• • We are a member of the Global Network of WHOCC, currently the EURO Regional Executive Committee representative, thus we participate in quarterly GN Executive Committee teleconferences.
  • The GCU WHO CC identified academic colleagues who can contribute to or review the evidence based developed for the WHO State of the Worlds Nursing Report. The WHO CC Director has submitted a review report and recommendations in relation to the SOWN section on the nurses’ role in Infection Prevention & Control and Antimicrobial resistance
  • Our Community Nursing team reviewed and provided feedback on the Nursing Competencies for Primary Care being developed by WHO EURO colleagues.

• • MCFARLAND, A., MACDONALD, E. 2019. Role of the nurse in identifying and addressing health inequalities. Nursing Standard. 34 (4), pp37-4. DOI: 10.7748/ns.2019.e11341 https://journals.rcni.com/nursing-standard/evidence-and-practice/role-of-the-nurse-in-identifying-and-addressing-health-inequalities-ns.2019.e11341/abs
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  • Hickman M, Dillon JF, Elliott L, et al. Evaluating the population impact of hepatitis C direct acting antiviral treatment as prevention for people who inject drugs (EPIToPe) – a natural experiment (protocol). BMJ Open 2019;9:e029538. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-029538
  • Courtenay, M., et al., 2019. Development of consensus based international antimicrobial stewardship competencies for undergraduate nurse education. Journal of Hospital Infection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2019.08.001
  • Benson, G, Roberts N, McCallum, J (2019) Development of an Alcohol Withdrawal Risk Stratification Tool based on Patients Referred to an Addiction Liaison Nursing Service in Glasgow. Drugs and Alcohol Today. https://doi/10.1108/DAT-02-2019-0009
  • Lawrence M, Asaba E, Duncan E, Elf M, Eriksson G, Faulkner J, Guidetti S, Johansson B, Kruuse C, Lambrick D, Longman C, Hornnes A, von Koch L, Wang X, Lennon O. Stroke secondary prevention, a non-surgical and non-pharmacological consensus definition: Results of a Delphi study BMC Research Notes, 12:823 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4857-0
  • Simpson R, Byrne S, Ramparsad N, Lawrence M, Booth J, Mercer S. Mindfulness-based interventions for physical symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders [IF: 2.957] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2019.101493
  • King, C., Grandison, T., Cawthorne, J., Currie, K. (2019). Patient experience of hospital screening for Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE): a qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14982
  • Currie, K., King, C., McAloney, K., et al. (2019). Barriers and enablers to meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus admission screening in hospitals: a mixed-methods study. Journal of Hospital Infection, 101:1, pp. 100-108. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30098382 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.08.006

• • We held an international nursing summer school in July/August 2019. There were 20 attendees from China and the USA. Attendees were with us for either 2 or 3 weeks and were exposed to the full scope of the role of nurses in the UK. Attendees received academic credit based on an assessment they completed at GCU.
  • We received a delegation of 10 nurses from Seitoku University in Japan in Feb 2020. They were in the UK to meet with us to plan for a potential 2 day programme for between 60-80 student nurses in Feb 2021.

GCU’s Research Strategy employs the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for both discipline-led and inter-disciplinary research within and across all academic units. We seek to address the goals via three societal challenges: Inclusive Societies, Healthy Lives and Sustainable Environments, supported by a set of research themes and groups in Schools to further promote cross-disciplinary and cross-School working in line with the SDGs. Healthy Lives is the largest area of research at GCU and although the Centre for Living ( https://www.gcu.ac.uk/centreforliving/ ) is based at the School of Health and Life Sciences, it also draws on major research being conducted in other Schools and the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health. Our research and social innovation in relation to the SDGs was recognised in the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings 2019, which assessed universities against the SDGs, and ranked GCU 44th overall in the world out of 500 participating universities in the inaugural rankings.