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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Transforming Care After Treatment Partnership, Integration and Co-ordination

Report
Campbell, K., & Johnston, L. (2018)
Transforming Care After Treatment Partnership, Integration and Co-ordination. Macmillan Cancer Support
This Bulletin presents the evidence and learning on the implementation of holistic needs assessment (HNA) within 11 completed local projects from the national evaluative persp...

Implementing Holistic Needs Assessment: Learning and Evidence Bulletin

Report
Campbell, K., & Johnston, L. (2018)
Implementing Holistic Needs Assessment: Learning and Evidence Bulletin. Scotland: Macmillan Cancer Support

Measurable Outcomes from TCAT: A Briefing Paper

Report
Campbell, K., & Johnston, L. (2018)
Measurable Outcomes from TCAT: A Briefing Paper. Scotland: Macmillan Cancer Support

User Involvement and TCAT Co-produced by the Cancer Experience Panel & Edinburgh Napier University

Report
Campbell, K., & Johnston, L. (2018)
User Involvement and TCAT Co-produced by the Cancer Experience Panel & Edinburgh Napier University. Scotland: Macmillan Cancer Support

Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) after treatment for colorectal cancer within outpatient clinics: using findings to improve practice and policies

Presentation / Conference
Johnston, L., Rodger, J., & Campbell, K. (2017, April)
Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) after treatment for colorectal cancer within outpatient clinics: using findings to improve practice and policies. Presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2017, Oxford
Introduction: Patients can be unprepared for the impact of cancer and treatment. A proportion have unmet needs. The Transforming Care after Treatment (TCAT) programme in Scotl...

How can national evaluators enhance evidence from local transformational change to influence policy and decision making?

Presentation / Conference
Johnston, L., Campbell, K., & Marron, B. (2017, April)
How can national evaluators enhance evidence from local transformational change to influence policy and decision making?. Poster presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2017

Realistic and appreciative: developing a dual model of evaluation of ‘Transforming Care after Treatment’ programme in Scotland

Presentation / Conference
Johnston, L., & Smith, S. (2017, April)
Realistic and appreciative: developing a dual model of evaluation of ‘Transforming Care after Treatment’ programme in Scotland. Poster presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2017, Oxford
Background: The Transforming Care after Treatment programme in Scotland (TCAT) aims to improve the after care for people living with and beyond cancer by focussing on improvin...

Analysing and interpreting the concerns data of people at end of treatment. Glass half empty or half full?

Presentation / Conference
Campbell, K., & Johnston, L. (2017, March)
Analysing and interpreting the concerns data of people at end of treatment. Glass half empty or half full?. Poster presented at British Psychosocial Oncology Society Annual Conference, Oxford, UK
Background: Macmillan Cancer Support National Programme of Transforming Care after Treatment in Scotland (TCAT) has funded the implementation of 25 local projects, each with d...

End of treatment holistic needs assessment –are psychosocial needs masked by physical concerns?

Presentation / Conference
Campbell, K., Johnston, L., & Marron, B. (2017, March)
End of treatment holistic needs assessment –are psychosocial needs masked by physical concerns?. Poster presented at British Psychosocial Oncology Society, Oxford, UK
Background: The Transforming Care after Treatment programme in Scotland (TCAT) established national and regional structures to support the implementation of 25 local projects,...

Follow up after cancer treatment: Improving access to supported self-management through testing of a GP led Active Inclusion Pathway

Presentation / Conference
Johnston, L., Bradshaw, S., Campbell, K., & Durie, R. (2016, November)
Follow up after cancer treatment: Improving access to supported self-management through testing of a GP led Active Inclusion Pathway. Poster presented at National Cancer Research Institute
Background The Transforming Care After Treatment (TCAT) programme aims to improve the aftercare for people living with and beyond cancer in Scotland. It is a partnership betwe...

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
  • 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
  • o Engaging Disability Organisations: Mapping Scotland's Disability Organisations. Lucy Johnston, Clare Lardner, Anna Barton and Mike Martin. Scottish Government Social Research 2009
  • 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