Dr Emily Wood

PhD, RNMH

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Lecturer

e.f.wood@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9121

+44 272 4095 (Fax)

3031, Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Dr Emily Wood
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
3031
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile: I am a mental health nurse researcher working on healthcare workforce and policy research in ScHARR. The focus of my research is on the factors affecting retention of staff in NHS services and implementation of changing roles and changing ways of working for staff. I have worked in a variety of ward-based and community mental health services in the UK and Gibraltar. My PhD, in Health Services Research, focussed on the use of EMDR to treat long-term depression. I am also interested in a whole person view of healthcare particularly in people who have multiple conditions, which include both mental and physical illnesses.

Research interests

Health and social care workforce issues (safe staffing levels, recruitment and retention, burnout and stress, implementation of change)
Treatment for long term depression
Mental health and physical health
Mental health and the environment

Current Projects

RoMHS – Retention of Mental Health Staff

Publications

Journal articles

Robertson S, King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan A (2023) Trainee nursing associates in England: A multisite qualitative study of higher education institution perspectives. International Nursing Review.
King R, Laker S, Alden S, Ryan A, Wood E, Tod A, Senek M, Robertson S & Taylor B (2023) Training and development experiences of nursing associate trainees based in primary care across England: a qualitative study.. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 24, 1-7.
Robertson S, King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan T (2023) Primary care trainee nursing associates in England: a qualitative study of higher education institution perspectives. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 24.
Phillips J, Wood E, Loveard T, McKinlay E, MacDonald C, Parker G & Gray L (2023) New Zealand hospice staff perspectives on ‘Xcellent Gowns’ for big bodied palliative care patients: a qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care.
Senek M, Robertson S, King R, Wood E & Ryan T (2022) Should I stay or should I go? Why nurses are leaving community nursing in the UK. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1).
Wood E, King R, Taylor B, Robertson S, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan T (2022) Moral distress in advanced practice nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Standard.
King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A, Ryan A, Snowden S & Robertson S (2022) A tale of two bridges: factors influencing career choices of trainee nursing associates in England: a longitudinal qualitative study. Nursing Open. View this article in WRRO
Robertson S, King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan T (2022) Development of the nursing associate role in community and primary care settings across England. Primary Health Care. View this article in WRRO
Robertson S, King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan T (2022) A local stakeholder perspective on nursing associate training. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 16(3), 126-133. View this article in WRRO
Senek M, Robertson S, Taylor B, Wood E, King R & Ryan T (2022) Consequences of understaffing on type of missed community care - a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 4. View this article in WRRO
Adams R, Ryan T & Wood E (2021) Understanding the factors that affect retention within the mental health nursing workforce: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. View this article in WRRO
King R, Ryan T, Senek M, Wood E, Taylor B, Tod A, Talpur A & Robertson S (2021) The impact of COVID-19 on work, training and well-being experiences of nursing associates in England: A cross-sectional survey. Nursing Open.
Foster A, Clowes M & Wood E (2021) Identifying the evidence base of interventions supporting mental health nurses to cope with stressful working enviroments: A scoping review.. J Nurs Manag.
Wood E, King R, Robertson S, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan T (2021) Sources of satisfaction, dissatisfaction and well‐being for UK advanced practice nurses: A qualitative study. Journal of Nursing Management. View this article in WRRO
Wood E, Ross S, Raffay J & Todd A (2020) Service user views of mental health spiritual and pastoral care chaplaincy services. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy.
Senek M, Robertson S, Ryan T, King R, Wood E, Taylor B & Tod A (2020) Determinants of nurse job dissatisfaction - findings from a cross-sectional survey analysis in the UK. BMC Nursing, 19(1).
King R, Taylor B, Talpur A, Jackson C, Manley K, Ashby N, Tod A, Ryan T, Wood E, Senek M & Robertson S (2020) Factors that optimise the impact of continuing professional development in nursing: A rapid evidence review. Nurse Education Today. View this article in WRRO
King R, Ryan T, Wood E, Tod A & Robertson S (2020) Motivations, experiences and aspirations of trainee nursing associates in England: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). View this article in WRRO
Senek M, Robertson S, Ryan T, King R, Wood E & Tod A (2020) The association between care left undone and temporary Nursing staff ratios in acute settings: a cross- sectional survey of registered nurses. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). View this article in WRRO
Wood E, King R, Robertson S, Allmark P, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan A (2020) Advanced practice nurses' experiences and well-being: baseline demographics from a cohort study. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(4), 959-967. View this article in WRRO
Adams R, Ohlsen S & Wood E (2020) Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for the treatment of psychosis: a systematic review. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11(1). View this article in WRRO
Senek M, Robertson S, Ryan T, Sworn K, King R, Wood E & Tod A (2020) Nursing care left undone in community settings: Results from a UK cross‐sectional survey. Journal of Nursing Management. View this article in WRRO
Wood EF, Ricketts T & Parry G (2018) EMDR as a treatment for long‐term depression: A feasibility study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 91(1), 63-78. View this article in WRRO
Tom R, Saxon D, Wood E, Hulin J, Soady J, Ohlsen S & Mitchell C (2018) The effect of comorbid depression on the use of unscheduled hospital care by people with a long term condition: A retrospective observational study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 227, 366-371. View this article in WRRO
Wood EF, Ohlsen S, Thompson J, Hulin J & Knowles L (2017) The feasibility of brief dog assisted therapy on university students stress levels: The PAwS study.. Journal of Mental Health. View this article in WRRO
Wood EF, Ohlsen S & Ricketts T (2017) What are the barriers and facilitators to implementing Collaborative Care for depression? A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 214, 26-43. View this article in WRRO
Raffay J, Wood EF & Todd A (2016) Service user views of spiritual and pastoral care (chaplaincy) in NHS mental health services: a co-produced constructivist grounded theory investigation. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 200-200. View this article in WRRO
Wood E, Raffay J & Todd A (2016) How Could Co-production Principles Improve Mental Health Spiritual and Pastoral Care (Chaplaincy) Services?. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 4(1), 51-56. View this article in WRRO
Wood E & Ricketts T (2013) Is EMDR an Evidenced-Based Treatment for Depression? A Review of the Literature. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 7(4), 225-235. View this article in WRRO
Wood E, Watson R & Hayter M (2011) To what extent are the Christian clergy acting as frontline mental health workers? A study from the North of England. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 14(8), 769-783. View this article in WRRO
Long J, Ohlsen S, Senek M, Booth A, Weich S & Wood E () A realist synthesis of factors affecting retention of staff in UK adult mental health services. BMJ Open.
Hampshaw S, Cooke J, Robertson S, Wood E, King R & Tod A () Understanding the value of a PhD for post‐doctoral registered UK nurses: a survey. Journal of Nursing Management.
Ohlsen S, Sanders T, Connell J & Wood E () Integrating mental health care into home‐based nursing services: A qualitative study utilising normalisation process theory. Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Senek M, Robertson S, Ryan T, Tod A, King R, Wood E & Taylor B () Missed care in community and primary care. Primary Health Care.
Wood E, King R, Senek M, Robertson S, Taylor B, Tod A & Ryan A () UK advanced practice nurses’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods cross sectional study. BMJ Open.
Wood E, Ohlsen S, Fenton S-J, Connell J & Weich S () Social Prescribing for people with complex needs: A realist evaluation. BMC Family Practice.
Robertson S, King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Snowden S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan A () Support and career aspirations among trainee nursing associates: a longitudinal cohort study. Nursing Times.
Taylor B, South J, Robertson S, Ryan T, Wood E, King RL, Senek M, Tod A & Seymour J () Addressing current challenges in adult nursing: Describing a virtual consensus development project methodology. Nursing Open.

Preprints

King RL, Ryan T, Wood E, Tod A & Robertson S () Motivations, experiences and aspirations of Trainee Nursing Associates in England. A qualitative study, Research Square Platform LLC.
King RL, Wood E, Robertson S, Ryan T & Tod A () Motivations, experiences and aspirations of Trainee Nursing Associates in England. A qualitative study, Research Square Platform LLC.
King RL, Wood E, Robertson S, Ryan T & Tod A () Motivations, experiences and aspirations of Trainee Nursing Associates in England. A qualitative study, Research Square Platform LLC.
Senek M, ROBERTSON S, RYAN T, RN RK, WOOD E & TOD A () The Association between Care Left Undone and Temporary Nursing Staff ratios in Acute Settings: A cross- sectional survey of registered nurses, Research Square Platform LLC.
Senek M, ROBERTSON S, RYAN T, RN RK, WOOD E & TOD A () The Association between Care Left Undone and Temporary Nursing Staff ratios in Acute Settings: A cross- sectional survey of registered nurses, Research Square Platform LLC.
King RL, Wood E, Robertson S, Ryan T & Tod A () Motivations, experiences and aspirations of Trainee Nursing Associates in England. A qualitative study, Research Square Platform LLC.

Teaching interests

PhD supervision

I would be pleased to hear from potential PhD students who would like to work on qualitative or mixed methods projects, which are related to my research areas.

Taught courses

I teach mental health to Adult branch nursing students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and research methods to Masters in clinical research students.

Professional activities and memberships

I sit on the departmental research committee and equality, diversity and inclusion committee.

I sit on the EMDR Association UK and Ireland’s Scientific and Research Committee.

I am the University’s Humanist and non-faith advisor to the Chaplaincy Centre https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/chaplaincy/humanist.

I also work in the Health Sciences School where I am a research fellow.