Professor John Baker
- Position: Chair Mental Health Nursing
- Email: J.Baker@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 1271
- Location: Baines Wing
- Website: | Twitter | LinkedIn | ORCID
Profile
I was appointed to Chair of Mental Health Nursing at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds in 2015. My research focuses on improving the quality and safety of mental health care, through a focus on reducing coercion and restrictive practices, patient and professional safety in mental health services, developing effective and therapeutic mental health services.
I am currently a Chair of the NIHR Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (DCAF) scheme and an Adjunct Professor at the Forensic Mental Health Research Unit Middelfart (RFM), Department of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health Science, University of Southern Denmark & Psychiatric dept. Middelfart, Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark. I am a Registered Nurse Teacher with the Nursing, Midwifery Council (NMC) and I am active within Mental Health Nursing Academics (UK).
I have attracted a substantial portfolio of funding from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and other funders (>£9 million). I have a strong international reputation and have published more than 100 peer reviewed journal articles. I have been cited in and contributed to the development of a number of policies in the UK and abroad. I try to engage with the public about my work and mental health more broadly through twitter, blogs for the @mental_elf, and the mainstream media.
I previously completed terms of office for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a non-executive director, Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Senate, Yorkshire and Humber RfPB panel, NIHR post-doctoral panel, and editorial boards for the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing and Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.
- A realist synthesis to explain how, for whom and in what circumstances post-incident support (debriefing) works following restrictive intervention use in mental health inpatient settings: Debriefing after Restrictive InterVEntions (DRIVE-MH)
- Culturally adapted Family Intervention (CaFI) for African Caribbeans with schizophrenia and their families
- Establishing the relationship between staff and ward characteristics and patient safety incidents on adult mental health wards - #StaffedWards.
- Implementing the six core strategies (6CS) – UK Working in partnership to minimise harm to patients and staff
- Re-imagining professionalism in mental health
Research groups and institutes
- Quality & safety
Current postgraduate researchers
- Sumayah Felemban
- Ms Susan Guthrie
- Haley Jackson
- Leila Sharda
- Ms Mary Smith
- Angela Teece
- Kevin Williamson
- Hannah Sharp
- Bethany Griffin