All Outputs (25)

Female Service User’s experiences of collaborative HCR-20V3 risk assessment on a low and medium secure ward (2025)
Journal Article
Swift, J., Walker, T., & Moon, L. (online). Female Service User’s experiences of collaborative HCR-20V3 risk assessment on a low and medium secure ward. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2025.2469698

Best practice guidelines within violence risk assessment have advised collaboration with service users, with potential benefits including increased insight, shorter stays in hospital, and increased transparency. Previous research has explored the ex... Read More about Female Service User’s experiences of collaborative HCR-20V3 risk assessment on a low and medium secure ward.

Improving primary care services for imprisoned women with severe mental illness (IP-SIS) (2025)
Other
Roden-Lui, G., Chew-Graham, C. A., Hard, J., Harriott, P., King, H., Mastrocola, E., & Walker, T. (in press). Improving primary care services for imprisoned women with severe mental illness (IP-SIS)

A gap exists in the provision of care for imprisoned women with Severe Mental Illness (SMI), both in prison and on release to mainstream primary care. Women in such settings tend to have complex mental health problems, often with comorbid long-term p... Read More about Improving primary care services for imprisoned women with severe mental illness (IP-SIS).

Barriers and facilitators to increasing physical activity in medium secure mental health settings: an exploration of staff perceptions (2024)
Journal Article
Lewis, K., Roden-Lui, G., Faulkner, G., Gibbon, S., Hewitt, C., Hughes, E., Khan, W., Lucock, M., Singh, B., Walters, P., Watson, J., & Walker, T. (2025). Barriers and facilitators to increasing physical activity in medium secure mental health settings: an exploration of staff perceptions. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 28, Article 100663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100663

Purpose
The benefits of physical activity for people with severe mental illness (SMI) is widely recognised but for those in medium secure settings there are additional environmental barriers to being active that have not been fully explored. The aim... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to increasing physical activity in medium secure mental health settings: an exploration of staff perceptions.

Medical skin camouflage for women in prison with self-harm scars (COVER): randomised feasibility study (2024)
Journal Article
Gutridge, K., Robinson, L., Mitchell, H., Meacock, R., Ranote, S., Shaw, J., Walker, T., & Abel, K. M. (online). Medical skin camouflage for women in prison with self-harm scars (COVER): randomised feasibility study. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2024.2420965

Far more women prisoners self-harm than women in the community or men in prison. There has been little focus on the effects on prisoners of living with self-harm scars. Medical skin camouflage (MSC), designed to cover skin disfigurement, improves qua... Read More about Medical skin camouflage for women in prison with self-harm scars (COVER): randomised feasibility study.

Co-located Heroin Assisted Treatment within primary care: A preliminary analysis of the implications for healthcare access, cost, and treatment delivery in the UK. (2024)
Journal Article
Poulter, H. L., Moore, H. J., Ahmed, D., Riley, F., Walker, T., & Harris, M. (2024). Co-located Heroin Assisted Treatment within primary care: A preliminary analysis of the implications for healthcare access, cost, and treatment delivery in the UK. International Journal of Drug Policy, 126, Article 104367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104367

The UK is experiencing its highest rate of drug related deaths in 25 years. Poor and inconsistent access to healthcare negatively impacts health outcomes for people who use drugs. Innovation in models of care which promote access and availability of... Read More about Co-located Heroin Assisted Treatment within primary care: A preliminary analysis of the implications for healthcare access, cost, and treatment delivery in the UK..

‘This is hardcore’: a qualitative study exploring service users’ experiences of Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) in Middlesbrough, England (2023)
Journal Article
Riley, F., Harris, M., Poulter, H., Moore, H., Ahmed, D., Towl, G., & Walker, T. (2023). ‘This is hardcore’: a qualitative study exploring service users’ experiences of Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) in Middlesbrough, England. Harm Reduction Journal, 20, Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00785-y

Background: Heroin Assisted Treatment (HAT) is well evidenced internationally to improve health and social outcomes for people dependent on opioids who have not been helped by traditional treatment options. Despite this evidence base, England has bee... Read More about ‘This is hardcore’: a qualitative study exploring service users’ experiences of Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) in Middlesbrough, England.

More than just ‘free heroin’: Caring whilst navigating constraint in the delivery of diamorphine assisted treatment (2023)
Journal Article
Poulter, H., Walker, T., Ahmed, D., Moore, H., Riley, F., Towl, G., & Harris, M. (2023). More than just ‘free heroin’: Caring whilst navigating constraint in the delivery of diamorphine assisted treatment. International Journal of Drug Policy, 116, Article 104025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104025

Background. In 2020, Drug Related Deaths (DRD) in the United Kingdom (UK) reached the highest rate in over 25 years, with opioid related deaths doubling in the years from 2012 to 2015. Treatment systems are increasingly required to be innovative to e... Read More about More than just ‘free heroin’: Caring whilst navigating constraint in the delivery of diamorphine assisted treatment.

A qualitative exploration of the views of people with lived experience of suicide within the criminal justice system (2022)
Journal Article
Walker, T., Wainwright, V., Dunlop, B., Forrester, A., Senior, J., & Shaw, J. (2022). A qualitative exploration of the views of people with lived experience of suicide within the criminal justice system. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 33(6), 868-882. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2022.2149418

Background: Little evidence exists on how individuals in the criminal justice system (CJS) can discuss their experience of self-harm, suicidal ideation and behaviors. They are a valuable resource for suicide prevention in the CJS worldwide. Aims: To... Read More about A qualitative exploration of the views of people with lived experience of suicide within the criminal justice system.

Diamorphine assisted treatment in Middlesbrough: a UK drug treatment case study (2022)
Journal Article
Poulter, H., Moore, H., Crow, R., Ahmed, D., & Walker, T. (2024). Diamorphine assisted treatment in Middlesbrough: a UK drug treatment case study. Journal of Substance Use, 29(1), 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2022.2120433

Introduction: Diamorphine Assisted Treatment (DAT) is a treatment offer for individuals with Opioid Dependency (OD), who have failed to benefit from standard treatment model (Opioid Substitution Therapy [OST]). In the Middlesbrough DAT service, self-... Read More about Diamorphine assisted treatment in Middlesbrough: a UK drug treatment case study.

Intersectional Inequalities and Women in Secure Settings (2022)
Book Chapter
Taylor, J., & Walker, T. (2022). Intersectional Inequalities and Women in Secure Settings. In J. Tomlin, & B. Völlm (Eds.), Diversity and Marginalisation in Forensic Mental Health Care. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003184768-5

Gender-based violence and Higher Education partnerships with sexual assault services (2022)
Book Chapter
Hughes, E., & Walker, T. (2022). Gender-based violence and Higher Education partnerships with sexual assault services. In C. J. Humphreys, & G. J. Towl (Eds.), Stopping Gender-based Violence in Higher Education: Policy, Practice, and Partnerships (336-349). Routledge

Using mixed methods to explore diabetes care in a medium‐secure setting in England: A case study (2021)
Journal Article
Walker, T., Edmondson, A., Riley, F., Harper, M., Lucock, M., & Wright, N. (2021). Using mixed methods to explore diabetes care in a medium‐secure setting in England: A case study. Health Science Reports, 4(4), Article e462. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.462

The role of primary care in supporting imprisoned women with mental illness (2021)
Journal Article
Walker, T., Kallevik, J., Hard, J., Mastrocola, E., & Chew-Graham, C. (2021). The role of primary care in supporting imprisoned women with mental illness. British Journal of General Practice, 71(710), 392-393. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp21x716813

Well-being programmes in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods study (2021)
Journal Article
Turner, M., King, N., Mojtahedi, D., Burr, V., Gall, V., Gibbs, G. R., Hudspith, L. F., Leadley, C. B., & Walker, T. (2022). Well-being programmes in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods study. International journal of prisoner health, 18(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/ijph-03-2021-0021

Suicide, Self-harm and Imprisoned Women (2021)
Book Chapter
Walker, T. (2021). Suicide, Self-harm and Imprisoned Women. In Forensic Psychology. (3rd). Wiley

Suicide in offenders are a public health concern due to the increased numbers of episodes in the prison population over recent years. Policymakers have introduced suicide prevention programmes in prisons following the introduction of a strategy to ad... Read More about Suicide, Self-harm and Imprisoned Women.

Trauma Informed Care in the Criminal Justice System (2021)
Book Chapter
Walker, T. (2021). Trauma Informed Care in the Criminal Justice System. In D. A. Crighton, & G. J. Towl (Eds.), Forensic Psychology (735-750). (3rd). Wiley

The nature and extent of prisoners’ social care needs: Do older prisoners require a different service response? (2019)
Journal Article
Tucker, S., Hargreaves, C., Cattermull, M., Roberts, A., Walker, T., Shaw, J., & Challis, D. (2021). The nature and extent of prisoners’ social care needs: Do older prisoners require a different service response?. Journal of Social Work, 21(3), 310–328. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017319890077

The experiences of sexually assaulted people attending Saint Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre for a forensic medical examination (2019)
Journal Article
Majeed-Ariss, R., Walker, T., Lee, P., & White, C. (2019). The experiences of sexually assaulted people attending Saint Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre for a forensic medical examination. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 66, 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2019.06.001

This study explores the experiences of people who have attended Saint Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) for a forensic medical examination (FME). Within the United Kingdom, SARCs support complainants following a sexual assault, delivering... Read More about The experiences of sexually assaulted people attending Saint Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre for a forensic medical examination.

Tackling Sexual Violence at Universities (2019)
Book
Towl, G. J., & Walker, T. (2019). Tackling Sexual Violence at Universities. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351201995

Sexual violence is a problem well beyond universities, however universities are uniquely well placed to contribute to reducing sexual violence, encouraging those affected to come forward and speak about their experiences and actively encourage increa... Read More about Tackling Sexual Violence at Universities.

An exploratory study of women prisoners’ attitudes towards their self-harm and the use of medical skin camouflage (2018)
Journal Article
Gutridge, K., Dunlop, B. J., Patterson, M., Mitchell, H., Philbin, J., Walker, T., Ranote, S., Robinson, L., & Abel, K. M. (2019). An exploratory study of women prisoners’ attitudes towards their self-harm and the use of medical skin camouflage. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 30(1), 167-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2018.1530285

Self-harm is a growing problem in UK prisons with women self-harming more than men. Self-harm can leave permanent scarring. Research on scarring suggests that living with scars can lead to psychological difficulties; however, there is little research... Read More about An exploratory study of women prisoners’ attitudes towards their self-harm and the use of medical skin camouflage.