Background

Steph is a Chartered and Registered Health Psychologist and joined the Primary Care Unit in 2018. She works on the CanRisk project funded by Cancer Research UK. Prior to this, Steph worked at Imperial College London in the National Institute of Health Research funded Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (PSTRC). Within the PSTRC, Steph led a programme of work looking at patient safety in mental health and was also the academic lead for patient and public involvement and engagement. Steph’s earlier work, including her PhD, focused on improving care for women with breast and gynaecological cancers.

Research Interests

Steph’s work has predominantly been in health services research, with a particular focus on cancer services and mental health. Steph has worked closely with academics in health policy, and she has expertise in translating research into policy and practice. Steph is also interested in the development and evaluation of patient and public involvement and engagement in research.

Selected Publications

Archer, S., Holch, P., Armes, J., Calman, L., Foster, C., Gelcich, S., MacLennan, S., Absolom, K. (2020). ‘No turning back’ Psycho-oncology in the time of COVID-19: Insights from a survey of UK professionals. Psycho-Oncology. doi: 10.1002/pon.5486

Montague, J., Phillips, E., Holland, F., & Archer, S. (2020). Expanding hermeneutic horizons: working as multiple researchers and with multiple participants. Research Methods in Medicine and Health Sciences. doi: 10.1177/2632084320947571

Soosaipillai, G., Archer, S., Ashrafian, H. & Darzi, A. (2020). Breaking bad news in the COVID-19 era and beyond. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. doi: 10.1177/2382120520938706

Bielinska, AM., Archer, S., Soosaipillai, G., Riley, J., Darzi, A., & Urch, K. (2020).  Views of advance care planning in caregivers of older hospitalised patients following an emergency admission: a qualitative study. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105320926547

Archer, S., Babb de Villiers, C., Scheibl, F., Carver, T., Hartley, S., Lee, A., Cunningham, A., Easton, D.F. McIntosh, J., Emery, J., Tischkowitz, M., Antoniou, A.C., & Walter, F.M. (2020). Evaluating clinician acceptability of the prototype CanRisk tool for predicting risk of breast and ovarian cancer: a multi-methods study. PLoS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229999

Arora, S., Tsang, F., Shah, N., Archer, S., Smith, J., & Darzi, A. (2020). To Err is Still Human: Patient Safety Education Twenty Years after the Institute of Medicine Report. Journal of Patient Safety. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000676

Thibaut, B., Dewa, L.H., Ramtale, S.C., D’Lima, D., Adams, S., Darzi, A., & Archer, S. (2019). Patient safety in inpatient mental health settings: a systematic review. BMJ Open. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030230

Archer, S., Thibaut, B., Dewa, L., Ramtale, C., D’Lima, D., Murray, K., Adam, S., & Darzi, A. (2019). Barriers and facilitators to incident reporting in mental healthcare settings: a qualitative study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. doi: 10.1111/jpm.12570

Reynolds, J., Archer, S., Pilling, M., Hollands, J., Kenny, M., & Marteau, T. (2019). Public acceptability of nudging and taxing to reduce consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and food: A population-based survey experiment. Social Science and Medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112395

Phillips, E., Archer, S., Montague, J., & Bali, A. (2019). Experiences of enhanced recovery after surgery in general gynaecology patients: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Health Psychology Open. doi: 10.1177/2055102919860635

Sabharawal, S., Archer, S., Cadoux-Hudson, D., Griffiths, D., & Reilly, P. (2019). Exploring elderly patients’ experiences of recovery following complex proximal humerus fracture: A qualitative study. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105319850883

Pannick, S., Archer, S., Long, S., Husson, F., Athanasiou, T., & Sevdalis, N. (2019). What do medical ward patients want, and do they get it? A comparison of patient priorities in care quality and current practice in quality measurement. BMJ Open. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024058

Le Boutillier, C., Archer, S. Barry, C., King, A., Mansfield, L., & Urch, C. (2019). Conceptual framework of living with and beyond cancer: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Psycho-Oncology. doi: 10.1002/pon.5046

Shah, N., Martin, G., Archer, S., Darzi, A., & Arora, S. (2019). Exploring mobile working in healthcare: clinical perspectives on transitioning to a mobile first culture of work. International Journal of Medical Informatics. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.03.003

Pucher, P., Johnston, M., Archer, S., Whitby, J., Arora, S., & Darzi, A. (2019). Informing the consent process for surgeons: a survey study of patient preferences, perceptions and risk tolerance. Journal of Surgical Research, doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.09.046

Archer, S., Pinto, A., Vuik, S., Vuik, S., Skapinakis, P., Byrne, B., Johnston, M., Bicknell, C., Faiz, O., Vincent, C., Athanasiou, T & Darzi, A. (2019). Surgery, Complications, and Quality of Life: A Longitudinal Cohort Study Exploring the Role of Psychosocial Factors. Annals of Surgery, doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002745

Wahl, J.E., Sheffield, D., Maratos, F. & Archer, S. (2018). Development of a compassion-based training for cancer (CforC) curriculum for female breast cancer patients and survivors. Mindfulness and Compassion, 3(1), pp 47-76.

Holland, F.G., Peterson, K. & Archer, S. (2018). Thresholds of size: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of childhood messages around body, health and weight. Journal of Critical Dietetics, 4(1), 25-36.

Dewa, L.H., Murray, K., Ramtale, C., Thibaut, B., Adam, S., Darzi, A., & Archer, S. (2018). Identifying research priorities for patient safety in mental health: an international expert Delphi study. BMJ Open. doi:  10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021361

Archer, S., Hull, L., Soukup, T., Meyer, E., Athanasiou, T., Sevdalis, N. & Darzi, A. (2017). Factors contributing to patient safety incident reporting engagement: A systematic review. BMJ Open. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017155

Pannick, S., Archer, S., Johnston, M.J., Beveridge, I., Long, S.J., Athanasiou, T., & Sevdalis, N. (2017). Translating concerns into action: A detailed qualitative evaluation of an interdisciplinary intervention on medical wards. BMJ Open. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014401

D’Lima, D., Archer, S., Thibaut, B.I., Ramtale, S.C., Dewa, L.H., & Darzi, A. (2017). A systematic review of patient safety in mental health: A protocol based on the inpatient setting. Systematic Reviews. doi: 10.1186/s13643-016-0365-7

D’Lima, D., Crawford, M., Darzi, A., & Archer, S. (2017). Patient safety and quality of care in mental health: A world of its own? BJPych Bulletin,. doi: 10.1192/pb.bp.116.055327

Callender, T., Riley, J., Broadhurst, H., Wiggins, N., Shaw, A., Archer, S., Darzi, A., & Droney, J. (2017). The determinants of dying where we choose: An analysis of co-ordinate my care. Annals of Internal Medicine. doi: 10.7326/M17-0695

Phillips, E., Montague, J., & Archer, S. (2017) “A peculiar time in my life”: Making sense of illness and recovery with gynaecological cancer. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2017.1364603

Phillips, E., Montague, J., & Archer, S. (2016). Worlds within worlds: Making sense of focus groups with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Qualitative Research in Psychology. doi: 10.1080/14780887.2016.1205692

Holland, F., Archer, S., & Montague, J. (2016). Younger women’s experiences of deciding against breast reconstruction post-mastectomy following breast cancer: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105314562085

Archer, S., Holland, F., & Montague, J. (2016). Do you mean I’m not whole?’: Exploring the role of support in women’s experiences of mastectomy without reconstruction. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105316664135

Archer, S., Phillips, E., Montague, J., Bali, A., & Sowter, H. (2015). “I’m 100% for it! I’m a convert!”: Women’s experiences of a yoga programme after treatment for gynaecological cancer; an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Complementary therapies in Medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.12.003

Archer, S., & Forshaw, M.J. (2015). Using a randomised controlled trial (RCT) methodology in CAM research with gynaecological cancer patients: A commentary on the perks and pitfalls. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2014.11.001

Archer, S., Buxton, S. & Sheffield, D. (2015).  The effect of creative psychological interventions on psychological outcomes for adult cancer patients in comparison to normal care: A systematic review. Psycho-Oncology. doi: 10.1002/pon.3607

Archer, S., Montague, J., & Bali A. (2014). Exploring the experience of an enhanced recovery programmes for gynaecological cancer patients: A qualitative study. Perioperative Medicine. doi: 10.1186/2047-0525-3-2