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Profile summary
Current position: Professor of Leadership in Nursing.
Director – The University of Plymouth Centre for Innovations in Health and Social Care: A JBI Centre of Excellence.
Lead investigator for the NIHR TULAY Project.
Director of the Plymouth South West Clinical Schools centre (University Hospitals Plymouth).
Non Executive Director, Royal Devon University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Clinically Active:
Honorary Professor of Clinical Nursing, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Previous roles:
Deputy Director, Doctoral College 2019-2021
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth 2017 to 2019
Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth 2015 to 2017
Professor, Chair of Nursing Eastern Health-Deakin University, Australia 2008-2013
Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Nursing Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand 2006-2008
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (UK)
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy (UK)
- Member of Sigma Theta Tau International
Roles on external bodies
- Non Executive Director, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 2021 to date
- Joanna Briggs Institute Advisory Committee Member 2018 to 2020
- Non Executive Director South West AHSN 2019 to date
- European Regional Council, Sigma Theta Tau 2020 to date,
- Clinical Academic Roles Implementation Network (CARIN) 2020 to date
- Chief Nursing Officer England, Leading Change Adding Value Research working group member 2017-2019
- NIHR RfPB review panel member South West region 2013 - 2017
- RCN Research Society Committee member 2015 to date
- Editor ‘Implementation Science’ 2009 to 2016
- Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing: Education section editor 2002 to 2012
- Chair, Eastern Health Human Research Ethics Committee, Melbourne, Australia 2010 to 2012
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Australian Research Council (ARC) ERA Research Evaluation Committee member 2012
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NH&MRC Project Grant Panel Member 2010, 2011
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Expert evaluator for the European Commission FP7 Health-2010 call
- New Zealand Guidelines Group Advisory Board Member 2008-2011
- New Zealand Branch of Australasian Cochrane Centre – advisory board member, 2004 to 2009
Supervised research degrees
21 PhD students supervised to successful completion (UK, Australia and New Zealand).
Teaching interests
Systematic review
Research methods
Evidence based practice
Leadership
Management of critically ill adult
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Non Executive Director, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1 Jun 2021 → …
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TULAY: Tulong, Ugnayan ng Lingap At gabaY (TULAY):Co-designing Philippines' Community Physical Rehabilitation
Kent, B. (PI - Principal Investigator), Marsden, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Navea, R. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Buckingham, S. (RF - Research Fellow)
NHS National Institute for Health Research
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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Good inpatient care for people with LD/Autism look? A rapid review
Shankar, R. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Kent, B. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
15/12/21 → 14/06/22
Project: Research
Research output
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Escalation metrics, clinical nuance, and the early warning score paradox – Response to Chen et al.
Ede, J., Endacott, R. & Kent, B., Feb 2026, In: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 92, 104229.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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A Multi‐Sector Mixed Methods Study of Stroke Services in the Philippines: Insights From Government Officials and Organisational Leaders
Buckingham, S., Vera, J. A. D., Faeldon, L., Kent, B., Logan, A., Ong, A., Santos, N. M., Valera, P. M. & Marsden, J., 21 Apr 2025, In: The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 40, 5, p. 1033-1047 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A retrospective records review comparing the care of patients who either avoided or were admitted to an ICU following a ward-based deterioration event
Ede, J., Pickworth, H., Kent, B., Watkinson, P. & Endacott, R., Oct 2025, In: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 90, 104064.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing a penicillin allergy de-labelling implementation intervention in a UK hospital: a process evaluation reporting healthcare workers' experiences
Powell, N., Upton, M., Kent, B., Sandoe, J. A. T. & Tonkin-Crine, S., 1 Oct 2025, In: JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 7, 5, dlaf174.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Description of the combined evidence-based, theory-based and person-based approaches used to develop a behavioural intervention package to support non-allergist healthcare workers to remove incorrect penicillin allergy records from medical and surgical adult inpatients in a UK hospital
Powell, N., Upton, M., Kent, B., Sandoe, J. & Tonkin-Crine, S., 30 Jul 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 7, e096452.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
Kent, B. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: National / international honour
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