ADVANCING HEALTHCARE PRACTICE
Practice Based Development and Research Programme

Projects

This programme aims to support nurse-led healthcare teams who have identified an aspect of care that needs improving and are committed to working in a systematic way to develop and change practice through research. Click on the links below to find out more about the projects that are currently being supported.

Date project started

Title of initiative

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September 2009 Introducing a pain assessment tool for cognitively impaired patients on complex care wards Bolton Hospital Foundation NHS Trust
September 2009 Evaluating 'Back to the Floor Friday' Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
September 2009 Exploring and understanding the use of retrograde colonic irrigation with children and young people Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
September 2009 Making a difference with lower limbs: implementing a nurse-led leg ulcer clinic NHS Calderdale
September 2009 Hearing voices: understanding the experiences of service users to develop effective coping strategies Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust/Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
March 2008 Improving oral care management for children in a palliative care setting East Anglia's Children's Hospices

March 2008

Using discovery interviews to improve dignity in acute care for older people Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust/ University College London Hospitals NHS Trust
March 2008 An overlooked vital sign? Pain management for older people in hospital Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
May 2007 Improving diabetes care for residents in care homes Powys Local Health Board
May 2007 Involving service users' stories in developing mental health services Powys Local Health Board

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