Staff Profile
Prof Nicky Britten
Person Centred Care Theme Lead
I am a qualitative researcher and sociologist of health and illness with an interest in the ways in which evidence based treatments and management strategies are used - or not - in patients' everyday lives. My work aims to promote good communication and to enable health professionals in supporting patients more effectively. Projects with other members of the PenCLAHRC Third Gap team include a study of doctors’ understandings of individualised treatments, a concept mapping of terms associated with individualisation, and a study with members of PenPIG about patient involvement in the licensing of new drugs. I lead the Patient and Public Involvement team. I am Principal Investigator for the Diabetes Intervention Agenda Trial (DIAT), which is investigating a question proposed by a patient and also by a Diabetes Specialist Nurse.
Contact by phone
01392 724859
Employed by
University of Exeter
Areas of expertise
Qualitative Research, Sociology of Health and Illness, Synthesis of Qualitative Research
Projects
Diabetes Intervention for Agenda Trial (DIAT) A new model of prescribing for multi-morbid patients taking multiple prescribed medications PARTNERS2 Person-Centred Coordinated Care (P3C)Publications
Medication Errors: problems and recommendations from a consensus meeting
Medication errors: the role of the patientThe experience and impact of chronic disease peer support interventions: a qualitative synthesisThe patients experience of holistic care: insights from acupuncture researchHealth beliefs before and after participation on an exercised-based rehabilitation programme for chronic knee pain: doing is believingNegotiating the boundary between medicine and consumer culture: Online marketing of nutrigenetic testsCancer patients experiences of using complementary therapies: polarization and integrationThe performance of junior doctors in applying clinical pharmacology knowledge and prescribing skills to standardized clinical casesQualitative research on health communication: what can it contribute?Acupuncture for frequent attenders with medically unexplained symptoms: a randomised controlled trial (CACTUS Study)Traditional acupuncture for people with medically unexplained symptoms: a longitudinal qualitative study of patients experiencesThe challenges of evaluating large-scale, multi-partner programmes: the case of NIHR CLAHRCsThe effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of telephone triage of patients requesting same day consultations in general practice: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing nurse-led and GP-led management systems (ESTEEM)Investigating interactional competencies in Parkinson's disease: the potential benefits of a conversation analytic approachPotential causes and consequences of overlap in talk between speakers with Parkinson's disease and their familiar conversation partnersMedicines and Society: Patients, Professionals and the Dominance of PharmaceuticalsTesting Methodological Guidance on the Conduct of Narrative Synthesis in Systematic Reviews: Effectiveness of Interventions to Promote Smoke Alarm Ownership and FunctionCommentary on Series: The research agenda for general practice/family medicine and primary health care in EuropeQualitative research and the take-up of evidence-based practiceResisting psychotropic medicines: a synthesis of qualitative studies of medicine-takingDoctors' understanding of individualisation of drug treatments: A qualitative interview studyCreating Change that Counts: Evidence-led Co-creation as a Pathway to ImpactInvolving patients in drug licensing decisionsValues associated with Public Involvement (PI) in Health and Social Care Research: a Narrative ReviewPatient involvement in drug licensing: a case studyWhat if we made stratified medicine work for patients?Context and complexity: the meaning of self-management for older adults with heart diseaseElaboration of the Gothenburg model of Person-Centred CareSocial movements, lay knowledge and the use of medicines: Two personal reflectionsThe experience of heavy menstrual bleeding: A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studiesCranial osteopathy for children with cerebral palsy: a randomised controlled trialTheoretical directions for an emancipatory concept of patient and public involvementPerson-centred medicines optimisation policy in England: An agenda for research on polypharmacy Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of personcentred care in different healthcare contextsTheoretical directions for an emancipatory concept of patient and public involvement“How can anybody be representative for those kind of people?” Forms of patient representation in health research, and why it is always contestable Inside the “Black Box” of a Knowledge Translation Program in Applied Health ResearchRapid response: The BMJ's Own Patient StoryWhat is the nature and value of a risk management tool in a large-scale complex programme of collaborative applied health research?Collaborative research and the co-production of knowledge for practice: an illustrative case study Multiple repair sequences in everyday conversations involving people with Parkinson’s DiseaseA qualitative investigation of lay perspectives of diagnosis and self-management strategies employed by people with progressive multiple sclerosisTenacious assumptions of person-centred care? Exploring tensions and variations in practiceExploring perceived barriers, drivers, impacts and the need for evaluation of public involvement in health and social care research: a modified Delphi study Can Agent Based Simulation be used as a tool to support polypharmacy prescribing practice?Consulting parents about the design of a randomized controlled trial of osteopathy for children with cerebral palsyA qualitative synthesis of diabetes self-management strategies for long term medical outcomes and quality of life in the UKExploring the impact of providing evidence-based medicine training to service usersInvolving patients and the public in healthcare operational researchMeta-Study as Diagnostic: Toward Content Over Form in Qualitative SynthesisIndividualisation of drug treatments for patients with long-term conditions: a review of conceptsSolutions to problematic polypharmacy: learning from the expertise of patientsRehabilitation Enablement in ChronicHeart Failure - a facilitated self-care rehabilitation intervention in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (REACH-HFpEF) and their caregivers: rationale and protocol for a single-centre pilot ranA pilot randomised controlled trial of a preconsultation web-based intervention to improve the care quality and clinical outcomes of diabetes outpatients (DIAT) The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF) facilitated self-care rehabilitation intervention in heart failure patients and caregivers: rationale and protocol for a multicentre randA pre-consultation web-based tool to generate an agenda for discussion in diabetes outpatient clinics to improve patient outcomes (DIAT): a feasibility studyUpcoming Events
Jul
13
Searching and Review Clinic
ITTC Building, Plymouth Science Park (Room N14)
These clinics have been set up to help the PenCLAHRC Evidence
Synthesis Team to manage and respond...
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Sep
06
Making Sense of Health Research...
Room 1.24 South Cloisters - University of Exeter - St Lukes Campus
An introduction to making sense of evidence Introduction to Making
Sense of Evidence During this talk a...
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News
Launch of new website to mark one year of Health Service Modelling Associates Programme
04 July 2017
“With the HSMA programme, we have developed an exciting new way for
the NHS to...
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PenCHORD strengthens links to overseas research partners
28 June 2017
Following a successful bid in 2016, PenCHORD
(PenCLAHRC’s operational research group), has been awarded
additional funding...
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Prisoner mental health collaboration receives extension and funding boost
23 June 2017
A national collaboration supported by PenCLAHRC, investigating
ways to support prisoners with mental health problems both...
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Research Projects
Public involvement in suicide prevention
Theme: Mental Health & Dementia
A research programme examining a public health intervention
designed to help members of the public...
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PenCHORD: Modelling the optimal size of Derriford Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU)
Theme: Evidence for Policy and Practice
Providing modelling evidence of the optimal size for an expanded
Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU) at...
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