Job Title
Professor
Department
WMS - Health Sciences
Phone
+44(0)24 7615 0614
Research Interests
Professor Kate Seers BSc (Hons) RN PhD DSc SFHEA was Professor of Health Research and Director of Warwick Research in Nursing, Warwick Medical School. In April 2024, she was appointed as a NIHR Senior Investigator. She retired in Autumn 2024. Professor Seers has established an international reputation for her research, which includes pain and its management, knowledge translation and implementation research, complex interventions and research relevant to nursing. She also has considerable expertise in process evaluations embedded within RCTs. Her research has used quantitative and qualitative systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, qualitative methodologies and often mixed methods. She has supervised 26 PhD students to completion and currently co-supervises three PhD students. Current research studies include: 1) NIHR HS&DR. Mapping and Evaluating Services for Children with Learning Disabilities and Behaviours that Challenge (MELD). PI: Hastings. Work Package (WP) lead. £1,245,271. 1/2/2021 to 30/9/25. 2) NIHR NIHR COVID-19 Recover and Learning Funding Committee. Rehabilitation Exercise and psychological support after covid-19 Infection (REGAIN). PI: McGregor. £650,626. 1st September 2020 for 2 years. WP lead. 4) NIHR HTA Supervised Pulmonary Hypertension Exercise Rehabilitation. (SPHERe). £1,328,000. 39 months from 1st June 2019. Work package lead and Co-I. 5) MRC/NIHR Better Methods Better Research. Re-evaluating the remote. £417,811. QRDC. 18 months from May 2022. 6) NIHR HTA medication support interventions and strategies for people with learning disabilities - a mixed evidence synthesis. £315,545. 18 months from September 2022. 7) NIHR Developing a role for patients and the public in the implementation of health and social care research evidence into practice. £836,772. 38 months from 1-9-22.
Biography
Professor Seers BSc (Hons) RN PhD DSc SFHEA was Professor of Health Research and Director of Warwick Research in Nursing. She retired from that post and has been awarded the title Emeritus Professor. In 2014 Professor Seers was listed as a "highly cited" researcher on Thomson Reuter's list. In March 2024 she was appointed as an NIHR Senior Investigator. At the University of Warwick she was Deputy Head of Warwick Applied Health (Research). She was chair of the Institutional Athena-Swan self assessment team 2019-2024 which successfully submitted for a silver award. Orcid 0000-0001-7921-552X
- McGregor, Gordon, Sandhu, Harbinder, Bruce, Julie, Sheehan, Bartholomew, McWilliams, David, Yeung, Joyce, Jones, Christina, Lara, Beatriz, Alleyne, Sharisse, Smith, Jessica L., Lall, Ranjit, Ji, Chen, Ratna, Mariam B., Ennis, Stuart, Heine, Peter J., Patel, Shilpa, Abraham, Charles, Mason, James, Nwankwo, Henry, Nichols, Vivien P. et al (Select to open full list), 2024. Clinical effectiveness of an online supervised group physical and mental health rehabilitation programme for adults with post-covid-19 condition (REGAIN study) : multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ
- McGregor, Gordon, Sandhu, Harbinder, Bruce, Julie, Sheehan, Bartholomew, McWilliams, David, Yeung, Joyce, Jones, Christina, Lara, Beatriz, Alleyne, Sharisse, Smith, Jessica L., Lall, Ranjit, Ji, Chen, Ratna, Mariam B., Ennis, Stuart, Heine, Peter J., Patel, Shilpa, Abraham, Charles, Mason, James, Nwankwo, Henry, Nichols, Vivien P. et al (Select to open full list), 2024. Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After covid-19 InfectioN (REGAIN) : a multi-centre randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 384
- Sandhu, Harbinder K., Booth, Katie, Furlan, Andrea D., Shaw, Jane, Carnes, Dawn, Taylor, Stephanie J. C., Abraham, Charles, Alleyne, Sharisse, Balasubramanian, Shyam, Betteley, Lauren, Haywood, Kirstie L., Iglesias-Urrutia, Cynthia P., Krishnan, Sheeja, Lall, Ranjit, Manca, Andrea, Mistry, Dipesh, Newton, Sian, Noyes, Jennifer, Nichols, Vivien, Padfield, Emma et al (Select to open full list), 2023. Reducing opioid use for chronic pain with a group-based intervention. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 329 (20), pp. 1745-1756
- Parsons, Joanne, Eccles, Abi, Bick, Debra, Keighley, Michael R. B., Clements, Anna, Cornish, Julie, Embleton, Sarah, McNiven, Abigail, Seers, Kate, Hillman, Sarah C., 2023. Women's experiences of anal incontinence following vaginal birth : a qualitative study of missed opportunities in routine care contacts. PLoS One, 18 (6)
- Harvey, Gillian, Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Seers, Kate, Wilson, Paul, Cassidy, Christine, Embrett, Mark, Hu, Jiale, Pearson, Mark, Semenic, Sonia, Zhao, Junqiang, Graham, Ian, 2023. Connecting the science and practice of implementation ? applying the lens of context to inform study design in implementation research. Frontiers in Public Health, 3
- Nichols , Vivian P., Abraham, Charles, Eldabe, Sam, Sandhu, Harbinder, Underwood, Martin, Seers, Kate, 2023. ?It was a joint plan we worked out together.? How the I-WOTCH programme enabled people with chronic non-malignant pain to taper their opioids : a process evaluation. BMJ Open
- Ennis, Stuart, Heine, Peter J., Sandhu, Harbinder, Sheehan, Bart, Yeung, Joyce, McWilliams, David, Jones, Christina, Abraham, Charles, Underwood, Martin, Bruce, Julie, Seers, Kate, McGregor, Gordon, 2023. Development of an online intervention for the Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After covid-19 InfectioN (REGAIN) trial [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. NIHR open research, 3
- Ennis, Stuart, Sandhu, Harbinder, Bruce, Julie, Seers, Kate, Pincus, Tamar, Underwood, Martin, McGregor, Gordon, 2023. Development of a complex exercise rehabilitation intervention for people with pulmonary hypertension : the supervised pulmonary hypertension exercise rehabilitation (SPHERe) trial. BMJ Open, 13 (8)
- Gauly, Julia, Court, Rachel A., Currie, Graeme, Seers, Kate, Clarke, Aileen, Metcalfe, Andrew J., Wilson, Anna, Hazell, Matthew, Grove, Amy L., 2023. Advancing leadership in surgery : a realist review of interventions and strategies to promote evidence-based leadership in healthcare. Implementation Science, 18 (1)
- Gauly, Julia, Court, Rachel A., Seers, Kate, Currie, Graeme, Grove, Amy L., 2023. In which context and for whom can interventions improve leadership of surgical trainees, surgeons and surgical teams and why : a realist review protocol. Open Research
- Taylor, Emma L., Thompson, Paul A., Manktelow, Nicholas, Flynn, Samantha, Gillespie, D., Bradshaw, J., Gore, N., Liew, Ashley, Lovell, M., Sutton, K., Richards, C., Petrou, S., Langdon, Peter E., Grant, G., Cooper, V., Seers, Kate, Hastings, Richard P., 2023. Mapping and identifying service models for community-based services for children with intellectual disabilities and behaviours that challenge in England. BMC Health Services Research, 23
- Nichols, Vivien P., Abraham, C. A., Eldabe, S., Sandhu, Harbinder, Underwood, M., Seers, K., 2023. "It was a joint plan we worked out together.? How the I-WOTCH programme enabled people with chronic non-malignant pain to taper their opioids : a process evaluation. BMJ Open, 13 (12)
- 'Toye, F., 'Seers, K., 'Barker, K. L., 2022. 'A qualitative evidence synthesis using meta-ethnography to understand the experience of living with osteoarthritis pain. Pain
- Finnegan, Susanne, Bruce, Julie, Seers, Kate, 2021. Life after falls prevention exercise ? experiences of older people taking part in a clinical trial. BMC Geriatrics, 21
- Toye, F., Belton, J., Hannink, E., Seers, Kate, Barker, K., 2021. A healing journey with chronic pain ? a meta-ethnography synthesising 195 qualitative studies. Pain Medicine, 22 (6), pp. 1333-1344
- McGregor, Gordon, Sandhu, Harbinder, Bruce, Julie, Sheehan, Bartholomew, McWilliams, David, Yeung, Joyce, Jones, Christina, Lara, Beatriz, Smith, Jessica L., Ji, Chen, Fairbrother, Elaine, Ennis, Stuart, Heine, Peter J., Alleyne, Sharisse, Guck, Jonathan, Padfield, Emma, Potter, Rachel, Mason, James, Lall, Ranjit, Seers, Kate et al (Select to open full list), 2021. Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After covid-19 InfectioN? (REGAIN) : a structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 22 (1)
- Sanatinia, Rahil, Burns, Alistair, Crome, Peter, Gordon, Fabiana, Hood, Chloe, Lee, William, Quirk, Alan, Seers, Kate, Staniszewska, Sophie, Zafarani, Gemma, Crawford, Mike, 2021. Factors associated with shorter length of admission among people with dementia in England and Wales : retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 11 (10)
- Sanatinia, Rahil, Crawford, Mike J., Quirk, Alan, Hood, Chloe, Gordon, Fabiana, Crome, Peter, Staniszewska, Sophie, Zafarani, Gemma, Hammond, Sara, Burns, Alistair, Seers, Kate, 2020. Identifying features associated with higher-quality hospital care and shorter length of admission for people with dementia : a mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8 (22), pp. 1-92
- McGregor, Gordon, Bruce, Julie, Ennis, Stuart, Mason, James, Lall, Ranjit, Ji, Chen, Sandhu, Harbinder, Seers, Kate, Banerjee, Prithwish, Canaway, Alastair, Booth, Katie, Taylor, Stephanie J. C., Robertson, Elizabeth, Pincus, Tamar, Singh, Sally, Fitzmaurice, David A., Bowater, Sarah, Clift, Paul, Underwood, Martin, 2020. Supervised pulmonary hypertension exercise rehabilitation (SPHERe) : study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 20 (1)
- Andrews, Hannah, Tierney, Stephanie, Seers, Kate, 2020. Needing permission : the experience of self-care and self-compassion in nursing. A constructivist grounded theory study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 101
- Grove, Amy L., Clarke, Aileen, Currie, Graeme, Metcalfe, Andrew J., Pope, Catherine, Seers, Kate, 2020. Advancing clinical leadership to improve the implementation of evidence-based practice in surgery : a longitudinal mixed-method study protocol. Implementation Science, 15 (1)
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Barker, Karen Louise, 2020. ?It's like she?s talking about me? ? exploring the value and potential impact of a YouTube film presenting a qualitative evidence synthesis about chronic pain : an analysis of online comments. Canadian Journal of Pain, 4 (3), pp. 61-70
- Ahmed, Imran, Chawla, Amit, Underwood, Martin, Price, Andrew J., Metcalfe, Andrew J., Hutchinson, Charles E., Warwick, Jane, Seers, Kate, Parsons, Helen, Wall, Peter D. H., 2020. Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 12
- Nichols, Vivien P., Toye, Francine, Eldabe, Sam, Sandhu, Harbinder, Underwood, Martin, Seers, Kate, 2020. Experiences of people taking opioid medication for chronic non-malignant pain : a qualitative evidence synthesis using meta-ethnography. BMJ Open, 10
- Froud, Robert J., Grant, Mary, Burton, Kim, Foss, Jonathan G. K., Ellard, David R., Seers, Kate, Smith, Deb, Barillec, Marianna, Patel, Shilpa, Haywood, Kirstie L., Underwood, Martin, 2020. Development and feasibility of an intervention featuring individual supported work placements to aid return-to-work for unemployed people living with chronic pain. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6
- Toye, F., Seers, Kate, Barker, K., 2019. Living life precariously with rheumatoid arthritis - a mega-ethnography of nine qualitative evidence syntheses. BMC Rheumatology, 3 (1)
- Menary, Jonathan, Seers, Kate, Collier, Rosemary, 2019. Innovation in the UK fresh produce sector : identifying systemic problems and the move towards systemic facilitation. Agricultural Systems, 176
- Nichols, Vivien P., Abraham, Charles, Eldabe, Sam, Sandhu, Harbinder, Underwood, Martin, Seers, Kate, 2019. Process evaluation protocol for the I-WOTCH study : an opioid tapering support programme for people with chronic non-malignant pain. BMJ Open, 9
- Tierney, Stephanie, Tutton, Liz, Seers, Kate, 2019. I becomes we, but where is me? The unity-division paradox when caring for a relative with dementia : a qualitative study. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 14 (4)
- Grant, Mary, O'Beirne-Elliman, J., Froud, Robert, Underwood, Martin, Seers, Kate, 2019. The work of return to work. Challenges of returning to work when you have chronic pain : a meta-ethnography. BMJ Open, 9
- Sandhu, Harbinder K., Abraham, Charles, Alleyne, Sharisse, Balasubramanian, Shyam, Betteley, Lauren, Booth, Katie, Carnes, Dawn, Furlan, Andrea D., Haywood, Kirstie L., Iglesias Urrutia, Cynthia Paola, Lall, Ranjit, Manca, Andrea, Mistry, Dipesh, Nichols, Vivien P., Noyes, Jennifer, Rahman, Anisur, Seers, Kate, Shaw, Jane, Tang, Nicole K. Y., Taylor, Stephanie J. C. et al (Select to open full list), 2019. Testing a support programme for opioid reduction for people with chronic non-malignant pain : the I-WOTCH randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open, 9 (8)
- Finnegan, Susanne, Bruce, J. (Julie), Seers, Kate, 2019. What enables older people to continue with their falls prevention exercises? A qualitative systematic review. BMJ Open, 9
- Wiltjer, Hanneke, Seers, Kate, Tutton, Elizabeth, 2019. Understanding assessment on a ward for older people : a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75 (4), pp. 850-861
- Finnegan, Susanne, Seers, Kate, Bruce, J. (Julie), 2019. Long-term follow-up of exercise interventions aimed at preventing falls in older people living in the community : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Physiotherapy, 105 (2), pp. 187-199
- Seers, Tim, Derry, Sheena, Seers, Kate, Moore, R. Andrew, 2018. Professionals underestimate patients' pain : comprehensive review. Pain, 159 (5), pp. 811-818
- Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Seers, Kate, Eldh, Ann Catrine, Cox, Karen, Crichton, Nicola, Harvey, Gill, Hawkes, Claire, Kitson, Alison, McCormack, Brendan, McMullan, Christel, Mockford, Carole, Niessen, Theo, Slater, Paul, Titchen, Angie, van der Zijpp, Teatske, Wallin, Lars, 2018. A realist process evaluation within the Facilitating Implementation of Research Evidence (FIRE) cluster randomised controlled international trial: an exemplar. Implementation Science, 13 (1)
- Wall, Peter D. H., Ahmed, Imran, Metcalfe, Andrew J., Price, Andrew J., Seers, Kate, Hutchinson, Charles E., Parsons, Helen, Warwick, Jane, Rahman, Bushra, Brown, Jaclyn, Underwood, Martin, 2018. Safety and feasibility evaluation of tourniquets for total knee replacement (SAFE-TKR): study protocol. BMJ Open, 8 (4)
- Seers, Kate, Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Cox, Karen, Crichton, Nicola, Tudor Edwards, Rhiannon, Eldh, Ann Catrine, Estabrooks, Carole A., Harvey, Gill, Hawkes, Claire, Jones, Carys, Kitson, Alison, McCormack, Brendan, McCullan, Christel, Mockford, Carole, Niessen, Theo, Slater, Paul, Titchen, Angie, Zijpp, Teatske van der, Wallin, Lars, 2018. Facilitating Implementation of Research Evidence (FIRE) : an international cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate two models of facilitation informed by the Promoting Action in Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework. Implementation Science, 13
- Seers, Kate, Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Cox, Karen, Crichton, Nicola, Edwards, Rhiannon Tudor, Eldh, Ann Catrine, Estabrooks, Carole A., Harvey, Gill, Hawkes, Claire, Jones, Carys, Kitson, Alison, McCormack, Brendan, McMullan, Christel, Mockford, Carole, Niessen, Theo, Slater, Paul, Titchen, Angie, van der Zijpp, Teatske, Wallin, Lars, 2018. Facilitating Implementation of Research Evidence (FIRE): an international cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate two models of facilitation informed by the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework. Implementation Science, 13 (1)
- Wall, Peter D. H., Ahmed, Imran, Metcalfe, Andrew J., Price, Andrew J., Seers, Kate, Hutchinson, Charles E., Parsons, Helen, Warwick, Jane, Rahman, Bushra, Brown, Jaclyn, Underwood, Martin, 2018. Safety and feasibility evaluation of tourniquets for total knee replacement (SAFE-TKR) : study protocol. BMJ Open, 8 (4)
- Tierney, Stephanie, Bivins, Roberta E., Seers, Kate, 2018. Compassion in nursing : solution or stereotype?. Nursing Inquiry
- Couper, Keith, Quinn, Tom, Lall, Ranjit, Devrell, Anne, Orriss, Barry, Seers, Kate, Yeung, Joyce, Perkins, Gavin D., 2018. Mechanical versus manual chest compressions in the treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest patients in a non-shockable rhythm : a randomised controlled feasibility trial (COMPRESS-RCT). Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 26 (1)
- Lewis, Thomas L., Furness, Hugh N., Miller, George W., Parsons, Nicholas R., Seers, Kate, Underwood, Martin, Metcalfe, Andrew J., 2018. Adoption of a novel surgical innovation into clinical practice : protocol for a qualitative systematic review examining surgeon views. BMJ Open, 8 (4)
- Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Seers, Kate, Eldh, Ann Catrine, Cox, Karen, Crichton, Nicola, Harvey, Gill, Hawkes, Claire, Kitson, Alison, McCormack, Brendan George, McMullan, Christel, Mockford, Carole, Niessen, Theo, Slater, Paul, Titchen, Angie, van der Zijpp, Teatske, Wallin, Lars, 2018. A realist process evaluation within the Facilitating Implementation of Research Evidence (FIRE) cluster randomised controlled international trial : an exemplar. Implementation Science, 13
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Barker, Karen L., 2017. Meta-ethnography to understand healthcare professionals' experience of treating adults with chronic non-malignant pain. BMJ Open, 7 (12)
- Staniszewska, Sophie, Brett, Jo, Simera, I., Seers, Kate, Mockford, Carole, Goodlad, S., Altman, D. G., Moher, David, Barber, R., Denegri, S., Entwistle, A., Littlejohns, P., Morris, C., Suleman, Rashida, Thomas, V., Tysall, C., 2017. GRIPP2 reporting checklists : tools to improve reporting of patient and public involvement in research. BMJ, 358
- Toye, Fran, Seers, Kate, Tierney, Stephanie, Barker, Karen Louise, 2017. A qualitative evidence synthesis to explore healthcare professionals' experience of prescribing opioids to adults with chronic non-malignant pain. BMC Family Practice, 18 (1)
- Brett, Jo, Staniszewska, Sophie, Simera, Iveta, Seers, Kate, Mockford, Carole, Goodlad, Susan, Altman, Doug, Moher, David, Barber, Rosemary, Denegri, Simon, Entwistle, Andrew Robert, Littlejohns, Peter, Morris, Christopher, Suleman, Rashida, Thomas, Victoria, Tysall, Colin, 2017. Reaching consensus on reporting patient and public involvement (PPI) in research : methods and lessons learned from the development of reporting guidelines. BMJ Open, 7 (10)
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Hannink, Erin, Barker, Karen, 2017. A mega-ethnography of eleven qualitative evidence syntheses exploring the experience of living with chronic non-malignant pain. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 17 (1)
- Toye, Fran, Seers, Kate, Tierney, Stephanie, Barker, Karen Louise, 2017. A qualitative evidence synthesis to explore healthcare professionals' experience of prescribing opioids to adults with chronic non-malignant pain. BMC Family Practice, 18
- Tierney, Stephanie, Seers, Kate, Reeve, Joanne L., Tutton, Elizabeth, 2017. Appraising the situation : a framework for understanding compassionate care. Journal of Compassionate Health Care, 4 (1)
- Ahmed, Imran, Chawla, Amit, Underwood, Martin, Price, Andrew J., Metcalfe, Andrew J., Hutchinson, Charles E., Warwick, Jane, Seers, Kate, Parsons, Helen, Wall, Peter D. H., 2017. Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 11
- Mockford, Carole, Seers, Kate, Murray, Matt, Oyebode, Jan, Clarke, Rosemary, Staniszewska, Sophie, Suleman, Rashida, Boex, Sue, Diment, Yvonne, Grant, Richard, Leach, Jim, Sharma, Uma, 2017. The development of service user-led recommendations for health and social care services on leaving hospital with memory loss or dementia - the SHARED study. Health Expectations, 20 (3), pp. 495-507
- Bivins, Roberta E., Tierney, Stephanie, Seers, Kate, 2017. Compassionate care : not easy, not free, not only nurses. BMJ Quality & Safety
- Tierney, Stephanie, Seers, Kate, Tutton, Elizabeth, Reeve, Joanne L., 2017. Enabling the flow of compassionate care : a grounded theory study. BMC Health Services Research, 17 (1)
- Staniszewska, Sophie, Brett, Jo, Simera, I., Seers, Kate, Mockford, Carole, Goodlad, S., Altman, D. G., Moher, David, Barber, R., Denegri, S., Entwistle, A., Littlejohns, P., Morris, C., Suleman, Rashida, Thomas, V., Tysall, C., 2017. GRIPP2 reporting checklists : tools to improve reporting of patient and public involvement in research. Research Involvement and Engagement, 3 (13)
- Bivins, Roberta E., Tierney, Stephanie, Seers, Kate, 2017. Compassionate care : not easy, not free, not only nurses. BMJ Quality and Safety, 26, pp. 1023-1026
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Barker, Karen L, 2017. Meta-ethnography to understand healthcare professionals' experience of treating adults with chronic non-malignant pain. BMJ Open, 7 (12)
- Van der Zjjpp , T. J., Niessen, T., Eldh, Ann Catrine, Hawkes, C. M., McMullan, Christel, Mockford, Carole, Wallin, Lars, McCormack, Brendan, Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Seers, Kate, 2016. A bridge over turbulent waters : illustrating the interaction between managerial leaders and facilitators when implementing research evidence. Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing, 13 (1), pp. 25-31
- Mockford, Carole, Murray, Matt, Seers, Kate, Oyebode, Jan, Grant, Richard, Boex, Sue, Staniszewska, Sophie, Diment, Yvonne, Leach, Jim, Sharma, Uma, Clarke, Rosemary, Suleman, Rashida, 2016. A SHARED study-the benefits and costs of setting up a health research study involving lay co-researchers and how we overcame the challenges. Research Involvement and Engagement, 2 (8), pp. 1-12
- Eldh, Ann Catrine, van der Zijpp, Teatske, McMullan, Christel, McCormack, Brendan, Seers, Kate, Rycroft-Malone, Jo, 2016. ?I have the world's best job' - staff experience of the advantages of caring for older people. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 30 (2), pp. 365-373
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Allcock, Nick, Briggs, Michelle, Carr, Eloise, Barker, Karen, 2016. A synthesis of qualitative research exploring the barriers to staying in work with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38 (6), pp. 566-572
- Stayt, L., Seers, Kate, Tutton, Elizabeth, 2016. Making sense of it : intensive care patients phenomenological accounts of story construction. Nursing in Critical Care, 21 (4), pp. 225-232
- Tierney, Stephanie, Seers, Kate, Reeve, Joanne L., Tutton, Elizabeth, 2016. Measuring compassionate care : views of healthcare staff. Nursing Management, 23 (8), pp. 22-26
- Coates, Vivien, McCann, Angela, Posner, Natasha, Gunn, Kathleen, Seers, Kate, 2015. Well, who do I phone? Preparing for urgent care : a challenge for patients and service providers alike. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24 (Issue 15-16), pp. 2152-2163
- Lovatt, M., Nanton, Veronica, Roberts, Julie, Ingleton, C., Noble, B., Pitt, E., Seers, Kate, Munday, Dan, 2015. The provision of emotional labour by health care assistants caring for dying cancer patients in the community : a qualitative study into the experiences of health care assistants and bereaved family carers. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52 (1), pp. 271-279
- Toye, Fran, Jenkins, Sue, Seers, Kate, Barker, Karen, 2015. Exploring the value of qualitative research films in clinical education. BMC Medical Education, 15 (1)
- Moore, R., Wiffen, P. J., Eccleston, C., Derry, S., Baron, R. (Richard), Bell, R. F., Furlan, A. D., Gilron, I., Haroutounian, S., Katz, N. P., Lipman, A. G., Morley, S., Peloso, P. M., Quessy, S. N., Seers, Kate, Strassels, S. A., Straube, S., 2015. Systematic review of enriched-enrolment randomised-withdrawal trial designs in chronic pain : a new framework for design and reporting. Pain, 156 (8), pp. 1382-1395
- Seers, Kate, 2015. Qualitative systematic reviews : their importance for our understanding of research relevant to pain. British Journal of Pain, 9 (1), pp. 36-40
- Stayt, Louise Caroline, Seers, Kate, Tutton, Elizabeth, 2015. Patients' experiences of technology and care in adult intensive care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71 (9), pp. 2051-2061
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Barker, Karen, MSc, 2014. A meta-ethnography of patients' experiences of chronic pelvic pain : struggling to construct chronic pelvic pain as 'real'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70 (12), pp. 2713-2727
- Staniszewska, Sophie, Boardman, Felicity K., Gunn, Lee, Roberts, Julie, Clay, Diane, Seers, Kate, Brett, Jo, Avital, Liz, Bullock, Ian, O' Flynn, N., 2014. The Warwick patient experiences framework : patient-based evidence in clinical guidelines. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 26 (2), pp. 151-157
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Allcock, Nick, Briggs, Michelle, Carr, Eloise, Barker, Karen, MSc, 2014. Meta-ethnography 25 years on : challenges and insights for synthesising a large number of qualitative studies. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 14 (1)
- Staniszewska, Sophie, Thomas, Vicotria, Seers, Kate, 2013. Patient and public involvement in the implementation of evidence into practice. Evidence-Based Nursing, 16 (4)
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Allcock, Nick, Briggs, Michelle, Carr, Eloise, Andrews, JoyAnn, Barker, Karen, MSc, 2013. Patients' experiences of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain : a qualitative systematic review. British Journal of General Practice, 63 (617), pp. 829-841
- Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Seers, Kate, Chandler-Oatts, Jacqueline, Hawkes, C. M., Crichton, Nicola, Allender, Charlotte J., Bullock, Ian, Strunin, Leo, 2013. The role of evidence, context, and facilitation in an implementation trial : implications for the development of the PARIHS framework. Implementation Science, 8 (28)
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Allcock, Nick, Briggs, Michelle, Carr, Eloise, Andrews, JoyAnn, Barker, Karen, MSc, 2013. ?Trying to pin down jelly' - exploring intuitive processes in quality assessment for meta-ethnography. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13
- Gunn, Kathleen, Seers, Kate, Posner, Natasha, Coates, Vivien, 2012. 'Somebody there to watch over you' : the role of the family in everyday and emergency diabetes care. Health & Social Care in the Community, Vol.20 (No.6), pp. 591-598
- Tutton, Elizabeth, Seers, Kate, Langstaff, Deborah, 2012. Hope in orthopaedic trauma : a qualitative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol.49 (No.7), pp. 872-879
- Seers, Kate, Cox, Karen, Crichton, Nicola J., Edwards, Rhiannon, Eldh, Ann, Estabrooks, Carole A., Harvey, Gill, Hawkes, C. M., Kitson, Alison L., Linck, P., McCarthy, Geraldine, McCormack, Brendan, Mockford, Carole, Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Titchen, Angie, Wallin, Lars, 2012. FIRE (facilitating implementation of research evidence) : a study protocol. Implementation Science, Vol.7 (No.1)
- Seers, Kate, 2012. What is qualitative synthesis?. Evidence-Based Nursing, 15 (4)
- Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Seers, Kate, Crichton, Nicola, Chandler, Jackie, Hawkes, C. M., Allen, Claire, Bullock, Ian, Strunin, Leo, 2012. A pragmatic cluster randomised trial evaluating three implementation interventions. Implementation Science, Vol.7 (No.1)
- Seers, Kate, 2012. What is a qualitative synthesis?. Evidence-Based Nursing, 15 (4), pp. 101-101
- Seers, Kate, Toye, Francine, 2012. What is quality in qualitative health research? (Editorial). Evidence-Based Nursing, 15 (1)
- Tutton, Elizabeth, Seers, Kate, Langstaff, Deborah, Westwood, Martin, 2012. Staff and patient views of the concept of hope on a stroke unit : a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68 (9), pp. 2061-2069
- Seers, Kate, 2012. How is evidence used in evidence based policy?. Evidence-Based Nursing, 15 (3)
- Dougherty, Molly C., Lin, Shu-Yuan, McKenna, Hugh P., Seers, Kate, Keeney, Sinead, 2011. Analysis of international content of ranked nursing journals in 2005 using ex post facto design. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67 (6), pp. 1358-1369
- McInnes, Elizabeth, Seers, Kate, Tutton, Liz, 2011. Older people's views in relation to risk of falling and need for intervention : a meta-ethnography. Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol.67 (No.12), pp. 2525-2536
- Kavanagh, Tricia, Stevens, Bonnie J., Seers, Kate, Sidani, Souraya, Watt-Watson, Judith H., 2010. Process evaluation of appreciative inquiry to translate pain management evidence into pediatric nursing practice. Implementation Science, Vol.5 (No.90)
- Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Fontenla, Maria, Bick, Debra, Seers, Kate, 2010. A realistic evaluation : the case of protocol-based care. Implementation Science, Vol.5
- Tutton, Elizabeth, Seers, Kate, Langstaff, Debbie, 2009. An exploration of hope as a concept for nursing. Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing, Vol.13 (No.3), pp. 119-127
- Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Fontenla, Marina, Seers, Kate, Bick, Debra, 2009. Protocol-based care: the standardisation of decision-making?. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18 (10), pp. 1490-1500
- Kitson, Alison L., Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Harvey, Gill, McCormack, Brendan, Seers, Kate, Titchen, Angie, 2008. Evaluating the successful implementation of evidence into practice using the PARiHS framework : theoretical and practical challenges. Implementation Science, Vol.3 (No.1)
- Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Fontenla, Marina, Bick, Debra, Seers, Kate, 2008. Protocol-based care : impact on roles and service delivery. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Vol.14 (No.5), pp. 867-873
- Seers, Kate, Crichton, Nicola, Tutton, Liz, Smith, L. (Lisa), Saunders, Teresa, 2008. Effectiveness of relaxation for postoperative pain and anxiety : randomized controlled trial. Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol.62 (No.6), pp. 681-688
- Seers, Kate, Crichton, Nicola, Martin, June, Coulson, Katrina, Carroll, Dawn, 2008. A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a single session of nurse administered massage for short term relief of chronic non-malignant pain. BMC Nursing, Vol.7 (No.10)
- Tutton, Elizabeth, Seers, Kate, Langstaff, Deborah, 2008. Professional nursing culture on a trauma unit : experiences of patients and staff. Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol.61 (No.2), pp. 145-153
- Kavanagh, Tricia, Stevens, Bonnie J., Seers, Kate, Sidani, Souraya, Watt-Watson, Judith H., 2008. Examining appreciative inquiry as a knowledge translation intervention in pain management. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 40 (2), pp. 40-56
- Seers, Kate, 2008. Randomised controlled trials for complex interventions?. In McQuay, H. J.; Kalso, E.; Moore, A. R. (eds.), Systematic reviews in pain research : methodology refined, Seattle, IASP Press, pp. 339-348
- Seers, Kate, 2008. Guidelines, guidance and evidence. In McQuay, H. J.; Kalso, E.; Moore, A. R. (eds.), Systematic reviews in pain research : methodology refined, Seattle, IASP Press, pp. 85-93
- Seers, Kate, Tutton, Liz, Tierney, Stephanie, Mockford, Carole, Staniszewska, Sophie, Haywood, Kirstie L., 2016. Knowledge for change and improvement : developing partnership through involving and engaging others. RCN International Centenary conference, QEII Centre, 22?23 Nov 2016
- Tierney, Stephanie, Seers, Kate, Reeve, Joanne L., Tutton, Liz, 2016. Flow of compassion in health care : moving beyond an individual towards a systemic focus. RCN International Nursing Research Conference, University of Oxford, 05-07 April 2017
- Chandler-Oatts, Jacqueline, Hawkes, C. M., Rycroft Malone, J., Allen, C., Seers, Kate, Bullock, Ian, Crichton, Nicola, Strunin, Leo, 2009. The patients' priorities for care when fasting for elective surgery. The 2009 RCN International Nursing Research Conference, Cardiff, 24-27 Mar 2009
- Rycroft Malone, J., Hawkes, C. M., Chandler-Oatts, Jacqueline, Seers, Kate, Bullock, Ian, Crichton, Nicola, Allen, C., Strunin, L., 2009. Peri-operative fasting guideline implementation study evaluation. International forum on quality and safety 2009, Berlin, 17-20 Mar 2009
- Hawkes, C. M., Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Seers, Kate, Bullock, Ian, Chandler-Oatts, Jacqueline, Crichton, Nicola, Strunin, Leo, Allen, Claire, Smith, Tanya A., 2008. Peri-operative fasting guideline implementation study evaluation. Knowledge Translation 08: Forum for the Future, Banff, Canada, Jun 2008
- Chandler-Oatts, Jacqueline, Hawkes, C. M., Rycroft-Malone, Jo, Seers, Kate, Bullock, Ian, 2008. Improving the evaluation of complex healthcare interventions : the contribution of theory. The 2008 International Nursing Research Conference, Liverpool, UK, 08-11 Apr 2008
- Toye, Fran, Seers, Kate, Barker, Karen, 2018. A meta-ethnography of health-care professionals' experience of treating adults with chronic non-malignant pain to improve the experience and quality of health care. Health Services and Delivery Research, National Institute for Health Research, pp. 1-106
- Seers, Kate, Staniszewska, Sophie, Tutton, Elizabeth, Watterson, L., Currie, L., 2016. A survey to provide baseline activity in relation to ward sister/charge nurse supervisory roles. Royal College of Nursing
- Watterson, L., Currie, L., Seers, Kate, 2015. Stepping in, stepping out, stepping up. Research Evaluating the Ward Sister Supervisory Role (REWardSS). RCN Publication, Royal College of Nursing
- Toye, Francine, Seers, Kate, Allcock, Nick, Briggs, Michelle, Carr, Eloise, Andrews, J., Barker, Karen, MSc, 2013. A meta-ethnography of patients' experience of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain. Health Services and Delivery Research, NIHR Journals Library, pp. 1-190
- Seers, Kate, 2013. Final report summary - FIRE (Facilitating Implementation of Research Evidence). European Commission : Community Research and Development Information Services
- Seers, Kate, 2012. Qualitative data analysis. Evidence-Based Nursing, B M J Group, pp. 2-2
- Staniszewska, Sophie, Boardman, Felicity K., Gunn, Lee, Palmer, Julie, Clay, Diane, Seers, Kate, Brett, Jo, 2011. Patient experiences : a scoping study. University of Warwick
- Brett, Jo, Staniszewska, Sophie, Mockford, Carole, Seers, Kate, Herron-Marx, Sandra, Bayliss, Helen, 2010. The PIRICOM study : a systematic review of the conceptualisation, measurement, impact and outcomes of patients and public involvement in health and social care research. University of Warwick
- Seers, Kate, 2009. What works for whom, when and how?. Pain, Elsevier BV, pp. 167-168
- Seers, Kate, 2008. Improving patient experiences of health care. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, pp. 351-351
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Increasing the uptake of annual health checks in children and young people aged 14-17 years with learning disability | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Mar 2025 | 29 Feb 2028 |
| NIHR Senior Investigator award 2024 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2027 |
| NIHR HTA Stage 2:RESTORE Lead by UHCW. Award Reference NIHR157510 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Jul 2024 | 31 Mar 2027 |
| Tourniquet use in lower limb fracture surgery: a feasibility study (fellowship for Muhamed Farhan-Alanie) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Feb 2023 | 31 Jan 2026 |
| Developing a role for patients and the public in the implementation of health and social care evidence into practice (re-submission of 67067) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Sept 2022 | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Mapping and Evaluating Services for Children with Learning Disabilities and Behaviours that Challenge (MELD) | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Feb 2021 | 30 Sept 2025 |
| Second Stage NIHR Advanced Fellowship: Advancing clinical leadership in healthcare organisations to mobilise evidence into practice. A mixed methods study of clinical leadership in orthopaedic surgery | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Dec 2019 | 31 Mar 2025 |
| Re-evaluating the Remote: Exploring the practical, epistemological and ethical implications of remote qualitative data collection in health research | MRC | 01 May 2022 | 31 Oct 2024 |
| Self management in people with POTs - BHF Training Fellowship for Helen Eftekhari) | British Heart Foundation | 28 Sept 2020 | 27 Sept 2024 |
| NIHR HTA Stage 2: Medication support interventions for people with learning disability | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Sept 2022 | 30 Jun 2024 |
| Tuberculosis Treatment Delay in Adults in England - Stage 2 PhD Farah Kidy | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Apr 2020 | 31 Dec 2023 |
| Research Design Service renewal 2018 | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Oct 2018 | 30 Sept 2023 |
| LearninG from Women's ExpeRiences of Anal InContinencE after Vaginal Birth (GRACE) (outline: 66560) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 22 Sept 2021 | 21 Mar 2023 |
| Understanding the experience of living with and managing vulval lichen sclerosus | ESRC | 01 Sept 2020 | 28 Feb 2023 |
| Life-Long Learning and Implementation of Education in Pain Associated with Osteoarthritis | Pfizer Inc | 01 Mar 2021 | 31 Aug 2022 |
| NIHR HTA:COVID-19 recovery and learning_Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After covid-19 InfectioN (REGAIN) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Sept 2020 | 31 Aug 2022 |
| Developing a quality of life instrument for Cardiac Arrest survivors: understanding what matters to patients - related to WCPRS PhD Studentship (66086) | Resuscitation Council (UK) | 01 Sept 2020 | 31 Aug 2022 |
| NIHR HTA Second Stage: Exercise training in pulmonary hypertension | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Jun 2019 | 31 Aug 2022 |
| NIHR PDF 2015 - Peter Wall: SAFE-TKR study (Safety and feasibility evaluation of tourniquets for knee replacement study) | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Jan 2016 | 31 Dec 2020 |
| Improving the wellbeing of people with Opioid treated chronic pain: I-WOTCH | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Sept 2016 | 30 Nov 2020 |
| NIHR PDF 2015 - Keith Couper - A feasibility study of the use of the mechanical CPR for in-hospital cardiac arrest. | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Oct 2015 | 30 Sept 2019 |
| Development of Individual Supported Employment work-placements to Improve the health-related Quality of Life of people with chronic pain who are unemployed (ISEIQoL)- ARUK | Arthritis Research UK | 02 Jan 2017 | 30 Apr 2019 |
| NIHR HSDR via Imperial College London: Dementia project | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Jul 2016 | 31 Dec 2018 |
| Centres for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West Midlands (CLAHRC WM), Theme 3 Prevention and Detection | Department of Health | 01 Jan 2014 | 31 Dec 2018 |
| Strategic alliance agreement - Royal College of Nursing | Royal College of Nursing | 01 Aug 2012 | 31 Jul 2017 |
| A meta-ethnography of healthcare professionals' experience of treating adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain to improve the experience and quality of healthcare. NIHR via Ox | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Nov 2015 | 30 Apr 2017 |
| NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Oct 2013 | 30 Sept 2016 |
| Studentship - Compassionate Care | Royal College of Nursing | 01 Sept 2013 | 31 Jul 2016 |
| ESRC Research Seminars 2013 - Nursing education: what can perspectives from the social sciences contribute? | ESRC | 01 Apr 2014 | 31 Mar 2016 |
| Understanding how supervisory Ward Sister status has been implemented and how its impact has been assessed. | NHS England | 01 Mar 2015 | 31 Oct 2015 |
| Carer and patient-led development of recommendations for people with dementia from hospital discharge to the community: understanding what is important | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Sept 2013 | 31 Aug 2015 |
| Enhancing the Patient and Public Involvement in Evidence Base: Guidance on reporting the impact of patient and public involvement GRIPP2 | Royal College of Nursing | 01 Feb 2013 | 30 Apr 2014 |
| HOPE: Core Concepts in Nursing | Royal College of Nursing | 01 Oct 2009 | 31 Jul 2013 |
| Implementation of Research into Healthcare Practice - FP7 EU FIRE (Fascilitating the implementation of research evidence) | European Commission | 01 Jan 2009 | 30 Jun 2013 |
| PROHIP: Exploring the use of patient-reported outcome measures in the field of hip fractures. | Royal College of Nursing | 01 Sept 2010 | 30 Nov 2012 |
| NIHR Health Services Research Board - A meta-ethnography of patients experience of non-malignant chronic pain | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Nov 2010 | 31 Oct 2012 |
| Strategic alliance agreement with Royal College of Nursing. | Royal College of Nursing | 01 Aug 2007 | 31 Jul 2012 |
| Dimbleby Cancer Care Research fund: Receiving end of life care at home: experiences of the bereaved carers of cancer patients. | Dimbleby Cancer Care | 01 Nov 2010 | 31 Jan 2012 |
| NICE Scoping Study | National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence | 01 Dec 2010 | 31 Jan 2011 |
| RFPB Bid: The need for urgent care: the perspectives and pathways of people with a long term condition. | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Apr 2008 | 30 May 2010 |
| (POISE) Peri-operative (Fasting Guideline) Implementation Study Evaluation | The Health Foundation | 01 Aug 2007 | 31 Jul 2009 |
| Virtual Institute of Research in Healthcare | Higher Education Funding Council for England | 31 Jul 2007 | 31 Jul 2008 |
| Implementation and Evaluation of the Paediatric Pain profile, a pain assessment Tool for Children with Severe Motor and learning Impairments | The Health Foundation | 31 Jul 2007 | 31 Dec 2007 |