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| Heather WilliamsSummaryAffiliation: Central Middlesex Hospital Country: UK Publications
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Use of an integrated care pathway: a third round audit of the management of shoulder pain in neurological conditionsDiana Jackson
Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
J Rehabil Med 35:265-70. 2003..To complete a third round audit of management of shoulder pain using an integrated care pathway, to evaluate pro forma documentation and to determine outcome...
Work sampling: a quantitative analysis of nursing activity in a neuro-rehabilitation settingHeather Williams
Northwick Park Hospital, Regional Rehabilitation Unit, London, UK
J Adv Nurs 65:2097-107. 2009....
The effectiveness of pin site care for patients with external fixatorsHeather Williams
Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
Br J Community Nurs 9:206-10. 2004..It is also important to note that the most frequently recommended solution for cleansing pin sites in UK protocols (0.9% normal saline) had the worst outcome, therefore its efficacy in this population may need to be challenged...
Northwick Park Care Needs Assessment: adaptation for inpatient neurological rehabilitation settingsHeather Williams
Regional Rehabilitation Unit, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
J Adv Nurs 59:612-22. 2007..This paper is a report of a study to establish which timings and assumptions of the Northwick Park Dependency Scale and Care Needs Assessment are appropriate to the inpatient rehabilitation setting and which, if any, require adjustment...
Engaging the hearts and minds of clinicians in outcome measurement - the UK Rehabilitation Outcomes Collaborative approachLynne Turner-Stokes
King s College London School of Medicine, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK
Disabil Rehabil 34:1871-9. 2012..However, staff training and ongoing commitment from senior staff and managers are critical to the maintenance of effort required to provide assurance of data quality in the longer term...
The Rehabilitation Complexity Scale--extended version: detection of patients with highly complex needsLynne Turner-Stokes
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London School of Medicine, London, UK
Disabil Rehabil 34:715-20. 2012..To describe the extended Rehabilitation Complexity Scale (RCS-E) and its factor structure, and to determine whether it provides added value over the RCS-version 2 to identify patients with highly complex rehabilitation needs...
Deriving a Barthel Index from the Northwick Park Dependency Scale and the Functional Independence Measure: are they equivalent?Lynne Turner-Stokes
Kings College London, School of Medicine, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK
Clin Rehabil 24:1121-6. 2010..to examine the extent of agreement between Barthel Index scores derived from Northwick Park Dependency Scores (NPDS) and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) ratings, in an inpatient setting...
Can the Northwick Park Care Needs Assessment be used to estimate nursing staff requirements in an inpatient rehabilitation setting?Heather Williams
Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, UK
Clin Rehabil 21:535-44. 2007..To determine whether the Northwick Park Care Needs Assessment (NPCNA) could be used to estimate nursing staff requirements in an inpatient rehabilitation setting...
Goal attainment scaling: a direct comparison of alternative rating methodsLynne Turner-Stokes
King s College London, School of Medicine, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation and Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
Clin Rehabil 24:66-73. 2010..To compare two alternative rating systems for goal attainment scaling (GAS) intended to improve capture of goal underachievement...
The Rehabilitation Complexity Scale version 2: a clinimetric evaluation in patients with severe complex neurodisabilityLynne Turner-Stokes
King s College London, School of Medicine, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 81:146-53. 2010..To evaluate the clinimetric properties of the Rehabilitation Complexity Scale (RCS) in a neurorehabilitation inpatient sample...
Using the UKROC dataset to make the case for resources to improve cost-efficiency in neurological rehabilitationLynne Turner-Stokes
King s College London School of Medicine, Department of Palliative Care Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK
Disabil Rehabil 34:1900-6. 2012..ii) Analysis of routinely collected clinical data can be used to engage commissioners and to make the case for resources to maximise efficiency and improve patient care...
Goal attainment scaling: does it provide added value as a person-centred measure for evaluation of outcome in neurorehabilitation following acquired brain injury?Lynne Turner-Stokes
Department of Palliative Care, Kings College London, School of Medicine, Middlesex, UK
J Rehabil Med 41:528-35. 2009..To compare goal attainment scaling (GAS) and standardized measures in evaluation of person-centred outcomes in neurorehabilitation...
The Rehabilitation Complexity Scale: a simple, practical tool to identify 'complex specialised' services in neurological rehabilitationLynne Turner-Stokes
King s College London School of Medicine
Clin Med 7:593-9. 2007..As NHS services tackle the challenges posed by Payment by Results for management of patients with complex needs, it is suggested that this approach may have application in other fields of clinical practice...
Effects of a static bicycling programme on the functional ability of young people with cerebral palsy who are non-ambulantHeather Williams
Valence School, Westerham, Kent, UK
Dev Med Child Neurol 49:522-7. 2007..The static bicycle provided a safe, effective means of exercise to a population with very limited opportunities for activity...
