Nestor Serrano-Fuentes RN, PhD student and Research assistant for the Long-Term Conditions Research Group, Health Sciences, University of Southampton < Back Traveling back in time: exploring the Netley Red Cross Hospital during World War I Nestor Serrano-Fuentes Nestor Serrano-Fuentes RN, PhD student and Research assistant for the Long-Term Conditions Research Group, Health Sciences, University of Southampton November is remembered as the month in which the First World War ended; a time to remember our loved ones who fell in battle. Between 1914 and 1918, many stories unfolded: stories of life, death, love, births, feelings and emotions. Those feelings flourish today when walking through the green park and woodland at Netley on the Southampton shoreline. I look at the sea, that little orange chapel in the middle of the great esplanade, I close my eyes and visualise the protagonists of this story, talking among themselves, laughing, shouting, touching and hugging… My name is Nestor, I am a young man, nurse and researcher at the University of Southampton. Two years ago, while running on a cold winter morning along the south coast at Netley, something drew my attention. What was a lonely chapel doing here? I stopped to read some information panels and discovered that, in that place had been the Netley Hospital or Royal Victoria Hospital. According to some books, this was the largest British military hospital of all time. Furthermore, with the arrival of the war-wounded its capacity grew yet further Leading to the building of the British Red Cross Hospital just behind the main building and the recruitment of volunteers in the UK and overseas. Netley Hospital in 1918 Sister Harvey and some of the patients from 41 Hut A Japanese nurse who worked at Netley in 1918 - unnamed I needed more information and began to browse the historical archives online. Later I came across a treasure; The Netley British Red Cross Magazine . It was December and I was combing the historical archives in Winchester and there in my hands were prints of those magazines from 1918. They were filled with poems written by soldiers and nurses, cartoons, real photos and countless stories told in the first person. A few days later, I phoned my friend Elena Andina, lecturer of nursing at the University of Leon (Spain). She is a dreamer, humanist, and a person with whom I share a passion for the history of the nursing profession. I said: “You’re not going to believe what I have found! We’ve got some work to do!” We decided to read those six issues of the magazine. We were filled with great affection for the people and stories. We set about starting to analyse and contextualise the data and information, and began to write an article on the history of nursing telling the story of how care was delivered to soldiers during World War I. We were so lucky, it was like travelling in a time machine, an incomparable feeling. After a first analysis, we realised that there was a relationship between what was happening at Netley and the revolutionary thinking and ideas of Florence Nightingale, who is considered the creator of modern nursing. The focus on the environment on care - sunlight, humidity, fresh air, silence during a night shift, empathy, the smallest details that nurses took care of, such as the size of pyjamas for their patients, the use of small boats as a source of leisure for patients and nurses, are just some of the aspects that we glimpsed between those pages. Throughout history, wars and pandemics have shaped and changed the way nursing care has been delivered. If we look back, many of the measures that were applied we continue to use today. During this covid19 pandemic, the importance of open spaces and physical spaces between people, fresh air or sunlight are the same – echoes of the voices speaking from the pages of the Netley magazines in 1918. They say history tends to repeat itself, for better or for worse. What can we learn from it? Let us continue to lovingly preserve it and keep it in mind to acknowledge our ancestors and as inspiration in the search for current and future answers. Nestor Exploring The Netley British Red Cross Magazine: An example of the development of nursing and patient care during the First World War - Nestor Serrano-Fuentes& Elena Andina-Diaz (download below) serranoandina_2020_netley-hospital .pdf Download PDF • 768KB Elena Andina-Diaz - co-researcher Previous Next

d94081d4-7fee-46f1-acf1-61bd1a5364fc Understanding barriers and enablers of using the Living with Long Term Conditions scale as part of routine care for people from under-served groups living with type 2 diabetes Chief investigator: Dr Leire Ambrosio, Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton. Team: Professor Mari Carmen Portillo, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton Dr Lindsey Cherry, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton Dr Kinda lbrahim, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine. University of Southampton Dr Michelle Myall, Principle Researcher, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton Ms Rashmi Kumar, PPI representative Partners: Ha mpshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board, Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, University of Southampton, Diabetes UK, SO:Linked (Southampton Voluntary Services). Started: 1 October 2024 End: 31 March 2026 Why is this research important? In the England over 15 million people are living with at least one long-term conditions (LTC). People from under-served groups, are at greater risk of having one or more than one LTCs. This not only affects a person’s physical health, but other aspects of their lives, such as emotional, cultural, and socio-economic wellbeing. It is key for healthcare professionals, to understand and assess how a person is living with an LTC to provide person-centred care. We recently developed the Living with Long Term Conditions (LwLTCs) scale for English-speaking populations. This is a person-centred questionnaire to evaluate how well a person lives with a long-term condition, to inform care for people based on their individual needs. What we found We found that adults with LTCS face a "daily burden" because their symptoms fluctuate unpredictably, often leading to social isolation and a feeling of being "left behind" by a fragmented healthcare system. While both Adults and Healthcare Professionals felt the LwLTC scale is a valuable "communication bridge" that can highlight hidden mental health and social struggles, some barriers remain. For the tool to work in real life, it must be flexible—offering paper and digital versions or help from a staff member—rather than being a "one-size-fits-all" tick-box exercise. Ultimately, the findings show that while the scale helps make invisible struggles visible, its success depends on building trust, ensuring cultural sensitivity, and making sure that the information gathered actually leads to obvious changes in a patient's care. What we did with the new Knowledge By discovering the deep emotional and physical challenges real people face, we are supporting patients with LTCs to have a voice in their own care. We used this new knowledge to help the healthcare system move toward truly individualised and flexible care by highlighting that the scale works best as a "communication bridge" to uncover invisible mental health and social struggles. Our findings will help NHS move away from generic digital pathways by advocating for a "digital-choice" framework that offers paper, Braille, or face-to-face assistance for those who need it. By collaborating across the SCALE project, we are discovering how to build trust with underserved communities and ensuring the care system respects the "real-life" expertise of the patient. Where next? Building on these findings, we view this not as a conclusion but as a vital first step toward transforming how the NHS handles LTC care. A major next step is addressing the "readiness gap" in current practice by developing formal guidelines for facilitated engagement, where staff are trained to help patients navigate the tool face-to-face to prevent digital exclusion. We plan to take these learnings further by advocating for the scale to be used over time to track a person's health journey, rather than relying on a single snapshot. While it remains a struggle to shift traditional clinical systems away from rigid pathways, these findings create a sense of urgency: if we do not adopt these flexible, person-centered tools, we risk leaving the most vulnerable patients with LTCs far behind.

33e12535-88ee-441a-8d7b-06392d99b190 ADOPTED PROJECT: Understanding risk stratification of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care ADOPTED PROJECT: Understanding risk stratification of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care Principal Investigators: Professor Hazel Everitt , Head of the Primary Care Research Centre, Deputy Head of the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education at Southampton University and Deputy Academic Capacity Development Lead for the NIHR School of Primary Care Research. Dr Kristin Veighey , Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Southampton. Co-Associate Director of the Southampton Academy of Research (SoAR). Team: Dr Simon Fraser Associate Professor of Public Health, and Consultant in Public Health Dr Kinda Ibrahim, is an Academic Pharmacist and Senior Lecturer within the Primary Care Research Centre at the University of Southampton. She is the deputy lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Wessex Ageing and Dementia Theme and the Associate Director for career development Dr Emma Teasdale Research Psychologist and Qualitative Research Fellow in Primary Care Dr Michelle Myall, is a Senior Research and Implementation Fellow at NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Wessex Kate Henegan-Sykes (co-applicant) is a member of the Primary Care Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) group Charles Pickering (collaborator) is a patient with chronic kidney disease. Starts: 01/12/2023 Ends: 30/11/2025 Funded by: NIHR School for Primary Care Research The kidneys are 2 small fist sized organs which sit in the back. Kidneys clean the blood. They take away extra water and waste and turn it into urine or ‘wee’. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a long-term condition. In CKD, the kidneys do not work as well. More than 1.8 million people in England are known to have CKD. It is thought there may be 1 million more who have not yet been diagnosed. This is because early CKD has no symptoms. So it's important to test for CKD in people who might have it. This includes people with diabetes, high blood pressure, and a family history of CKD. People with CKD are more likely to have, and die from, heart attacks and strokes. For a small group of people their CKD will get worse over time. This could mean that they need ‘renal replacement therapy’ (RRT). This is where a machine (dialysis) or a kidney transplant (someone else’s kidney put into them in an operation) does the job of the failed kidneys. This allows the person to survive. These treatments are very expensive. Along with transport to treatment centres they cost the NHS around £780m every year. Having CKD can also reduce a person’s quality of life. People who have, or might have, CKD should have the protein in their urine measured. This is a good way to see if kidneys are damaged. It can be used along with a blood test result to work out a ‘risk score’. This score can help to show which people are at most risk of their CKD getting worse. This means that they can be offered medicines and told about possible changes to their lifestyle and diet that might help reduce their risk. The score can also be used to reassure people who have a low risk. We want to understand why working out a person’s risk of CKD is not always done in general practice (GP) surgeries. To do this, we will first interview 20-30 GPs and practice nurses. These are the people who would do the risk scores for patients. They will come from GP practices across Wessex and Leeds. We will then hold 4-5 focus groups with GP practice teams, including GPs and nurses, but also pharmacists, practice managers, and reception/administration staff. We will ask them about how procedures could be improved to make sure CKD patients have their risk measured. This information will help us to work out how to improve the way that we measure risk in CKD.We will then plan a second study to test a new process. This new process will be developed from what we find out in this study.

c011903f-4a36-460d-bf9c-db9cb8525bc0 Implementation and Evaluation of the Advanced Practice Research Toolkit Chief Investigator : Professor Kerry Gaskin, Birmingham City University Start Date: 1st October 2024 End Date: 31st March 2026 Summary Research is important for clinicians to improve treatments and care in the NHS. It is fundamental to what is called advanced practice. In 2023 the Advanced Practitioner Research Toolkit was developed for one NHS trust to help plan research activity. This novel toolkit, developed to meet the needs of advanced practitioners in one organisation, has gained interest nationally and internationally, with many positive comments received about how simple it is to use. We are currently designing a national evaluation to ascertain how the toolkit has been implemented and the impact it has had for advanced practitioners. It has the potential to improve research and engage more clinicians in research, leading to evidence based service improvement in the NHS. Anecdotally this pillar is perceived as being more difficult to achieve within the AP role due to a variety of barriers, including operational priorities, lack of time and lack of support. A common theme arising from communication with APs at GHNHSFT was ‘ not knowing how or where to get started’ , which informed development of the toolkit. The objectives of the APRT were to support APs to 'get started' with the research pillar; to encourage AP teams to consider their research priorities; to enable individual and team research objective setting and to aid appraisal discussions. The aim of this project is to improve Advanced Practitioners’ (AP) research capabilities, thereby enabling APs to achieve the research pillar of their role Objectives: · to develop a tailored strategy to implement the APRT · to test this implementation strategy in the context of healthcare organisations · to evaluate the acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility of the APRT · to evaluate the impact of using the APRT for APs, AP Teams, Supervisors and Line-Managers · to report the findings and recommendations to inform future roll out across the NHS Development and Implementation of An Advanced Practice Research Toolkit - Birmingham City University

Dr Naomi Klepacz & Professor Jane Ball (School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton) < Back Addressing underlying workforce challenges is essential to meet the nation’s mental health care needs Mental Health Dr Naomi Klepacz & Professor Jane Ball (School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton) What is it like to be part of the mental health nursing workforce? We argue that it is only by understanding the reality of the job – its highs and its lows – that we will be able to grow the mental health workforce and hold on to experienced nurses needed to deliver care well. Demand for mental health services is at an all-time high, yet many people cannot access vital services and face long waits for treatment ( 1) . Nurses comprise one-in-three of the NHS mental health workforce (2) . They are fundamental to providing mental health services and a positive patient experience. However, mental health nursing vacancies represent a third of all nursing vacancies (3) , and while there has been a welcome increase in the number of mental health nurses in recent years, the rate of increase still falls behind that seen in adult and children’s nursing (2) . There are also significant regional differences in mental health nurse staffing that seem disconnected from the level of demand for services (2) . The bottom line is that both now and, in the future, we need more nurses working in mental health – which means expanding supply and ensuring we have the conditions needed to retain the experienced staff we already have. The NHS Long Term workforce plan proposes an investment in expanding training places by 2028/29, with a promised increase of 38% for mental health nursing (4) . A substantial change, but lower than that promised to other fields of nursing. Research has demonstrated the link between nurse wellbeing and patient experience of care, staff and patient safety, sickness absence, job satisfaction and leads to staff leaving the workforce (5) . Physical or mental health, burnout or exhaustion currently follow retirement as the top reason nurses leave the profession (6) . The 2022 NHS Staff Survey reports that 49% of mental health nurses felt unwell because of work-related stress in the last 12 months, 61% came to work despite not feeling well enough to perform their duties, 45% reported often or always finding their work emotionally exhausting, and 28% experienced physical violence from a patient or service user in the last 12 months. In addition, 70% work additional unpaid hours over and above their contracted hours. Therefore, understanding the working lives and wellbeing of the mental health nursing workforce is critical for patient care quality, patient nurses, and the growing nursing workforce. Change is urgently needed to meet the nation’s demand for mental health care, but change requires commitment, investment, and, above all, an understanding of, and sensitivity to, the underlying issues. NHS England made a commitment to the growth and development of mental health nursing (7) , and recommendations from this report together with those from the Nuffield Trust (2) say a more accurate and realistic image of the mental health nursing role is needed, with clarity on career options, work setting and the range of people mental health nurses care for, to challenge false stereotypes. In our research into the working lives and wellbeing of nurses in mental health, we have spoken to some truly inspirational nurses who describe working as a mental health nurse as “the best job in the world”. While both patients and nurses place value on therapeutic relationships (8) , the importance of these relationships appears to be poorly understood by those who have not been touched by this experience (9) . Yet the absence of such relationships in mental health care can impact both patients (who may feel more disconnected, alone or vulnerable) and nurses - who are less likely to feel job satisfaction or take pride in the care provided ( 8 , 10 ). Unlike other fields of nursing, mental health nurses argue that it is this patient familiarity, the knowledge and experience gained through patient interaction, rather than treatment-focused ‘skills’ that make mental health nurses unique and indispensable while also making the role of mental health nurses challenging to define and difficult to evidence. Nurses don’t just deliver the intervention; they are the intervention. This is why we are undertaking a study (with funding from the NIHR ARC Wessex Mental Health Hub ) to provide insight into the work lives, wellbeing and working context of nurses in mental health services so that action can be taken (through local changes and/or national policy) to enable a better experience of work. When nurses feel good about the work they do and are given what they need, the benefits – to staff, organisations, and patients – are many. As part of this work, a national survey of the mental health nursing workforce is currently underway. This survey is open to nurses on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC Register) providing mental healthcare to any patient group, in any setting, and for any health and social care provider. It is completely anonymous and will take 15-20 minutes to complete. This study is supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research ARC Wessex. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the National Institute for Health and Care Research or the Department of Health and Social Care. Professor Jane Ball Dr Naomi Klepacz References: 1. Care Quality Commission. Rising demand for mental health care [Internet]. 2022. Available from: https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/major-reports/soc202021_01d_mh-care-demand 2. Palmer W, Dodsworth E, Rolewicz L. In train? Progress on mental health nurse education [Internet]. Nuffield Trust; 2023 May. Available from: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Mental%20Health%20nursing%20update_WEB_FINAL.pdf 3. NHS Digital. NHS Vacancy Statistics England, April 2015 - March 2023, Experimental Statistics [Internet]. 2023. Available from: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/april-2015---march-2023-experimental-statistics 4. NHS England. NHS Long Term Workforce Plan [Internet]. 2023 Jun. Available from: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/nhs-long-term-workforce-plan-v1.2.pdf 5. Maben J, Adams M, Peccei R, Murrells T, Robert G. Patients’ experiences of care and the influence of staff motivation, affect and well-being. NIHR; 6. Nursing & Midwifery Council. 2023 NMC Registere Leavers Survey (Summary Report) [Internet]. Nursing & Midwivery Council; 2023 May [cited 2023 Jul 10] p. 1–36. Available from: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/data-reports/may-2023/annual-data-report-leavers-survey-2023.pdf 7. Health Education England. Commitment and Growth: advancing mental health nursing now and for the future [Internet]. Health Education England; 2022 Apr p. 37. Available from: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Commitment%20and%20Growth%20Advancing%20Mental%20Health%20Nursing%20Now%20and%20for%20the%20Future.pdf 8. Simpson A, Hannigan B, Coffey M, Barlow S, Cohen R, Jones A, et al. Recovery-focused care planning and coordination in England and Wales: a cross-national mixed methods comparative case study. BMC Psychiatry. 2016;16(147). 9. Clarke L. The therapeutic relationship and Mental Health Nursing: it is time to articulate what we do! J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2012;19:839–43. 10. Coffey M, Hannigan B, Barlow S, Cartwright M, Cohen R, Faulkner A, et al. Recovery-focused mental health care planning and co-ordination in acute inpatient mental health settings: a cross national comparative mixed methods study. BMC Psychiatry. 2019;19(115). Previous Next

ff477b29-43df-41e3-8562-aeeb2cfcbef7 ADOPTED: Investigating Quality of Care for People with Dementia Undergoing Cancer Treatment in Ambulatory Care (ImPaCT) Principal Investigator: Dr Naomi Farrington Team members: Dr Naomi Farrington (Advanced Nurse Practitioner and NIHR Clinical Lecturer, University Hospital Southampton and University of Southampton), Professor Jackie Bridges (Professor of Older People’s Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton), Professor Alison Richardson (Clinical Professor of Cancer Nursing and End of Life Care, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton). Start: 01 January 2019 End: 31 May 2022 Project partners: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, University of Southampton. S tudy is funded as part of a HEE/NIHR Clinical Lectureship Lay summary: There is not much information about people with dementia having cancer treatment. This study aims to understand how high quality care can be provided for people with dementia undergoing outpatient cancer treatment (radiotherapy, chemotherapy or other anti-cancer treatment). The study uses a research method called ethnography, which is where a researcher conducts ‘fieldwork’ to study a group of people to better understand that group. It will look at: The environment (surroundings and conditions) of the outpatient clinics and treatment areas; How people in the outpatient clinics and treatment areas behave and interact with each other; How treatment and support is organized in the outpatient clinic and treatment areas. Fieldwork will take place in the outpatient departments of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. It will include observations, interviews and review of patient notes. The people who will be invited to take part in the study are: People with dementia having cancer treatment; Friends or family supporting people with dementia having cancer treatment; Staff involved in the care of people with dementia having cancer treatment (doctors, nurses, support workers, administrative staff, and others). All those who take part in the study will be asked to give consent. The study includes: Observation . this will be carried out in cancer outpatient clinics and treatment areas. This will look at the environment (surroundings and conditions); the everyday interactions that happen between patients, carers and staff; and way in which care and support take place. Observation will take place in the general clinic areas as well as during doctor appointments and when treatment is being given. The researcher will take detailed notes. Interviews . these will be carried out with patients, carers and staff. These will focus on how people in the study speak and act to understand more about how they think and feel. Interviews will be digitally recorded, and a written transcript will be made. Patient notes . Researchers will look at patient notes to add to the information from observation and interviews. They will look at the notes to find out about diagnosis, treatment and support offered to patients. These 3 methods of data collection will help the researchers put together a detailed picture of the outpatient setting including how people act ( behaviour ), the surroundings and conditions ( environment ), and the way treatment and support is organised ( processes ). This will reveal ways in which healthcare organisations might best provide cancer treatment for people with dementia that is person-centred (focused on the needs of the person themselves) and of a high quality. What did we learn? The cultural environment of the outpatient care setting reflects and supports the standardized processing of people for cancer treatment. Dementia introduces a wider set of care requirements not catered for by a standardized treatment model. The needs of patients with dementia could be addressed most effectively when individualized care, was offered. This was possible when services were responsive to patient need. What difference did this new knowledge make? Outpatient cancer services can ensure responsiveness by: having an established way of eliciting needs, preferences and expectations a belief that a person's needs and expectations are legitimate, and that effort should be made to address them ability to accommodate these needs and expectations. Why is this important for patients, health and care providers, and policy makers? Managers of outpatient cancer care services have a better understanding of how to design and organize settings so that the needs of people with dementia can be addressed. Patients with dementia and their families will be more likely to receive personalized care that meets their needs. Policy makers will be more aware of the need to incorporate principles of personalized care into policies guiding the care and treatment of people with multiple health conditions. What have we done? This work has been part of building momentum to increase the profile of how people with cancer and dementia receive care and treatment. A national symposium was carried out with clinicians and academics in 2022 showcasing work addressing cancer and dementia. Dr Naomi Farrington is presenting this work as part of a session on ‘Person-Centred Care’ at the European Oncology Nursing Society in Madrid, October 2023. 3 papers have been published on this study: Understanding the cultural environment of the outpatient care setting for patients with dementia receiving cancer treatment: a qualitative study. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36382351/ How can I improve cancer services for people with dementia? https://journals.rcni.com/cancer-nursing-practice/evidence-and-practice/how-can-i-improve-cancer-services-for-people-with-dementia-cnp.21.5.22.s10/full 'A rea l fine balancing act’: A secondary qualitative analysis of power imbalance in comorbid cancer and dementia in an outpatient treatment setting. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36929372/ C LEAR steps for a responsive outpatient cancer service • C larify needs, expectations, preferences and goals • L egitimise these as valid • E nable these to be met by implementing strategies • A udit to ensure this is working for patients caregivers and health service • R ecord for the future https://vimeo.com/688041079

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Events Coming up Date and time is TBD Social Care Lunchtime Seminar | Event postponed until a later date / Via Zoom Learn more Date and time is TBD Via Zoom Health inequalities of ethnic minorities groups in the UK Tue, Mar 24 ARC Wessex Alcohol Research Webinar / Microsoft Teams Webinar Learn more Mar 24, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Microsoft Teams Webinar Thu, Mar 19 CRED Talk: Healthcare delegation and job satisfaction in home care / Microsoft Teams Webinar Learn more Mar 19, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Microsoft Teams Webinar Wed, Mar 11 CRED Talk: In conversation, thoughts and reflections from early career social care researchers / Microsoft Teams Webinar Learn more Mar 11, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Microsoft Teams Webinar Wed, Feb 11 ARC Wessex Healthy Communities Theme Meeting / Microsoft TEAMS Learn more Feb 11, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Microsoft TEAMS Join us to learn more about the Healthy Communities Theme projects and activities Mon, Nov 24 ARC Wessex Webinar: Living with Multiple Long Term Conditions / Microsoft Teams Webinar Learn more Nov 24, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Microsoft Teams Webinar Wed, Nov 05 CRED Talk: The Characteristics of the Social Care Workforce in England and Australia / Microsoft Teams Webinar Learn more Nov 05, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Microsoft Teams Webinar Mon, Nov 03 ARC Wessex Webinar: Young People in Research / Microsoft Teams Webinar Learn more Nov 03, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Microsoft Teams Webinar Wed, Oct 22 ARC Wessex Healthy Communities Theme Meeting / Microsoft TEAMS Learn more Oct 22, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Microsoft TEAMS Join us to learn more about the Projects and work of the Healthy Communities Theme Thu, Oct 16 Understanding why, who and when people decline an offer of accommodation in Portsmouth and continue to rough sleep / Online Seminar Learn more Oct 16, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Online Seminar Understanding why, who and when people decline an offer of accommodation in Portsmouth and continue to rough sleep - A realist informed evaluation' Mon, Oct 13 ARC Wessex Webinar: Supporting the Workforce / Microsoft Teams Learn more Oct 13, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Microsoft Teams Tue, Oct 07 ARC Event 2025 / Southampton Learn more Oct 07, 2025, 9:15 AM – 2:30 PM Southampton Applied Research, Real Lives, Change that matters Mon, Oct 06 ARC Qualitative Network Meeting | “Autoethnography” presented by Dr Becki Nash / Online seminar MSTeams Learn more Oct 06, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Online seminar MSTeams Cycles of Consideration, Judgement, and Slippage: Autoethnographic Accounts of Researching Medical Cosmetic Procedures Wed, Sep 17 ARC Wessex Ageing & Dementia Theme Meeting / Microsoft TEAMS Learn more Sep 17, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Microsoft TEAMS Join us to learn more about the Projects and work of the Ageing & Dementia Theme Mon, Sep 15 ARC Wessex Webinar: Empowering People to use Digital Solutions / Microsoft Teams Learn more Sep 15, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Microsoft Teams Find out how our researchers are improving digital healthcare Thu, Sep 04 Supporting Health Professionals Research Development / The ARK Conference Centre Learn more Sep 04, 2025, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM The ARK Conference Centre, Dinwoodie Dr, Basingstoke RG24 9NN, UK Wed, Jul 09 NIHR ARCs national webinar (#ARCseminar): Creative arts for dementia / Recording available below Details Jul 09, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Recording available below In this year's national #ARCseminar series, we explore the healing power of creative arts. Here, in the third webinar of the series, we will be hearing from researchers on: Creative arts for dementia care. Thu, Jul 03 Research Readiness in Homecare / Bournemouth Details Jul 03, 2025, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM Bournemouth, 89 Holdenhurst Rd, Bournemouth BH8 8EB, UK This event will focus on identifying opportunities to enhance research engagement and strengthen collaborations to drive better outcomes for people living with dementia at home. Wed, Jun 25 Empowering Ageing through Digital Health Coaching / Bournemouth University Lansdown Campus Learn more Jun 25, 2025, 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM Bournemouth University Lansdown Campus, Gateway Building, BG302, 12 St Paul's Ln, Bournemouth BH8 8GP, UK Celebrating the success of the DIALOR (DIgitAL cOaching for fRailty) project (funded by NIHR ARC Wessex) Load More Previous events

7fc9e212-9328-4765-add4-7315e187c43b Workforce Evaluation Toolkit project (WET) Outline: This is a commissioned piece of work from the ARC Wessex Workforce & Health Systems (WHS) theme to support them with regular requests from healthcare providers. The project is to iteratively develop a generic toolkit for the evaluation of new workforce roles across healthcare. The aim during the current project is to build a first trial version to prove the toolkit concept and generate buy-in from system partners. The Bakker’s Workforce engagement model Burnout forms the conceptual basis for evaluation toolkit. The deliverable for this project is a minimal viable product, in the shape of a workforce evaluation toolkit. Team: Ruth Barker Programme Manager – Insight Health Innovation Wessex . Cheryl Davies, Senior Programme Manager Innovation Adoption, Health Innovation Wessex. Rachel Bailey Senior Programme Manager - Insight, Health Innovation Wessex. Ends: 30 June 2024 More detailed outline or project and partners Workforce Evaluation Project Work Packages 011223[99] .docx Download DOCX • 390KB

How we involve and engage patients and the public in our applied health and care research Patient and Public Involvement, Engagement and Participation (or PPIEP in short) Our vision has been Meaningful public and community involvement and engagement has been a central part of NIHR ARC Wessex’ health and social care research activities. Over the last six and a half years patients and the public have supported our research in many ways. Helping to design research, co-producing research projects and their outputs, being an esstential part of the whole research process from inception to completion. In addition to their contributions during and after the research process, our public contributors have helped act as ambassadors for our work and helped to promote its findings. Below are just some of the images over the years of our contributors. How we met the UK standards for Public and Patient Involvement and Engage Downloadable information Impact report Glossary

f06fb2ad-c8c9-436f-982c-c278b7185585 ENRICHER – involvEment iN the cRiminal justice system & the ImpaCt on women’s Health dorsEt & hampshiRe Chief Investigator Professor Julie Parkes Professor in Public Health Head of School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education Faculty of Medicine University of Southampton, South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Dr Emma Plugge Associate Professor in Public Health School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education Faculty of Medicine University of Southampton, Co-Investigators Dr Donna Arrondelle , Research Fellow, University of Southampton Dr Naomi Gadian, Public Health Specialist Registrar, University of Southampton Donna Gipson, Director EP:IC Consultants Ltd, West Malling, Kent Dr James Hall , Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Southampton Paula Harriott , Head of Prison Engagement, Prison Reform Trust Professor Kathleen Kendall , Professorial Fellow of Sociology as Applied to Medicine, University of Southampton Dr Sara Morgan , Associate Professor in Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Professor James Raftery , Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Dr Lucy Wainwright , Director of Research, EP:IC Consultants Ltd, West Malling, Kent Starts: 1st April 2023 Ends: 30th September 2024 Summary This study will look at what happens to women’s health and wellbeing when they are imprisoned. The imprisoned women will be women from Dorset and we will compare any changes to changes in women from Hampshire who go to Hope Street instead of going to prison. Hope Street is a charity-funded alternative to prison, available only to women from Hampshire; women live in special accommodation in the community where they are secure and where they are able to access a range of health and social care services. Women who go to prison are often from the poorest communities and they often have many different health problems, particularly relating to their mental health. These health problems are often related to their crimes and so by making sure they get the services they need, this will help their health improve and benefit wider society by helping tackle crime. This study will ensure that this new and unique information is available to those who plan and deliver health services locally. The Southampton research team on this project are carrying out a 5-year evaluation of Hope Street. This means they can use the data that they are collecting as part of this evaluation on the health of women at Hope Street to compare to women from Dorset who are imprisoned. Researchers will collect information on the health and social care needs of the two groups of women at the same time intervals over a one-year period and in the same way. We will then compare this information to look for differences. We will interview the women so that we understand what their experiences are like in prison or Hope Street, and why there might be differences. We will also look at the cost of their care. The information from our study will help the professionals who plan health and social care services and also those who work in criminal justice settings such as prison or probation. Women with experience of imprisonment are part of the eight-person study team. They have helped design the project and will be working with Hope Street women to train them in research. They will also be important in spreading the word about the study. This will enable us to reach not just academic audiences and policy makers through publishing in journals or presenting at research conferences, but also people with lived experience of imprisonment and charities that work in this area. Informing a wide range of people will be important in ensuring that the findings from this study are acted on.

8f830c4b-12f3-482a-9f50-095a9cd14973 ADOPTED: Gambling in the UK: An analysis of data from individuals seeking treatment at the NHS Southern Gambling Service Principal Investigator: Professor Sam Chamberlain, Professor of Psychiatry at University of Soutampton & Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Co-investigators: Professor David Baldwin, University of Southampton, Professor Jon Grant , University of Chicago, Dr Konstantinos Ioannidis, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Mat King, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Partners : University of Southampton & Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Summary Gambling disorder is a growing problem amongst adult gamblers. Although previous research has identified some of the harms associated with gambling, few studies have documented how these harms in a large, UK clinical sample. Moreover, It is critical to investigate the socioeconomic determinants of gambling disorder via geospatial analyses, bringing together clinical and socio-economic parameters, to identify areas of need and inform the strategic development of the regional service as well as influence policy making more widely. Furthermore, little is known regarding the evolution of factors that predict treatment success dropout or relapse and how individual vulnerabilities interact with environmental risk. This research aims to fill this gap, by analysing a large existing dataset of treatment seeking gamblers. The service has a purpose to provide clinical excellence, while adopting innovative methods (digital pre-assessment, digital monitoring, virtual individual and group therapies etc.) in the clinical setting and to spearhead cutting-edge research which will inform and enhance clinical practice locally, nationally, and globally. The long-term goal of the service is to establish a world-renowned centre that minimises gambling harms through comprehensive evidence-based treatments, research, outreach, and prevention (including early interventions). The clinical focus of the Southern Gambling Service (SGS) is on minimising gambling harms, which involves treating disordered gambling using evidence-based approaches, as well as providing support aimed to promote or replenish recovery capital in individuals (e.g. detecting comorbidities and signposting individuals to other sources of support, enhance social connectedness, promote liaison with sources of financial, social and wellbeing support, setting out the scaffolding of follow up arrangements).