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Madeleine Ellis

Research Assistant

Biography

Madeleine joined the Mental Health Nursing team at IoPPN as a Research Assistant in February 2021, examining the uses of body worn cameras in acute mental health units. She also works part-time as a Patient Public Involvement Coordinator for the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Madeleine completed a BA(Hons) in Social and Political Studies at Ruskin College, Oxford (2017), followed by a MA in Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (2019). Her research interests relate to issues of disability and citizenship, the normalisation of participatory methods for healthcare improvement, and patient experiences of mental distress, recovery and navigating systems of care.

Prior to starting at KCL, Madeleine worked in the voluntary sector as a Research Manager for Healthwatch Barnet and as a Researcher for the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers. She has worked on a wide range of disability and health research projects in these roles.

Research interests

  • Disability and issues of social and political engagement
  • Participatory methods of health and social care policy, research, and improvement
  • Experiences of mental distress, recovery, and the navigation of systems of care
  • Women’s mental health and motherhood

 

Expertise and Public Engagement

Madeleine has experience of delivering inclusive and impactful patient public engagement for health and social care projects and research. She also currently works part-time as an Involvement Coordinator for the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Research

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Mental Health Nursing

The Mental Health Nursing research group is developing a programme of high-quality research with the aim of improving the delivery and experience of mental healthcare and mental health nursing across a range of service settings.

Mental Health Nursing21
Body Worn Cameras on Inpatient Mental Health Wards

Body worn cameras are mobile audio and video devices that can be secured to various parts of the body allowing the wearer to record what they see and hear.

Project status: Ongoing

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Implementing Safewards on Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Wards

Safewards is a model that synthesises what research tells us about rates of patient ‘conflict’ and staff ‘containment’ behaviours on mental health wards. From this model 10 interventions have been designed to reduce these behaviours, and make wards safer, more peaceful places

Research

dandelion-background-1800
Mental Health Nursing

The Mental Health Nursing research group is developing a programme of high-quality research with the aim of improving the delivery and experience of mental healthcare and mental health nursing across a range of service settings.

Mental Health Nursing21
Body Worn Cameras on Inpatient Mental Health Wards

Body worn cameras are mobile audio and video devices that can be secured to various parts of the body allowing the wearer to record what they see and hear.

Project status: Ongoing

safewards_logo_1800x500
Implementing Safewards on Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Wards

Safewards is a model that synthesises what research tells us about rates of patient ‘conflict’ and staff ‘containment’ behaviours on mental health wards. From this model 10 interventions have been designed to reduce these behaviours, and make wards safer, more peaceful places