Dr Sally Anstey
Reader
- ansteys1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 206 88571
- 13.14, Eastgate House, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0AB
Overview
I am currently a Reader in Adult Nursing, and Research Theme Lead: Optimising wellbeing and management in health and disease at the School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University. I am a Registered Nurse (Adult Nursing) and have a clinical background and teach across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes specifically cancer, genetics, palliative and end of life care, research and ethics. I was appointed to my lecturing post in 2006.
Biography
I obtained my RGN in 1981 (St Bartholomew’s Hospital) and subsequently obtained an MSc in Palliative Care from the Institute of Cancer Research University of London. My PhD, awarded in 2012, explored the referral practices of consultant physicians to specialist palliative care services and was an interpretative phenomenological analysis.
My clinical experiences have focussed on the care of people with cancer specifically those with a life-threatening diagnosis. I worked as a nurse specialist in palliative care in the community, hospice and hospital settings in South East Wales. In 1998 I became the Welsh Service Development Manager for Macmillan Cancer Support which was linked to National Assembly.
Honours and awards
Honours and awards
- Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Awards Personal Tutor of the Year 2014
- 2016 May Awarded Betsi Cadwaladr Foundation Scholarship.
- RCN Wales Nurse of the Year 2016 Finalist and Runner-up Nurse Educator category, Nominated 2018.
- Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Awards 2016: Stonewall project team Winners in the Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Engagement category
- 2009 Nursing Standard Nurse of the Year awards. Innovation in Palliative Care category shortlisted finalist, runners up Very Highly commended ‘Palliative Education for District and Community Nurses’.
Professional memberships
- Member of the Royal College of Nursing
Committees and reviewing
Other academic and professional contributions:
- National policy development expert witness working with Welsh Government Cross Party Group ‘Inequalities in Palliative Care’ July 2018,
- Member of Welsh Government Cancer Implementation Group leading the Education, Workforce and Development workstream 2016-ongoing,
- Invited member of GW4 Lancet Commission Value of Death working group,
- Member of Cardiff University Biobank scientific review committee
- Educational advisor Hospice UK
- Member of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) assisted suicide working party,
- Member Welsh Government Palliative Care Implementation Board.
- Development learning materials framing cancer as long term condition for eCancer (a global oncology channel) for their ecancerprofessional and ecancerpatient platforms – output from a Tenovus iGrant.
Publications
2024
- Watts, T., Jennings, S., Anstey, S. and Roche, D. 2024. Supporting people treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a qualitative study exploring oncology healthcare professionals' experiences. Seminars in Oncology Nursing 40(6), article number: 151745. (10.1016/j.soncn.2024.151745)
- Gal, M. et al. 2024. Knowledge mobilisation of rapid evidence reviews to inform health and social care policy and practice in a public health emergency: Appraisal of the Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre processes and impact, 2021–23. PLoS ONE 19(11), article number: e0314461. (10.1371/journal.pone.0314461)
- Brimble, M., Anstey, S., Davies, J. and Dunn, C. 2024. An exploration of managing emotional labour and maintaining professional integrity in children's hospice nursing. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 30(4), pp. 180-188. (10.12968/ijpn.2024.30.4.180)
2022
- Hewitt, R. et al. 2022. Covid-19 Coping Survey: an in-depth qualitative analysis of free-text responses from people with and without existing health conditions in the UK. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 29, pp. 743-751. (10.1007/s12529-022-10055-z)
- Brimble, M. J., Anstey, S., Davies, J., Dunn, C. and Jones, A. 2022. Using mobile phones, WhatsApp and phone interviews to explore how children?s hospice nurses manage long-term relationships with parents: a feasibility pilot. Nurse Researcher 30(3) (10.7748/nr.2022.e1849)
- Watts, T., Anstey, S. and Jennings, S. 2022. 'Where they've got bad side effects or less response it's a difficult treatment?: Oncology health professionals' experiences of supporting people receiving immunotherapy. Presented at: RCN International Nursing Research Conference, Cardiff, UK, 5-6 Sept 2022.
- Watts, T., Jennings, S. and Anstey, S. 2022. 'We're in new territory': oncology health professionals' experiences with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Presented at: Cancer Care in the Digital Age, Belfast, 11-12 November 2022.
- Hannigan, B., Edwards, D., Anstey, S., Coffey, M., Gill, P., Mann, M. and Meudell, A. 2022. End of life care for people with severe mental illness: the MENLOC evidence synthesis. Health Services and Delivery Research 10, article number: 4. (10.3310/ulti9178)
- Bellamy, A., Clark, S. and Anstey, S. 2022. The dying patient: taboo, controversy and missing terms of reference for designers - an architectural perspective. Medical Humanities 48(1), pp. e2-e9. (10.1136/medhum-2020-011969)
- Coffey, M., Edwards, D., Anstey, S., Gill, P., Mann, M., Meudell, A. and Hannigan, B. 2022. End-of-life care for people with severe mental illness: mixed methods systematic review and thematic synthesis of published case studies (the MENLOC study). BMJ Open 12(2), pp. e053223. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053223)
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Addressing moral distress during COVID-19 recovery: a mixed methods systematic review and narrative synthesis of moral distress in nurses and supportive moral distress interventions. Public Health Wales: Cardiff University.
2021
- Edwards, D., Anstey, S., Coffey, M., Gill, P., Mann, M., Meudell, A. and Hannigan, B. 2021. End of life care for people with severe mental illness: Mixed methods systematic review and thematic synthesis (the MENLOC study). Palliative Medicine 35(10), pp. 1747-1760. (10.1177/02692163211037480)
- Jennings, S. et al. 2021. Experiences of cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ExCIm)- insights of people affected by cancer and healthcare professionals: a qualitative study protocol. BMJ Open 11, article number: e043750. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043750)
- Waters, J., Anstey, S., Clouston, T. and Sydor, A. 2021. Exploring teachers' lived experiences of child-on-child harmful sexual behaviour at school: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Sexual Aggression 27(2), pp. 219-232. (10.1080/13552600.2021.1896810)
- ALmegewly, W. H., Gould, D. and Anstey, S. 2021. "I was like an autumn leaf that looks pretty from the outside, but would break once you touched it": A case study of the lived experience of breast cancer survival. The Qualitative Report 26(5), pp. 1331-1344. (10.46743/2160-3715/2021.4669)
- Watts, T. et al. 2021. Supportive interventions to mitigate moral distress among nurses: a mixed methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. Presented at: Public Health Wales Research and Evaluation Conference 2021: Research in action: COVID-19 and beyond, Online, 23 September 2021.
2020
- Brimble, M., Anstey, S. and Davies, J. 2020. Long-term nurse–parent relationships in paediatric palliative care: a narrative literature review. In: Synopsis International digest of children’s palliative care research abstract., Vol. 14. Bristol: Together for Short Lives
- Samuriwo, R., Candida, L., Anstey, S., Job, C. and Hopkinson, J. 2020. Nurses' decision-making about cancer patients end of life skin care in Wales: an exploratory mixed method vignette study protocol. BMJ Open 10(7), article number: e034938. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034938)
- Edwards, D., Sakellariou, D. and Anstey, S. 2020. Barriers to, and facilitators of, access to cancer services and experiences of cancer care for adults with a physical disability: a mixed methods systematic review. Disability and Health Journal 13(1), article number: 100844. (10.1016/j.dhjo.2019.100844)
- Wong, K. Y., Job, C. and Anstey, S. 2020. Patients’ stories in healthcare curricula: Learning the art of healthcare practice with patients. Journal of Further and Higher Education 44(6), pp. 729-738. (10.1080/0309877X.2019.1596234)
- Sakellariou, D., Anstey, S., Polack, S., Rotarou, E., Warren, N., Gaze, S. and Courtenay, M. 2020. Pathways of disability-based discrimination in cancer care. Critical Public Health 30(5), pp. 533-543. (10.1080/09581596.2019.1648762)
- Jennings, S., Anstey, S., Bower, J. and Watts, T. 2020. 'We've just had to hit the ground running': Health professionals' experiences of cancer immunotherapy: A qualitative study. Presented at: NCRI Virtual Showcase 2020, Virtual, 2-3 November 2020.
2019
- Brimble, M., Anstey, S. and Davies, J. 2019. Long term nurse – parent relationships in paediatric palliative care: A narrative literature review. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 25(11) (10.12968/ijpn.2019.25.11.542)
- Anstey, S. et al. 2019. Giving primacy to the voices of people affected by cancer (PABC) in shaping educational innovations - An exploratory qualitative study. Cancer Reports 2(5), article number: e1189. (10.1002/cnr2.1189)
- Sakellariou, D. et al. 2019. Barriers to accessing cancer services for adults with physical disabilities in England and Wales: an interview-based study. BMJ Open 9(6), article number: e027555. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027555)
- Sakellariou, D. and Anstey, S. 2019. Disabled people’s experiences of social disparities in cancer care. Presented at: 8th Annual Conference of ALTER – European Society for Disability Research, Cologne, Germany, 5-6 September 2019.
- Sakellariou, D., Anstey, S., Courtenay, M., Kelly, D., Polack, S., Girt, E. and Wilkinson, W. 2019. Barriers to accessing cancer services in England and Wales by adults with physical disabilities. Presented at: NCRI Cancer Conference 2019, Glasgow, Scotland, 3-5 November 2019.
- Job, C., Wong, K. Y. and Anstey, S. 2019. Patients' stories in healthcare curricula: creating a reflective environment for the development of practice and professional knowledge. Journal of Further and Higher Education 43(5), pp. 722-728. (10.1080/0309877X.2017.1404559)
2018
- Samuriwo, R., Henley, J., Anstey, S., Job, C., Williams, D. and Hopkinson, J. 2018. Nurse decision-making about the delivery of skin care to patients with advanced cancer at the end of life: an exploratory qualitative study. Cardiff University.
- Latter, S. et al. 2018. Supporting carers to manage pain medication in cancer patients at the end of life: a feasibility trial. Palliative Medicine 32(1), pp. 246-256. (10.1177/0269216317715197)
- Samuriwo, R., Henley, J., Anstey, S., Job, C. and Hopkinson, J. 2018. Nurse decision making about the delivery of skin care to patients with advanced cancer at the end of life: a qualitative exploratory study. Presented at: Tissue Viability Society Conference, Newcastle, UK, 2018.
- Samuriwo, R., Henley, J., Anstey, S., Job, C. and Hopkinson, J. 2018. Quality improvement in end of life skin care. Nurse decision making about the delivery of skin care to advanced cancer patients at the end of life: exploratory qualitative research. Presented at: European Wound Management Association Virtual Conference (EWMA 2018), Krakow, Poland, 9-11 May 2018.
- Samuriwo, R., Henley, J., Anstey, S., Job, C. and Hopkinson, J. 2018. Developing a decision making tool for nurses to improve end of life skin care for advanced cancer patients: a qualitative exploratory study. Presented at: 20th Annual Meeting of European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP 2018), Rome, Italy, 12-14 September 2018.
- Bennett, C., Harden, J. and Anstey, S. 2018. Fathers as sexuality educators: Aspirations and realities. An interpretative phenomenological analysis.. Sex Education 18(1), pp. 74-89. (10.1080/14681811.2017.1390449)
2017
- Bennett, C., Harden, J. and Anstey, S. 2017. The silencing effects of the childhood innocence ideal: the perceptions and practices of fathers in educating their children about sexuality. Sociology of Health and Illness 39(8), pp. 1365-1380. (10.1111/1467-9566.12591)
- Edwards, D., Anstey, S., Kelly, D., Baillie, J. and Hopkinson, J. B. 2017. What is important for student nurses to know about cancer treatment and care: a qualitative study of student nurses’ and stakeholder perspectives. Journal of Clinical Nursing 26(13-14), pp. 2045-2054. (10.1111/jocn.13616)
2016
- Anstey, S., Powell, T., Coles, B., Hale, R. and Gould, D. 2016. Education and training to enhance end of life care for nursing home staff: a systematic literature review. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 6(3), pp. 353-361. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000956)
- Job, C., Anstey, S. and Hopkinson, J. B. 2016. Learning from the experiences of cancer patients and their carers. Cancer Nursing Practice 15(4), pp. 14-20. (10.7748/cnp.15.4.14.s18)
- Edwards, D. J., Anstey, S. V., Kelly, D. M. and Hopkinson, J. B. 2016. An innovation in curriculum content and delivery of cancer education within undergraduate nurse training in the UK. What impact does this have on the knowledge, attitudes and confidence in delivering cancer care?. European Journal of Oncology Nursing 21, pp. 8-16. (10.1016/j.ejon.2015.12.003)
2015
- Hopkinson, J. B. et al. 2015. Cancer Carers Medicines Management: a study to develop and test an educational intervention for carers of cancer patients approaching end of life at home [Abstract]. Supportive Care in Cancer 23(1), pp. S61. (10.1007/s00520-015-2712-y)
- Samuriwo, R., Anstey, S., Job, C., Coles, B. M., Cleves, A. and Hopkinson, J. B. 2015. The impact of nurse decision making on the pressure ulcer related clinical and quality related outcomes of adult patients in the last six months of life: a systematic review. PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews, article number: CRD42015026756.
2014
- Latter, S. et al. 2014. Study protocol for a feasibility trial of Cancer Carer Medicines Management (CCMM): an educational intervention for carer management of pain medication in cancer patients at end of life. Working Papers in the Health Sciences 1(8), article number: 3.
- Hopkinson, J. B. et al. 2014. Cancer carers medicines management: a feasibility trial of an educational intervention for managing end of life pain medication. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 4(Supp 1), article number: A7. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000654.18)
2012
- Anstey, S. 2012. Clinical thinking, knowledge and the referral practices of consultant physicians to specialist palliative care services - an interpretative phenomenological analysis.. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2006
- Phelps, C., Bennett, P., Iredale, R., Anstey, S. and Gray, J. 2006. The development of a distraction-based coping intervention for women waiting for genetic risk information: a phase 1 qualitative study. Psycho-Oncology 15(2), pp. 169-173. (10.1002/pon.937)
2005
- Tempest, V., Iredale, R., Gray, J., France, L., Anstey, S. and Steward, J. 2005. Pedigree construction and disease confirmation: a pilot study in Wales exploring the role of nonclinical personnel. European Journal of Human Genetics 13, pp. 1063-1070. (10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201454)
Teaching
Teaching and Learning Responsibilities:
I am actively involved in teaching, supervising and supporting undergraduate, post–registration, postgraduate and doctoral students. My specialist subjects for which I hold primary responsibility for developing and delivering across the undergraduate curriculum include: Person-centred care, Cancer Care, End of Life and Palliative Care specifically for people with conditions other than cancer and those with serious mental illness, Genetics, Qualitative research, ethics and governance.
Research Grant Reviewer – I am a grant reviewer for the following organisations:
- NIHR HS&DR workstreams
- Tenovus Cancer Care
- Marie Curie Cancer Care and Dimbleby
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)
- General Nursing Council Trust
Reviewing
- reviewing book proposals for the journals Health and Social Care in the Community, Palliative Medicine and End of Life Care publications and for Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins
- reviewing manuscripts and journal article proposals for Palliative Medicine, International Journal of Palliative Nursing, BMJ, European Journal of Cancer Care, Medical Anthropology, Nurse Education Today and British Journal of Community Nursing;
My main areas of research and research interests are:
Patient Experiences impacting on education, practice and research, Cancer Care living beyond treatment, Palliative and End of Life Care, Dementia, Research Ethics and Governance, Qualitative Research.
Research:
Co –Applicant Experiences of cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors: insights from people affected by cancer and oncology healthcare professionals in South Wales. Macmillan Cancer Support 18 months from July 2019 £54 201.10
Principal Investigator Identifying the unique contribution, impact and future direction of Tenovus Cancer Care by exploring the perceptions and priorities of supporters, service users and professionals. Tenovus Research Strategy Grant April 2019- October 2020. Funding Achieved £58,577
Principal supervisor for KESSII funded PhD studentship in collaboration with Tenovus Cancer Care’ An exploration of the experiences of cancer for people with pre-existing physical disabilities in Wales’. Commenced October 2018
Co-Applicant NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme End of life care for people with severe mental illness: an evidence synthesis (the MENLOC study). Funding achieved August 2018 £148,069.60
Co-Applicant Cardiff Education Innovation Award Inclusive Curriculum Project May 2017.
Co-applicant for a Pathway to Portfolio funding follow on study to further develop a decision making algorithm to support skin care at the end of life February 2017
Co: Principal Investigator with Dr Dikaios Sakellariou (an Occupational Therapist) “Challenges of Cancer and Disability Study” (CoCaDS) December 2016
PI CU Strategic Development Fund HCARE June 2016 Project: Stories of People Affected by Dementia
PI Tenovus Innovation Grant The Cancer Survivor Voice: messages for education and practice, an evaluated co-production for Wales. Due to complete December 2016,
Co-Applicant General Nursing Council Funded study Nurse decision-making about physical care of advanced cancer patients at the end of life: a feasibility study to develop a decision support algorithm Commenced May 2016
Member of the Macmillan funded Associate Lecturer Evaluation Research Team completed Summer 2015.
Member of the team Dimbleby Cancer Care & Marie Curie Cancer Care funded. A phase I-II feasibility trial of Cancer Carer Medicines Management (CCMM): an educational intervention for carer management of pain medication in cancer patients at end of life. Completed End 2014.
Supervision
Research students:
PGR Supervision:
Since completing my PhD in 2012 I have been a supervisor for eight research doctorate students PhD (three international and five UK students (including one from the School of Architecture) and twelve taught professional doctorate students Doctorate in Advanced Healthcare Practice (DAHP) (all UK).
PGR Completions:
Successful Completions: 8 PhD (2 international) and 9 professional doctorate successful completions
All students completed studies within the allocated registration period.
PGR Current Supervision:
3 PhD and 3 Professional doctorates.
PGR External Examining
PhD Birkbeck, University of London. IPA Methodology (Jonathan Smith PhD student)
PhD College of Medicine Cardiff University Mental Health and Qualitative methods study
Prof Doc Royal Holloway University of London
Prof Doc University of Luton
PGR Internal Examining:
8 PhD and DAHP doctoral examinations. Chair for 4 vivas.
6 of the 7 internal examinations have used the IPA methodology, for which I am the School lead.
The subjects have included cancer, resilience, well-being and nurses experiences of end of life care,
External Examiner Professional Doctorate programme Northumbria University 2015- January 2019
I am currently supervising 7 students:
PhD Students: (co supervision):
- Pelvic prolapse and quality of life (International)
- Disability and Cancer (KESS 2)
- The impact of the building on hospice care (Architecture student)
- FERTICOMM Sensitive communication in Assisted Conception (ESRC)
Professional Doctorate students: (co-supervision):
- An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Resilience in Undergraduate Students Undertaking a BSc in Health & Social Care.
- Exploring understanding of Neural Stem Cell Transplantation (NSCT) as an intervention for Huntington’s disease (HD)
- How children’s nurses working in hospices manage emotional labour and professional integrity? : A longitudinal study
Past projects
Previous PGR projects:
- Erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular risk
- Diabetic foot ulcer – pain and quality of life (Malaysia)
- Needs of Saudi Women following treatment for Breast Cancer
- Educating Children about Physical Maturation, Reproduction and Relationships: An Exploration of Factors that Influence Parental Involvement.
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Nurses experience of care at the end of life for the frail elderly
