Digital Innovations in Healthcare and Education

Implementation of an online intervention to support health and wellbeing in NHS nurses and midwives

Project Duration

February 2016 - February 2017

Funder

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Impact Acceleration Fund

Project Staff                    Staff Institutions

  • Dr Holly Blake1                1. University of Nottingham1
  • Ms Steph Knowles2          2. Nottingham University Hospitals

                                               NHS Trust2

Aims

In response to UK public health agenda, we developed an online intervention to support health and wellbeing in NHS nurses and midwives. We aim to collaboratively implement this in practice, targeting 4,651 nurses and midwives at NUH Trust through networking, targeted campaigns, media promotion and a pilot programme of bespoke training workshops delivered and evaluated in partnership with staff.

These would be sustainably embedded within the NUH pioneering employee wellbeing programme. We would generate national impact (e.g. through NHS England, NHS Employers, Royal College of Nursing) by promoting case studies of NUH as an exemplar trust for supporting nurses and midwives.

Methods

Implementation project, networking, targeted campaigns, media promotion, intervention delivery, evaluation, practical workshops, qualitative interviews, case studies.

Stage of Development

Underway: online tool evaluation, implementation.

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Contact for further information

Dr Holly Blake

 

 

Digital Innovations in Healthcare and Education Research Group

The University of Nottingham
School of Health Sciences
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, NG7 2HA


telephone: +44 (0)115 823 0909
email: heather.wharrad@nottingham.ac.uk