Book Chapter
Walsh M (2022) Health Policy, Evidence and Practice Gaps in The Response to the Pandemic in Africa, the case of Ghana. In: Tellwell Talent. https://tellwellpublishing.com/
Senior Lecturer
Management, Work and Organisation University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
I am member of Stirling Institute for Health (and inaugural chair from 2009 - 2012), the Operational Research Society and Member of the Institute for Consulting (Savoy Court, Strand London WC2R 0EZ). My expertise in Critical Systems Thinking, action research and participative planning and problem solving underpins my R&D (extrnally funded at more than £500,000 from 2008 to 2012). My previous employment includes:
Charge nurse at Lodgemoor Sheffield, specialising in the care of older people to postgraduate level; postgraduate researcher in the Department of Management Systems, University of Hull, investigating the process and conditions for level playing field dialogue between older blind people and NHS professionals on quality of health services from a critical systems perspective; Research assistant in the Institute of Health Studies on an ESRC funded investigation of risk management by health and social care organisations; Co-ordinator of the human ageing programmes in the School of Health at the University of Hull; Acting director of the Community Operational Research Unit at the University of Lincoln; Freelance research and management consultant; Co-ordinator of the User Centred Research Programme (RWA, RV9) at Humber Mental Health / Sheffield Medical School, on behalf of seven NHS Trusts and 3 Universities.
I came to Stirling in November 2006 to take up a lectureship in management science. I am a keen armchair astronomer, a keen Ochil gazer and I am strongly motivated by issues of justice and a desire to help people.
My recent research and consultancy work is strongly focused on improvement in health (espcially mental health) and community development in the UK and internationally (especially Ghana). In Scotland healthcare projects have dealt with Knowledge Exchange and Learning, quality improvement in childrens care pathways, redesign of Allied Health Professional vocational support, response to change in community nursing in the Highlands, recruitment and retention of health workers in remote and rural Ghana and Scotland, District level policy response to Climate Change in Ghana (UN/GEF project with the Ministry of Health, Ghana) understanding resistance to change in General Practice and many other projects . I am an expert in the application of systems methods to planning, problem solving and decision making – especially Soft Systems Methodology, Strategic Choice Approach, Critical Systems Heuristics, Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing also PATH and Result Chain. I am also an expert on the conditions for effective multi – stakeholder involvement in health and welfare systems.
KTP NHS Lothian.
PI: Dr Michael Walsh
Funded by: NHS Lothian and Technology Strategy Board
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Community nursing workforce planning
PI: Dr Annetta Smith
Funded by: NHS Highland
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NHS Lothian KTP
PI: Dr Michael Walsh
Funded by: NHS Lothian and Technology Strategy Board
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Healthcare Quality Strategy - Scottish Government
PI: Dr Michael Walsh
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Book Chapter
Walsh M (2022) Health Policy, Evidence and Practice Gaps in The Response to the Pandemic in Africa, the case of Ghana. In: Tellwell Talent. https://tellwellpublishing.com/
Article
Bounded rationality, capital budgeting decisions and small business
Morales Burgos JA, Kittler M & Walsh M (2020) Bounded rationality, capital budgeting decisions and small business. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 17 (2), pp. 293-318. https://doi.org/10.1108/qram-01-2019-0020
Article
Designing a recovery-orientated system of care: A community operational research perspective
Walsh M, Kittler MG, Throp M & Shaw F (2019) Designing a recovery-orientated system of care: A community operational research perspective. European Journal of Operational Research, 272 (2), pp. 595-607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.037
Article
Walsh M, Kittler MG & Mahal D (2018) Towards a new paradigm of healthcare: Addressing challenges to professional identities through Community Operational Research. European Journal of Operational Research, 268 (3), pp. 1125-1133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.05.052
Article
Dzidza PM, Jackson I, Normanyo AK & Walsh M (2017) The Effects of Poverty Reduction Strategies on Artisanal Fishing in Ghana: The Case of Keta Municipality. Journal of Sustainable Development, 10 (3), pp. 68-80. https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v10n3p68
Article
Pentland J, Maciver D, Owen C, Forsyth K, Irvine L, Walsh M & Crowe M (2016) Services for Children with developmental co-ordination order: an evaluation against best practice principles. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38 (3), pp. 299-306. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1037464
Article
Enabling integrated knowledge acquisition and management in health care teams
Pentland D, Forsyth K, Maciver D, Walsh M, Murray R & Irvine L (2014) Enabling integrated knowledge acquisition and management in health care teams. Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 12 (4), pp. 362-374. https://doi.org/10.1057/kmrp.2013.13
Research Report
Community Nurse Workforce Planning Project
Smith A, Morrison H & Walsh M (2011) Community Nurse Workforce Planning Project. NHS Highland. University of Stirling and NHS Highland.
Article
Key characteristics of knowledge transfer and exchange in healthcare: integrative literature review
Pentland D, Forsyth K, Maciver D, Walsh M, Murray R, Irvine L & Sikora S (2011) Key characteristics of knowledge transfer and exchange in healthcare: integrative literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67 (7), pp. 1408-1425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05631.x
Research Report
An analysis of written observations on the Healthcare Quality Strategy
Walsh M, Howieson B & Kittler M (2010) An analysis of written observations on the Healthcare Quality Strategy. Scottish Government.
Article
Action research - a necessary complement to traditional health science?
Walsh M, Grant G & Coleman Z (2008) Action research - a necessary complement to traditional health science?. Health Care Analysis, 16 (2), pp. 127-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-007-0064-6
Article
Systemic evaluation: A participative, multi-method approach
Boyd A, Geerling T, Gregory WJ, Midgley G, Murray P & Walsh M (2007) Systemic evaluation: A participative, multi-method approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58 (10), pp. 1306-1320. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602281
Article
Shields G & Walsh M (2006) Establishing the Rationale for, and Practice of, User Research at the Humber Mental Health Teaching Trust. Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 3 (2), pp. 193-197. https://doi.org/10.5920/mhldrp.2006.32193
Article
Accounting for Research - the Difficulties Posed for User-Centred Research
Grant G, Courtney D, King S, Minogue V, Shields G & Walsh M (2006) Accounting for Research - the Difficulties Posed for User-Centred Research. Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 3 (1), pp. 5-19. https://doi.org/10.5920/mhldrp.2006.315
Article
Improving Healthcare through Community OR
Walsh M & Hostick T (2005) Improving Healthcare through Community OR. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 56 (2), pp. 193-201. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601896
Article
Improving healthcare for community OR: a case study
Walsh M (2004) Improving healthcare for community OR: a case study. IFORS News, 12 (4), pp. 7-9.
Article
Systemic Evaluation: Three flexible and Inclusive Approaches
Midgley G, Boyd A, Geerling T, Gregory WJ, Murray P, Walsh M & Kagan C (2002) Systemic Evaluation: Three flexible and Inclusive Approaches. Revista Gerencia y Politicas de Salud, 1 (2), pp. 6-16. http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/handle/2173/17934
Research Report
Watson R, Stimpson A, Hostick T & Walsh M (2002) Health Care and Change Management in the Context of Prisons: Rapid reviews of the literature in two parts. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). http://www.nice.org.uk/aboutnice/whoweare/aboutthehda/hdapublications/health_care_and_change_management_in_the_context_of_prisons.jsp
Book Chapter
Quality, Ideology and Consumer Choice
Gregory W & Walsh M (1993) Quality, Ideology and Consumer Choice. In: Malek M, Vacani P & Rasquinhi J (eds.) Managerial Issues in the Reformed NHS. Chichester: Wiley.