Dr Antonina Semkina
Research Fellow
Biography
Antonina is a Research Fellow in King's College London's NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce (HSCWRU). She focuses on issues including workforce wellbeing and motivation, sense of purpose and sense of responsibility at work. She is experienced in policy research, implementation science and evaluation research.
She has done her PhD research at the University of East Anglia on developing wellbeing skills.
Antonina Semkina: ORCID iD | Research Profile at King's | Posts by Antonina on the Unit blog
Research
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London: Social Care Theme
Researchers at HSCWRU are working on the Social Care theme as part of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London.
Exploring the awareness and attractiveness of Occupational Health (OH) careers: perspectives of trainee doctors, nurses, OH trainees, OH career leavers
A rapid literature review with focus groups and interviews.
Project status: Completed
New Roles in Health and Social Care
There is increasing interest in new work roles that can change how existing tasks and responsibilities are distributed.
Project status: Ongoing
Homecare Workers as Proxy Healthcare Professionals: Evaluating Appropriateness, Acceptability, and Impact (‘PRO-HEALTH’)
Evaluating the positioning of homecare workers as proxy healthcare professionals, including the appropriateness, acceptability, impact of, and appetite for this
Project status: Ongoing
The Management of Sickness Absence by NHS Trusts
Starting September 2024. Examining Trusts' level of sickness absence and undertaking in-depth studies in selected Trusts.
Project status: Ongoing
Review of Occupational Health (OH) and well-being service provision for the South London Local Authorities’ employees
Exploring the Occupational Health service arrangements available to the employees of the local authorities in South London.
Project status: Completed
News
Men's Sheds, Befriending Services, Lunch Clubs And Homecare Agencies As Early Detectors
New briefing and vignettes from the Preventive Role of social care for Older People (PROP) study
Staff experience in the NHS: Navigating challenges and change together
Unit researchers attended the NHS Employers Conference
The Unit Away Day and a look back at 2025
Staff gathered to discuss Unit strategy
Visitor from Macquarie University
Prof Yvonne Zurynski introduced the Unit to some of her recent work
New tool supports implementation research in social care
Unit researcher Antonina Semkina co-led development of new guide
ARC South London Social Care Theme at the Unit
Highlights from our programme of work, 2019-2024
What are the intrinsic rewards of working in Occupational Health?
New article from one of two OH studies at the Unit
At the International Conference on Evidence-based Policy in Long-Term Care
New Deputy Director among those from the Unit travelling to Bilbao
Expanding the concept of 'ageing in place' to include 'dying in place'
Professor Linda Yin-King Lee, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, visited the Unit
At ARC South London's Knowledge Exchange Event
Caroline Norrie and Antonina Semkina represented the Unit
Research
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London: Social Care Theme
Researchers at HSCWRU are working on the Social Care theme as part of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London.
Exploring the awareness and attractiveness of Occupational Health (OH) careers: perspectives of trainee doctors, nurses, OH trainees, OH career leavers
A rapid literature review with focus groups and interviews.
Project status: Completed
New Roles in Health and Social Care
There is increasing interest in new work roles that can change how existing tasks and responsibilities are distributed.
Project status: Ongoing
Homecare Workers as Proxy Healthcare Professionals: Evaluating Appropriateness, Acceptability, and Impact (‘PRO-HEALTH’)
Evaluating the positioning of homecare workers as proxy healthcare professionals, including the appropriateness, acceptability, impact of, and appetite for this
Project status: Ongoing
The Management of Sickness Absence by NHS Trusts
Starting September 2024. Examining Trusts' level of sickness absence and undertaking in-depth studies in selected Trusts.
Project status: Ongoing
Review of Occupational Health (OH) and well-being service provision for the South London Local Authorities’ employees
Exploring the Occupational Health service arrangements available to the employees of the local authorities in South London.
Project status: Completed
News
Men's Sheds, Befriending Services, Lunch Clubs And Homecare Agencies As Early Detectors
New briefing and vignettes from the Preventive Role of social care for Older People (PROP) study
Staff experience in the NHS: Navigating challenges and change together
Unit researchers attended the NHS Employers Conference
The Unit Away Day and a look back at 2025
Staff gathered to discuss Unit strategy
Visitor from Macquarie University
Prof Yvonne Zurynski introduced the Unit to some of her recent work
New tool supports implementation research in social care
Unit researcher Antonina Semkina co-led development of new guide
ARC South London Social Care Theme at the Unit
Highlights from our programme of work, 2019-2024
What are the intrinsic rewards of working in Occupational Health?
New article from one of two OH studies at the Unit
At the International Conference on Evidence-based Policy in Long-Term Care
New Deputy Director among those from the Unit travelling to Bilbao
Expanding the concept of 'ageing in place' to include 'dying in place'
Professor Linda Yin-King Lee, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, visited the Unit
At ARC South London's Knowledge Exchange Event
Caroline Norrie and Antonina Semkina represented the Unit