Police Custody Nursing: Ethical, Social, Policy and Professional Challenges (360G-Wellcome-205561_Z_16_Z)

£25,839

The Seed Award is the first step in an ambitious undertaking to understand the ethical, social, policy and professional challenges faced by nurses working in police stations. Since 2003, there have been two substantial changes to custody healthcare: the introduction of a predominantly nurse-run service, and the transference of governance to private companies. No study has yet investigated the impacts of both changes on custody medicine. In order to do so, a baseline description of police nurse practice is necessary. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with 20 nurses (each working for one of three different companies) from four constabularies in England and Wales, in order to identify the core responsibilities of custody nurses as well as key practice differences. These findings will be used to refine the research questions for an application to the Wellcome Trust Investigator Award. In addition, a Planning Meeting, involving scholars who have previously researched custody medicine or forensic nurses along with representatives from United Kingdom Association of Forensic Nurses (UKAFN), will be held. The attendees will become an Advisory Panel for the Investigator Award and it is envisaged that the outcome of the research will be of use to UKAFN in better supporting custody nurses.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 25839
Applicant Surname Rees
Approval Committee Seed Committee, Humanities and Social Science
Award Date 2016-11-10T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2016/17
Grant Programme: Title Seed Award in H&SS
Internal ID 205561/Z/16/Z
Lead Applicant Dr Gethin Rees
Partnership Value 25839
Planned Dates: End Date 2018-07-26T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2017-04-03T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region North East