Nicola Wright

Contact

• workRoom C1066 School of Health Sciences, Medical School
  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• work0115 8230956
• nicola.wright@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am an Associate Professor in Mental Health in the School of Health Sciences. I hold a PhD in Nursing Studies, MA in Research Methods and Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) all from the University of Nottingham. As well as my role within the School of Health Sciences, I am also the Mental Health Lead at the Rights Lab. This is one of six Beacons of Excellence within the University of Nottingham and focuses on modern slavery. Prior to commencing my current role in July 2013, I spent four years working as a Research Fellow at the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire (CLAHRC NDL). From 2008-2009 I was employed as a Research Associate in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham. I am a registered Mental Health Nurse and have worked clinically in acute inpatient and assertive outreach services.

Teaching Summary

Module Lead: GEN Dissertations

BSc Group Facilitator

BSc Dissertation Supervisor

Masters of Science in Nursing (GEN) Dissertation Supervisor

Masters in Health and Social Care Dissertation Supervisor

Research Summary

Research Interests:

• Mental health recovery for survivors of modern slavery.
• Care transitions in mental health.
• Knowledge translation and evidence based practice.

My current and recently completed research projects include the following:

• August 2020 - December 2021: (Role: Joint PI) COVID-19 Risk and Response: Impact and Mitigations for Modern Slavery Victims and Survivors. Funding: £499, 945.71 UKRI.
• February 2020 - January 2021: (Role: Co-I) Where is the best place for Learning Disability Nurses to intervene to help prevent people with learning disabilities entering the criminal justice system? Funding: £46, 000 Burdett Trust for Nursing.
• July 2019 - December 2020: (Role: PI) Mental health recovery for survivors of modern slavery: A grounded theory study. Funding: £142, 278.00 NIHR Research for Patient Benefit.
• April 2018 - December 2018: (Role: PI) The mental health and wellbeing needs of family caregivers who have children/relatives with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review of the evidence. Funding: £15, 563.50 NIHR CLAHRC EM.
• August 2017 - July 2022: (Role: Co-I, Mental health project lead): NIHR Patient Safety Translation Research Centre (Greater Manchester) Care Transitions Theme. PSTRC GM Total Funding: £7,443,932.00.
• February 2016 to March 2017: (Role: PI) An evaluation of Connecting with People Suicide Awareness Training with General Practitioners in Northamptonshire. Funding: £16, 718 East Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative.
• March 2014 to May 2015: (Role: Co-I) Self-Armed: A participatory approach to improving self-help strategies for young people with mental health needs. Funding: £34, 139 Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group.

Recent Publications

• NICK CLARE, STEVE IAFRATI, CARLA REESON, NICOLA WRIGHT, CHARLOTTE GRAY and HENRI BAPTISTE, 2023. A house is not a home: housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery Journal of the British Academy. 11, 83-93
• SUCH, E, GARDNER, A, DANG, M, WRIGHT, N, BRAVO-BALSO, L, BROTHERTON, V, BROWNE, H, ESIOVWA, N, JIMENEZ, E, LUCAS, B, WYMAN, E and TRODD, Z, 2023. The risks and harms associated with modern slavery during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: A multi-method study. Journal of Human Trafficking. 1-21
• JANNESARI, S, DAMARA, B, WITKIN, R, KATONA, C, SIT, Q, DANG, M, JOSEPH, J, HAWORTH, E, TRIANTAFILLOU, O, POWELL, C, RAFIQUE, S, SRITHARAN, A, WRIGHT, N, ORAM, S and PAPHITIS, S, 2023. The Modern Slavery Core Outcome Set: A Survivor-Driven Consensus on Priority Outcomes for Recovery, Wellbeing, and Reintegration. Trauma, Violence and Abuse. 0(0),
• RUNA LAZZARINO, NICOLA WRIGHT and MEL JORDAN, 2022. Mental Healthcare for Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: A Single Point-in-Time, Internet-Based Scoping Study of Third Sector Provision JOURNAL OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

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• NICK CLARE, STEVE IAFRATI, CARLA REESON, NICOLA WRIGHT, CHARLOTTE GRAY and HENRI BAPTISTE, 2023. A house is not a home: housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery Journal of the British Academy. 11, 83-93
• SUCH, E, GARDNER, A, DANG, M, WRIGHT, N, BRAVO-BALSO, L, BROTHERTON, V, BROWNE, H, ESIOVWA, N, JIMENEZ, E, LUCAS, B, WYMAN, E and TRODD, Z, 2023. The risks and harms associated with modern slavery during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: A multi-method study. Journal of Human Trafficking. 1-21
• JANNESARI, S, DAMARA, B, WITKIN, R, KATONA, C, SIT, Q, DANG, M, JOSEPH, J, HAWORTH, E, TRIANTAFILLOU, O, POWELL, C, RAFIQUE, S, SRITHARAN, A, WRIGHT, N, ORAM, S and PAPHITIS, S, 2023. The Modern Slavery Core Outcome Set: A Survivor-Driven Consensus on Priority Outcomes for Recovery, Wellbeing, and Reintegration. Trauma, Violence and Abuse. 0(0),
• RUNA LAZZARINO, NICOLA WRIGHT and MEL JORDAN, 2022. Mental Healthcare for Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: A Single Point-in-Time, Internet-Based Scoping Study of Third Sector Provision JOURNAL OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
• JIMENEZ, E, BROTHERTON, V, GARDNER, A, WRIGHT, N, BROWNE, H, ESIOVWA, N, ESIOVWA, N, DANG, M, WYMAN, E, BRAVO-BALSO, L, LUCAS, B, GUL, M and SUCH, E, 2022. The unequal impact of Covid-19 on the lives and rights of the children of modern slavery survivors, children in exploitation and children at risk of entering exploitation. Children and Society. 1-19
• NICOLA WRIGHT, MEL JORDAN and RUNA LAZZARINO, 2021. Interventions to Support the Mental Health of Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: A Systematic Review International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 67(8), 1026-1034
• ALI, YASMIN HK, WRIGHT, NICOLA, CHARNOCK, DAVID, HENSHAW, HELEN and HOARE, DEREK, 2020. Applications of qualitative grounded theory methodology to investigate hearing loss: protocol for a qualitative systematic review BMJOpen. 10, e033537
• TYLER N, WRIGHT N, GRUNDY A, GREGORIOU K, CAMPBELL S and WARING J, 2020. Co-designing a mental health discharge and transitions in care intervention: A modified nominal group technique. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 11, 328
• TYLER N, WRIGHT N and GRUNDY A, 2020. Developing a core outcome set for interventions to improve discharge from mental health inpatient services: a survey, Delphi and consensus meeting with key stakeholder groups BMJOpen. 10, e034215.
• PATEL S, AKHTAR A, MALLINS S, WRIGHT N, ROWLEY E, YOUNG E, SAMPSON S and MORRISS R, 2020. The Acceptability and Usability of Digital Health Interventions for Adults With Depression, Anxiety, and Somatoform Disorders: Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(7), e16228
• NICOLA WRIGHT and HADZIOSMANOVIC, EMINA; DANG, MINH; BALES, KEVIN; BROOKES, CAROLINE; JORDAN, MELANIE; SLADE, MIKE; LIVED EXPERIENCE RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD, 2020. Mental Health Recovery for Survivors of Modern Slavery: Grounded Theory Study Protocol BMJ Open. 10, e038583
• LUCAS B, BRAVLO-BALSA L, BROTHERTON V, WRIGHT N and LANDMAN T, 2020. Dashboarding The Online Strategic Communications of Anti-slavery Organizations During COVID-19. SocArXiv.
• LLEWELLYN-BEARDSLEY J, RENNICK-EGGLESTONE S, CALLARD F, CRAWFORD P, FARKAS M, HUI A, MANLEY D, MCGRANAHAN R, POLLOCK K, RAMSAY A, SÆLØR KT, WRIGHT N and SLADE M, 2019. Characteristics of mental health recovery narratives: Systematic review and narrative synthesis. PloS one. 14(3), e0214678
• BAILEY D, KEMP L, WRIGHT N and MUTALE G, 2019. Talk About Self-Harm (TASH): participatory action research with young people, GPs and practice nurses to explore how the experiences of young people who self-harm could be improved in GP surgeries Family Practice.
• TYLER, NATASHA, WRIGHT, NICOLA and WARING, JUSTIN, 2019. Interventions to improve discharge from acute adult mental health inpatient care to the community: systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC health services research. 19(1), 883
• STICKLEY T, WRIGHT N and SLADE M, 2018. The art of recovery: outcomes from participatory arts activities for people using mental health services Journal of Mental Health. 27, 367-373
• MELANIE JORDAN, EDWARD WRIGHT, AIMIE PURSER, ANDREW GRUNDY, EMMA JOYES, NICOLA WRIGHT, PAUL CRAWFORD and NICK MANNING, 2018. Capoeira for beginners: Self-benefit for, and community action by, new capoeiristas Sport, Education and Society.
• WRIGHT, N. AND CHARNOCK, D., 2018. Challenging oppressive practice in mental health: The development and evaluation of a video based resource for student nurses Nurse education in practice. 33, 42-46
• HORROCKS, M, MICHAIL, M, AUBEELUCK, A, WRIGHT, N and MORRISS, R, 2018. An Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for the Assessment and Management of Suicidality in Primary Care: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study JMIR Research Protocols. 7(2), e11135
• FELTON A and WRIGHT N, 2018. Mental health practice: a risky business? Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice. 18(1), 1-2
• FELTON A, WRIGHT N and STACEY G, 2017. Therapeutic risk taking: A justifiable choice. British Journal of Psychiatric Advances. 23(2), 81-88
• FELTON, A. and WRIGHT, N., 2017. Simulation in mental health nurse education: The development, implementation and evaluation of an educational innovation Nurse Education in Practice. 26, 46-52
• PEARSON, M., T. CARTER, D. MCCORMICK AND N. WRIGHT, 2017. "Pharmacology training in mental health nurse education: Justification for an increase in frequency and depth in the UK." Nurse Education Today. 62, 36-38
• BAILEY D, WRIGHT N and KEMP L, 2017. Self-harm in young people: a challenge for general practice British Journal of General Practice. 67(665), 542-543
• STAPLETON A and WRIGHT N, 2017. The experiences of people with borderline personality disorder admitted to acute psychiatric inpatient wards: a meta-synthesis Journal of Mental Health. 28(4), 443-457
• WRIGHT, N, ROWLEY, E, CHOPRA, A, GREGORIOU, K and WARING, J, 2016. From Admission to Discharge in Mental Health Services: A Qualitative Analysis of Service User Involvement. Health Expectations. 19(2), 367–376
• WRIGHT N, ZAKARIN M and BLAKE H, 2016. Nurses' views on workplace wellbeing programmes British Journal of Nursing. 25(21), 1208-121
• WRIGHT, N., MOLDAVSKY, M., SCHNEIDER, J., CHAKRABARTI, I., COATES, J., DALEY, D., KOCHHAR, P., MILLS, J., SOROUR, W. and SAYAL, K., 2015. Practitioner Review: Pathways to care for ADHD - A systematic review of barriers and facilitators. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 56(5), 598-617
• STICKLEY, T and WRIGHT, N, eds., 2014. Theories for Mental Health Nursing: A Guide for Practice Sage.
• WRIGHT, N., JORDAN, M. and KANE, E., 2014. ‘Mental health/illness and prisons as place: Frontline clinicians' perspectives of mental health work in a penal setting’, Health & Place. 29, 179–185
• ROWLEY, E, WRIGHT, N, WARING, J, GREGORIOU, K and CHOPRA, A, 2014. Protocol for an exploration of knowledge sharing for improved discharge from a mental health ward. BMJ Open. 4, e005176
• WRIGHT N, STICKLEY T, MULLA I, BRADSHAW E, BUCKLEY L and ARCHBOLD S, 2014. Hearing Loss and Dementia: An Exploratory Study of the Views of Audiologists Quality in Ageing and Older Adults. 15(4), 220-231
• WRIGHT, N, AKHTAR, A, TOSH, GE and CLIFTON, A, 2014. HIV prevention advice for people with serious mental illness. Cochrance Database of Systematic Reviews. CD009639
• THOMSON L, SCHNEIDER J and WRIGHT N, 2013. Developing CoPs to support the implementation of research into clinical practice. Leadership in Health Services. 26(1), 20-33
• WRIGHT N and STICKLEY T, 2013. Concepts of social inclusion, exclusion and mental health: a review of the international literature Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 20(1), 71-81
• WRIGHT N, 2013. The ongoing support needs of people with long term conditions following attendance at self management programmes: A qualitative study. Journal of Research in Nursing. 18(6), 487-501
• MULLA I, WRIGHT N and ARCHBOLD S, 2013. The views and experiences of families of Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) use with children: A study by interviews. Deafness and Education International. 15(2), 70-90
• CAMPBELL, J, STICKLEY, T, BONNEY, S and WRIGHT, N, 2013. Recovery as a Framework for Care Planning. In: HALL, A, WREN, M and KIRBY, SD, eds., Care Planning in Mental Health: Promoting Recovery Second. Wiley Blackwell. 25-45
• WRIGHT, N, 2013. First time knowledge brokers in healthcare: The experiences of nurses and allied healthcare professionals of bridging the research-practice gap. Evidence and Policy. 9(4), 557-570
• EDGLEY, A., STICKLEY, T., WRIGHT, N. and REPPER, J., 2012. The politics of recovery in mental health: a left libertarian policy analysis Social Theory and Health. 10(2), 121-140
• STICKLEY, T and WRIGHT, N, 2011. The British research evidence for recovery, papers published between 2006 and 2009 (inclusive). Part Two: a review of the grey literature including book chapters and policy documents. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing. 18(4), 297-307
• STICKLEY, T. and WRIGHT, N., 2011. The British research evidence for recovery, papers published between 2006 and 2009 (inclusive). Part one: a review of the peer-reviewed literature using a systematic approach Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 18(3), 247-256
• WRIGHT N, CALLAGHAN P and BARTLETT P, 2011. Mental Health Service Users and Practitioners Experiences of Engagement in Assertive Outreach: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 18(5), 822-832
• PAYNE S, JOHNSON S, WRIGHT N and STICKLEY T, 2010. A phenomenological exploration of the lived experiences of mental health nurses who care for clients with enduring mental health problems who are parents. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 17(8), 674-682
• WRIGHT, N., BARTLETT, P. and CALLAGHAN, P., 2008. A review of the literature on the historical development of community mental health services in the United Kingdom Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 15, 229-237
• MCADAM, M. and WRIGHT, N., 2005. A review of the literature considering the role of mental health nurses in Assertive Outreach Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 12, 648 - 660
• WRIGHT, N. and OWEN, S., 2003. Are acute inpatient mental health wards an appropriate treatment setting for people with Anorexia Nervosa? Mental Health Practice. 7(2), 18-21
• WRIGHT, N. and OWEN, S., 2001. Feminist conceptualisations of women's madness: A review of the literature Journal of Advanced Nursing. 36(1), 143 - 150