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Research Fellow in Health Services Research

I am a Research Fellow at the Institute for Health Research, working on a project examining access to primary care among underserved populations in Bedford, Luton, and Milton Keynes. I specialise in qualitative and mixed-method case study approaches in health services research. I have extensive experience of evaluating service innovations and extended roles in health and social care. My most recent collaboration was an evaluation of social prescribing in remote and rural Scotland with the 91�ε� of the Highlands and Islands. Before that, I worked at the 91�ε� of Surrey where I published widely on the impact and implementation of non-medical prescribing, and on the delegation of medicines administration in community nursing. I also have experience in lecturing and supervising undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students.

Qualifications

• PhD (2011) ‘An evaluation of stakeholder views on the impact and development of nurse prescribing in England’. 91�ε� of Surrey
• BSc (Hons) Psychology, 91�ε� of Bristol

Research Interests

• Evaluation of service innovation in health services
• Equity of access to healthcare
• Development of extended roles in health and social care
• Patient experience of healthcare

Recent research projects

• Carey, N. et al. ‘Innovation in the allied health professions: evaluation of supplementary prescribing by dieticians and independent prescribing by therapeutic radiographers’. NIHR Policy Research Programme grant PR-R19-0617-21001 (co-applicant), 2018-04/2024 (£531,000).
• Stenner K. et al. ‘Delegation of insulin administration in community nursing teams: an evaluation of resources’. NHS England Nursing Directive commission, July 2022- March 2023 (£9,999).
• Stenner K. et al. ‘Delegation of insulin administration to non-registered healthcare workers in community nursing teams: an evaluation of care and practice for older people with diabetes’. Dunhill Medical Trust Research Grants RPGF1902\116, Jan 2020 – Dec 2021 (£88,130).
• Carey, N, Stenner K. ‘Optometrist therapeutic prescribing: a rapid review of the literature’. Review by competitive tender for the General Optical Council, £10,592. March- May 2021.
• Stenner K. ‘Early adoption of paramedic independent prescribing’ FHMS Research support Fund grant, university of Surrey, Nov 2018 – July 2019 (£8,000).
• Carey, N. et al. ‘Evaluation of physiotherapist and podiatrist independent prescribing, mixing of medicines and prescribing of controlled drugs.’ Department of Health, National Institute for Health Research grant award PR-R7-0513-11002 (co-applicant), 2014-2016 (£211,871)

Publications

• Adeniji, O.A., Stenner, K., Pappas, E. et al.Barriers and Facilitators to the Rapid Adaptations of Healthcare Service Delivery during Public Health Emergencies: A Systematic Integrative Review of Literature. Glob Implement Res Appl (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43477-025-00155-9
• Carey N, Edwards J, Babashahi S and Stenner K (2024) How dietitians and therapeutic radiographers use prescribing in practice. Journal of Prescribing Practice, Dec 2024, DOI: .
• Stenner K, Edwards J, Mills L, Sherrington S, Mold F. (2024) Delegation of insulin administration: a survey of community nursing teams in England. Br J Community Nurs. 2024 May 2;29(5):238-244. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.5.238. PMID: 38701013.
• Crowther, N. Carey, S. McFadden, K. Stenner, C. Hughes (2024). Therapeutic radiographer prescribing practices in the United Kingdom: Questionnaire survey. Radiography, Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 964-970, ISSN 1078-8174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2024.04.008.
• Stenner K, Shore CB, Maben J, Mold F, Winkley K, Cook A. (2023) Delegation of insulin administration to non-registered healthcare workers in community nursing teams: a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
• Shore CB, Maben J, Mold F, Winkley K, Cook A, Stenner K. Delegation of medication administration from registered nurses to non-registered support workers in community care settings: A systematic review with critical interpretive synthesis. Int J Nurs Stud. 2022 Feb;126:104121. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104121. Epub 2021 Oct 29. PMID: 34896760; PMCID: PMC8803545.
• Taylor C., Harris J., Stenner K., Sevdalis N, Green JSA. (2021) A multi‐method evaluation of the implementation of a cancer teamwork assessment and feedback improvement programme (MDT‐FIT) across a large integrated cancer system. Cancer Medicine; 10: 1240-1252 https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.3719.
• Stenner K., Van Even S. Collen C. (2021). Paramedic independent prescribing: a qualitative study of early adopters in the UK. British Paramedic Journal, 6(1), 30-37 (8). DOI: .
• Turner, Sarah and Stenner, Karen (2021) What are the experiences of black African and African Caribbean men during the transition to fatherhood? Journal of Health Visiting 9 (2). pp. 76-82. ISSN 2050-8719.
• Carey N, Stenner K, Coleman M, Edwards J (2021) Optometrists Therapeutic Prescribing: a review of the literature. Report to the General Optical Council.

Contact Details

Putteridge Bury campus
Hitchin Road
Luton, LU2 8LE

Email: karen.stenner@beds.ac.uk

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