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Staff Profile

Dr Paula Whitty

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 245 6708
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  • Address: R&D Department
    St Nicholas Hospital
    Jubilee Road
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE3 3XT
Background

Introduction

Paula is a Consultant in Public Health by profession. She has been the Quality lead at a Health Authority, Director of Clinical Governance in a large Mental Health Trust, the national lead for the ‘Better Metrics’ project, Clinical Effectiveness Lead at the Healthcare Commission and Chief Information Officer/Deputy Medical Director at a Strategic Health Authority. Paula's current role is as Director of Research, Innovation and Clinical Effectiveness at Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust and as the Director of the North East Quality Observatory (NEQOS). As well as being an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Â鶹´«Ã½, Paula is also an Honorary Professor at Durham University.

Research

Research Interests

Paula is no longer an active researcher in her own right but focuses on the strategic development of mental health, learning disability and health services research within her Trust where she is the Director of R&D. In her past role as a part-time Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Health and Society, she worked with Professor Martin Eccles on the Effective Practice research programme, as well as leading the Health and Health Care Policy module on the University’s MSc in Health Sciences. Her specific implementation research interests within the Effective Practice field were: changing professional behaviour in mental health practice, and in chronic disease management practice (particularly diabetes); and the impact of public reporting of performance measures ('metrics') on professional practice and health care outcomes.

Teaching

Postgraduate Teaching

Paula teaches on the Health and Health Care Policy module and the Quality in Healthcare module on the MSc in Public Health Sciences.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Brennan S, Mckenzie JE, Whitty P, Buchan H, Green S, Bosch M, Fiander M, Strobel NA, Donoghue E, Page MJ, Yost J, Goncalves-Bradley DC. . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, 2017(11), -.
    • Erskine J, Hunter DJ, Small A, Hicks C, McGovern T, Lugsden E, Whitty P, Steen N, Eccles MP. Leadership and transformational change in healthcare organisations: A qualitative analysis of the North East Transformation System. Health Services Management Research 2013, 26(1), 29-37.
    • Robinson L, Bamford C, Briel R, Spencer J, Whitty P. . International Psychogeriatrics 2010, 22(1), 129-138.
    • Eccles MP, Francis J, Foy R, Johnston M, Bamford C, Grimshaw JM, Hughes J, Lecouturier J, Steen N, Whitty PM. . International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2009, 16(4), 377-387.
    • Francis JJ, Eccles MP, Johnston M, Whitty P, Grimshaw JM, Kaner EFS, Smith L, Walker A. . Implementation Science 2008, 3(1), 50.
    • Eccles M, Steen I, Whitty P, Hall L. . Implementation Science 2007, 2(23).
    • Michie S, Pilling S, Garety P, Whitty P, Eccles MP, Johnston M, Simmons J. . Implementation Science 2007, 2(8).
    • Eccles M, Whitty P, Speed C, Steen I, Vanoli A, Hawthorne G, Grimshaw J, Wood L, McDowell D. . Implementation Science 2007, 2(6).
    • Franks A, Watt I, Ayres P, Jones K, Pollock C, Whitty P, Wright J. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2006, 99(3), 112-114.
    • Paxton R, Whitty P, Zaatar A, Fairbairn A, Lothian J. . International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 2006, 19(1), 105-111.
    • Eccles MP, Foy R, Bamford, Hughes JC, Johnston M, Whitty PM, Steen N, Grimshaw. . Implementation Science 2006, 1(7).
    • Francis J, Eccles M, Johnston J, Kaner E, Grimshaw J, Whitty P, Walker A, Smith L. . Psychology & Health 2005, 20(s1), 84.
    • Whitty P, Eccles MP, Hawthorne G, Steen N, Vanoli A, Grimshaw JM, Wood L, Speed C, McDowell D. . Practical Diabetes International 2004, 21(9), 323-328.
    • Grimshaw JM, Thomas RE, MacLennan G, Fraser C, Ramsay C, Vale L, Whitty P, Eccles M, Matowe L, Shirran E, Wensing M, Dijkstra R, Donaldson C. . Health Technology Assessment 2004, 8(6), 94.
    • Whitty P, Eccles MP, Hawthorne G, Steen IN, Grimshaw J, Vanoli A, Wood L, Speed C, McDowell D. . Diabetic Medicine 2004, 21(Suppl 2), 54.
    • Whitty PM, Eccles MP, Steen IN, Mccoll E, Hutchinson A, Meadows K, Hewison J. . Pharmacy World and Science 2001, 23(4), 145-147.
    • Leung WC, Whitty P. . British Medical Journal 2000, 321(7261), 603-604.
    • Whitty P, Steen N, Eccles M, McColl E, Hewison J, Meadows K, Clapp Z, Hutchinson A. . Quality of Life Research 1997, 6(5), 407-413.

  • Book Chapter

    • Whitty P, Eccles M, Woolf S, Grimshaw J, Hurwitz B, Mason J, Shekelle P. . In: Jones, R; Britten, N; Culpepper, L; Gass, D; Grol, R; Mant, D; Silagy, C, ed. Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp.477-483.

  • Edited Book

    • Whitty P, Eccles M, ed. . London, UK: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 2004.

  • Editorials

    • Whitty P, Gilbody S. . British Journal of Psychiatry 2005, 186(3), 177-178.
    • Grimshaw JM, Thomas RE, MacLennan G, Fraser C, Ramsay CR, Vale L, Whitty P, Eccles MP, Matowe L, Shirran L, Wensing M, Dijkstra R, Donaldson C. . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2005, 21(1), 149.

  • Report

    • Erskine J, Hicks C, Hunter D, McGovern T, Scott E, Lugsden E, Kunonga E, Whitty P. . Durham, UK: Joint Research Team from the School of Health and Medicine, Durham University and Â鶹´«Ã½ Business School, 2008.

  • Reviews

    • Flodgren G, Parmelli E, Doumit G, Gattellari M, O'Brien MA, Grimshaw J, Eccles MP. . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, (8), CD000125.
    • Brennan S, McKenzie J, Whitty P, Buchan H, Green S. . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, (4), CD003319.
    • Gilbody S, Bower P, Whitty P. . British Journal of Psychiatry 2006, 189(4), 297-308.
    • Gilbody S, Whitty P, Grimshaw J, Thomas R. . Journal of the American Medical Association 2003, 289(23), 3145-3151.
    • Gilbody S, Whitty P. . British Journal of Psychiatry 2002, 180(1), 13-18.