Summary
Dr Stuart Hofer is a Project Evaluation Manager in the School of Public Health, Imperial College London. He is a member of the Multimorbidity and Mental Health theme within the National Institute of Health Research Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Northwest London. Over the last 10 years he has been involved in a range of quality improvement projects in Northwest London, working in a range of specialities including acute medicine, primary care and mental health. Stuart was awarded a Doctor of Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2020 which explored the implementation and scale up of evidence-based guidelines in clinical services. His current research includes an evaluation of a novel integrated mental health service for children and young people. Stuart has published over 25 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to teaching and supervision on the Masters of Public Health at Imperial College London, University of Liverpool and LSHTM.
To find out more about his publications see his Google Scholar account here
Publications
Journals
Hofer S, Otis M, Barber S, et al., 2023, Evaluating the implementation and impact of a new model of care for integrating children and young people’s acute mental healthcare in a paediatric setting: A protocol for a realist, mixed methods approach, Bmj Open, Vol:13, ISSN:2044-6055, Pages:1-9
Hofer S, Njoku C, Sathyamoorthy G, 2023, The role of accelerator programmes in supporting the adoption of digital health technologies: a qualitative study of the perspectives of small and medium-sized enterprises, Digital Health, Vol:9, ISSN:2055-2076, Pages:1-10
Gilhooly D, Green SA, McCann C, et al., 2019, Barriers and facilitators to the successful development, implementation and evaluation of care bundles in acute care in hospital: A scoping review., Implementation Science, Vol:14, ISSN:1748-5908
Thesis Dissertations
Hofer S, 2020, Complexity, co-creation and social practices – re-constructing quality improvement: a case study in mental health