HESCADE
Welcome to HESCADE
The Health & Social CAre Workforce - Development and Education Research Group (HESCADE) is multidisciplinary with a focus on questions about the education, development and well-being of the current and future health and social care workforce.
We address the following research themes:
- Interventions to support the well-being of the health- and social care workforce
- Effective methods of education/training of the current and future health- and social care workforce
- Effective methods of supporting, retaining and developing the health- and social care workforce professionals
- The impact and acceptability of innovation in the health- and social care workforce, including new ways of working, new knowledge and skills, and new roles.
Examples of current projects
Addressing the retention of community nurses in England: a mixed methods study of strategies, impact, and outcomes
The National Health Service (NHS) has major problems in meeting the needs of patients and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. There are plans to provide more care outside hospitals, such as more virtual wards in the community. These plans rely on having enough nurses working in the community and visiting patients in their own homes. Community and district nursing services in England often have problems in keeping staff – a particular issue in cities and for adult community nursing services. This study will identify successful ways of preventing community nurses for adults leaving their jobs and organisations.
Implementation of the non-medical practitioner workforce into the emergency and urgent care system skill-mix in England: a mixed methods study of configurations and impact.
This NIHR HS&DR-funded study investigates the role non-medical practitioners play in NHS hospital emergency departments and urgent treatment centres to determine the best ‘skill-mix' – the ratio of non-medical practitioners to doctors and nurses. The research will feature three phases and involve the analysis of national data and observing non-medical practitioners while they work, as well as detailed case studies of patient experience and outcomes in emergency departments with different skill-mixes.
Exploring the psycho-social impact on Healthcare students and professionals when silencing or raising concerns: a pilot study
This pilot study was conducted as a preparatory study to co-design a large research study exploring the impact of silencing or raising concerns on the wellbeing of healthcare students and professionals. The aim of the pilot study was to collaborate with key stakeholders to identify a relevant research focus and appropriate methodology for researching this sensitive topic, and a methodology for impactful and sustainable implementation. Stakeholders included NHS healthcare professionals, including those with experiences related to raising concerns, and healthcare academics.
Examples of recent publications
- Drennan VM, Halter M, Taylor F, Gabe J, Jarman H. Non-medical practitioners in the staffing of emergency departments and urgent treatment centres in England: a mixed qualitative methods study of policy implementation. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Nov 8;23(1):1221. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10220-4.
- Ooms, Ann, Heaton-Shrestha, Celayne, Connor, Sarah, McCawley, Siobhan, McShannon, Jennie, Music, Graham and Trainor, Kay (2022) Enhancing the well-being of front-line healthcare professionals in high pressure clinical environments : a mixed-methods evaluative research project. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 132, p. 104257. ISSN (print) 0020-7489
- Micallef, Ricarda, Kayyali, Reem and Ooms, Ann (2022) The PRACTICE framework for organising and delivering a learning event for pharmacists' lifelong learning. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 14(4), pp. 407-414. ISSN (print) 1877-1297
