Lucy Johnston
Lucy Johnston

Mrs Lucy Johnston

Senior Research Fellow

 0131 455 5323

  L.Johnston@napier.ac.uk

   

Biography

Lucy joined ENU with an established reputation in the design and delivery of applied research in health and social care. Over the last 30 years she has conducted service reviews, evaluation, research and VFM audits. Lucy has held research posts at NHS Lothian Health Council, Audit Scotland, Volunteer Development Scotland and prior to joining Napier was a self- employed researcher/research consultant. Clients included, Scottish National and Local Government and third sector social care organisations. She joined Edinburgh Napier University School of Health and Social Care in January 2014 as the lead Research Fellow for the five year Macmillan Funded National Evaluation of TCAT - Transforming Care After Treatment. Since 2019 Lucy has led and developed a large portfolio of research and innovation projects focusing on care homes, data collection and re-use, the wellbeing of staff and practice support.

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • International Public Policy Observatory on COVID-19 (IPPO, 2021) on the mental wellbeing of staff in care homes
  • Covid-19 Register of Experts to support the Scottish Parliament in its scrutiny of Covid-19
  • Invited contributor to EHRC round table for priority setting for health and social care (2020)

 

Invited Speaker

  • Scottish Government Wellbeing Network
  • NHS Lothian Care Home Strategic Oversight Committee
  • Healthy Aging Innovation Cluster

 

Media Activity

  • Associate feature: The vast potential for Scotland’s care home sector that lies in data-led innovation

 

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Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland

Report
Wojcik, G., Anderson, L., Johnston, L., Moffat, S., & Morrison, D. (2024)
Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland. Environmental Standards Scotland
Commissioned literature review on the key causes, impacts and controls for anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in the environment that are relevant to Scotland. The review summari...

A Reflection On: Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Pilot with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic

Journal Article
Johnston, L., Hockley, J., Watson, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2024)
A Reflection On: Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Pilot with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic. International journal of practice-based learning in health and social care, 11(2), 129-141
Abstract unavailable.

Practicalities of promoting practice‐based learning in end of life care for care home staff: Lessons from “online” supportive conversations and reflection sessions

Journal Article
Hockley, J., Watson, J., Johnston, L., & Shenkin, S. D. (2024)
Practicalities of promoting practice‐based learning in end of life care for care home staff: Lessons from “online” supportive conversations and reflection sessions. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 19(1), Article e12598. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12598
Introduction: Deaths in care homes and “at home” are anticipated to account for a third of UK deaths by 2040. Currently, palliative and end of life care are not part of statut...

Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Study with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic

Journal Article
Johnston, L., Hockley, J., Watson, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2022)
Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Study with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic. International journal of practice-based learning in health and social care, 10(1), 48-58. https://doi.org/10.18552/ijpblhsc.v10i1.743
Care homes care for people with complex needs, supporting them to the end of life and are now being seen as the ‘de facto’ hospice. Reflective debriefing for care home staff h...

Developing a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: a mixed methods study of data routinely collected in care homes

Journal Article
Shenkin, S. D., Johnston, L., Hockley, J., & Henderson, D. A. (in press)
Developing a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: a mixed methods study of data routinely collected in care homes. Age and ageing,
Background: Care homes collect extensive data about their residents, and their care, in multiple ways, for multiple purposes. We aimed to (1) identify what data are routinely ...

Foundation level barriers to the widespread adoption of digital solutions by care homes: Insights from three Scottish studies

Journal Article
Johnston, L., Koikkalainen, H., Anderson, L., Lapok, P., Lawson, A., & Shenkin, S. D. (2022)
Foundation level barriers to the widespread adoption of digital solutions by care homes: Insights from three Scottish studies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(12), Article 7407. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127407
The care home sector has great potential to benefit from technological innovations, and to be at the forefront of developing novel digital solutions to improve the experiences...

“Don’t let the trial kill the intervention”: How can researchers and care home teams implement complex intervention trials in care homes?

Journal Article
Shenkin, S., Gordon, A., Johnston, L., Henderson, C., & Achterberg, W. (2022)
“Don’t let the trial kill the intervention”: How can researchers and care home teams implement complex intervention trials in care homes?. Age and ageing, 51(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac068
There is a need for a context-specific sustainable model for conduct of high-quality research in care homes Implementation of research interventions in care homes needs c...

Practice based approaches to supporting the work related wellbeing of frontline care workers in care homes: A Scoping Review

Journal Article
Johnston, L., Malcolm, C., Rambabu, L., Hockley, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2021)
Practice based approaches to supporting the work related wellbeing of frontline care workers in care homes: A Scoping Review. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021, 230-240. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.66
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to ensure that strategic and operational approaches to retain high quality, resilient frontline care home workers are informed by...

Written Evidence to Independent Review of Adult Social Care Scotland

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Johnston, L. Written Evidence to Independent Review of Adult Social Care Scotland. Scottish Government

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Johnston, L. Written Evidence to Independent Review of Adult Social Care Scotland. Scottish Government
• The evidence presented here relates to four research studies conducted in relation to workforce resilience, burnout and support around death and dying in the care home secto...

Avoiding Burnout of the Care Home Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Sharing National Learning and Local Initiatives

Journal Article
Johnston, L., Malcolm, C., Rambabu, L., Hockley, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2021)
Avoiding Burnout of the Care Home Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Sharing National Learning and Local Initiatives. Age and ageing, 50(Suppl. 1), i12-i42. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab030.62
Introduction COVID-19 in care homes has heightened the risk of staff burnout, undermining already problematic staff retention and low morale. There has been an associated prol...

Pre-Napier Funded Projects

  • Review of methods and research approached used to evaluate health interventions in natural environments. A contribution to the developing green space and health evidence base. With Aileen Marshall-Brown, February 2011
  • o Engaging Disability Organisations: Mapping Scotland's Disability Organisations. Lucy Johnston, Clare Lardner, Anna Barton and Mike Martin. Scottish Government Social Research 2009
  • review of evidence to contribute to the debate on, and inform the development of, the policy on shifting the balance of care. Lucy Johnston, Clare Lardner and Ruth Jepson. Scottish Government Social Research 2008.
  • Engaging Disability Organisations: A Resource Guide to Engagement, Standards, Guidance and Tool Kits
  • Missed Out, Missing Out. Learning disabled adults living in the family home. Quarriers, 2008
  • o Evaluation of the operation and impact of free personal care, Scottish Executive February 2007, Hexagon Research and Consulting, with Lucy Johnston
  • Growing up, going down: A preliminary comparison of services for children and adults with disabilities. Quarriers, 2005

Current Post Grad projects