Dr Pauline Nelson

BA, PhD

Management School

Research Fellow (Healthcare Workforce)

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P.A.Nelson@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Pauline Nelson
Management School
E006
Western Bank Villa
300-302 Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Profile

Pauline is a Research Fellow on the NIHR-funded REMAP project, a realist evaluation of multi-professional advanced practice in primary care. She joined Sheffield University Management School (SUMS) as a Research Fellow in June 2023 as part of the NIHR , having previously worked as an applied health services researcher at the University of Manchester. Pauline completed her PhD at Manchester in 2010. Her thesis focused on family experiences of children/young peoples long-term treatment for congenital facial difference. Her work focuses on new ways of working in the organisation and delivery of health and social care, in particular workforce, skill-mix change and boundary work.

Qualifications
  • University of Manchester, BA (Hons.)
  • University of Manchester, PhD
Research interests

Her work focuses on new ways of working in the organisation and delivery of health and social care, in particular workforce, skill-mix change and boundary work. Her research interests include:

  • New models of health and social care
  • Workforce, skill-mix change, boundary work
  • Digital working
  • Qualitative research methods
  • Implementation Health services/medical sociology/organisation studies
Publications

Journal articles

  • Nelson PA, Bradley F, Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Higgerson J, Gibson J & Hodgson D (2025) . Journal of Health Organization and Management, 39(9), 419-434.
  • Bradley F, Nelson PA & Dumville J (2025) . Journal of Public Health, 47(2).
  • Bradley F, Nelson PA, Cutts C & Hodgson D (2024) . British Journal of General Practice, 74(738), e27-e33.
  • Ullah A, Whittaker W, Bradley F, Nelson PA, Dowding D, Morciano M & Cullum N (2023) . BMC Infectious Diseases, 23(1).
  • Nelson PA, Bradley F, Ullah A, Whittaker W, Brunton L, Calovski V, Money A, Dowding D, Cullum N & Wilson P (2023) . Implementation Science Communications, 4(1).
  • Brunton L, Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Hodgson D & Nelson PA (2022) . BMC Primary Care, 23(1).
  • Cordingley L, Nelson PA, Davies L, Ashcroft D, Bundy C, Chew-Graham C, Chisholm A, Elvidge J, Hamilton M, Hilton R , Kane K et al (2022) . Programme Grants for Applied Research, 10(3).
  • Nelson PA, Cordingley L, Kapur N, Chew-Graham CA, Shaw J, Smith S, McGale B & McDonnell S (2020) . Frontiers in Psychology, 11.
  • Nelson PA (2020) . British Journal of Dermatology, 182(3), 529-529.
  • McDonnell S, Nelson PA, Leonard S, McGale B, Chew-Graham CA, Kapur N, Shaw J, Smith S & Cordingley L (2020) . Crisis, 41(5), 351-358.
  • Whittaker W, Anselmi L, Nelson P, O'Donnell C, Ross N, Rothwell K & Hodgson D (2019) . BMJ Open, 9(9).
  • Nelson PA (2019) . British Journal of General Practice, 69(685), 381.2-381.
  • Nelson PA, Bradley F, Martindale A-M, McBride A & Hodgson D (2019) . British Journal of General Practice, 69(684), e489-e498.
  • Nelson PA, Magin P & Thompson AR (2019) . British Journal of Dermatology, 180(6), 1271-1273.
  • Nelson PA (2018) . British Journal of Dermatology, 179(2), 544-545.
  • Nelson P, Martindale A-M, McBride A, Checkland K & Hodgson D (2018) . British Journal of General Practice, 68(667), 66-67.
  • Keyworth C, Nelson PA, Bundy C, Pye SR, Griffiths CEM & Cordingley L (2018) . Psychology, Health & Medicine, 23(7), 763-778.
  • Nelson PA, Magin P & Thompson AR (2017) . British Journal of Dermatology, 177(3), 603-605.
  • Nelson PA, Kane K, Pearce CJ, Bundy C, Chisholm A, Hilton R, Thorneloe R, Young H, Griffiths CEM & Cordingley L (2017) . British Journal of Dermatology, 177(3), 758-770.
  • Chisholm A, Nelson PA, Pearce CJ, Littlewood AJ, Kane K, Henry AL, Thorneloe R, Hamilton MP, Lavallee J, Lunt M , Griffiths CEM et al (2017) . British Journal of Dermatology, 176(3), 677-686.
  • Apfelbacher CJ & Nelson PA (2017) . British Journal of Dermatology, 176(2), 285-287.
  • Nelson PA (2016) . British Journal of Dermatology, 174(5), 951-952.
  • Keyworth C, Nelson PA, Chew-Graham CA, Kane K, Pearce CJ, Griffiths CEM, Chisholm A & Cordingley L (2016) . International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 23(2), 168-178.
  • Nelson PA, Kane K, Chisholm A, Pearce CJ, Keyworth C, Rutter MK, ChewGraham CA, Griffiths CEM & Cordingley L (2016) . Health Expectations, 19(5), 1121-1137.
  • Chisholm A, Nelson PA, Pearce CJ, Keyworth C, Griffiths CEM, Cordingley L & Bundy C (2016) . British Journal of Health Psychology, 21(1), 114-134.
  • Nelson PA & Thompson AR (2015) . British Journal of Dermatology, 173(6), 1351-1352.
  • Keyworth C, Nelson PA, Griffiths CEM, Cordingley L & Bundy C (2015) . BMC Health Services Research, 15(1).
  • Nelson PA (2015) . British Journal of Dermatology, 172(5), 1180-1180.
  • Nelson PA (2015) . British Journal of Dermatology, 172(4), 841-843.
  • Fordham BA, Nelson P, Griffiths CEM & Bundy C (2015) . British Journal of Dermatology, 172(3), 823-825.
  • Nelson PA, Keyworth C, Chisholm A, Pearce CJ, Griffiths CEM, Cordingley L & Bundy C (2014) . British Journal of Dermatology, 171(5), 1116-1122.
  • Keyworth C, Nelson PA, Chisholm A, Griffiths CEM, Cordingley L & Bundy C (2014) . British Journal of Dermatology, 171(3), 602-608.
  • Nelson PA, Barker Z, Griffiths CEM, Cordingley L & Chew-Graham CA (2013) . BMC Family Practice, 14(1).
  • Nelson PA & Kirk SA (2013) . The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal, 50(3), 275-285.
  • Nelson PA, Chew-Graham CA, Griffiths CEM & Cordingley L (2013) . British Journal of Dermatology, 168(2), 354-361.
  • Nelson P, Cox H, Furze G, Lewin RJP, Morton V, Norris H, Patel N, Elton P & Carty R (2013) . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(4), 840-850.
  • Cordingley L, Nelson PA, Griffiths CEM & Chew-Graham CA (2012) . British Journal of General Practice, 62(604), 568-569.
  • Nelson PA, Caress A-L, Glenny A-M & Kirk SA (2012) . Social Science & Medicine, 74(5), 796-804.
  • Furze G, Cox H, Morton V, Chuang L, Lewin RJP, Nelson P, Carty R, Norris H, Patel N & Elton P (2012) . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(10), 2267-2279.
  • Nelson PA, Kirk SA, Caress A-L & Glenny A-M (2012) . Qualitative Health Research, 22(3), 346-359.
  • Nelson P, Glenny A, Kirk S & Caress A (2012) . Child: Care, Health and Development, 38(1), 6-20.
  • Baker J, Playle J, Nelson P & Lovell K (2010) . Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19(17-18), 2590-2600.
  • Nelson PA (2009) . The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal, 46(3), 245-251.
  • Semb G, Nelson P & Shaw WC (2006) Eurocleft an experiment in intercenter collaboration. Polski Przeglad Chirurgiczny, 78(11), 1291-1310.
  • Shaw WC, Semb G, Nelson P, Brattstr繹m V, M繪lsted K, Prahl-Andersen B & Gundlach KKH (2001) . Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 29(3), 131-140.
  • Nelson P (1997) . British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 35(4), 292-292.

Conference proceedings

  • Nelson PA, Kane K, Chisholm A, Pearce C, Keyworth C, Rutter MK, Chew-Graham CA, Griffiths CEM & Cordingley L (2014) 'I should have taken that further': a mixed-methods study of missed opportunities in the cardiovascular risk assessment of patients with psoriasis. BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, Vol. 171(6) (pp E109-E110)
  • Thorneloe RJ, Nelson P, Bundy C, Griffiths CE, Ashcroft DM & Cordingley L (2014) Existing self-report tools are not suitable for measuring adherence to topical therapies in psoriasis. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, Vol. 134 (pp S55-S55)

Preprints

  • Brunton L, Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Hodgson D & Nelson PA (2021) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
Research group

Organisation Studies Research Cluster