referral Letters from General Practitioners to Secondary Mental Health Services. Qualitative Health Research, 15,

The referral letter is a key instrument in moving patients from primary to secondary care services. Consequently, the circumstances in which a referral should be made and its contents have been the subject of clinical guidelines. This article is base... Read More about A Letter of Consequence: Referral Letters from General Practitioners to Secondary Mental Health Services.

Adaptive regulation or governmentality: patient safety and the changing regulation of medicine
Journal Article
Waring, J. Adaptive regulation or governmentality: patient safety and the changing regulation of medicine. Sociology of Health and Illness, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00527.x

Studies from across the world have shown that clinical mistakes are a major threat to the safety of patient care (World Health Organisation 2004). For the National Health Service (NHS) of England and Wales it is estimated that one in ten hospital pat... Read More about Adaptive regulation or governmentality: patient safety and the changing regulation of medicine.