Professor Justin Waring

Health Services Management Centre
Professor of Medical Sociology & Healthcare Organisation

Contact details

Telephone: 0121 414 6022
Email: j.waring@bham.ac.uk
Twitter: @dr_waring

Address: School of Social Policy and Society, HSMC
Park House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2RT, United Kingdom

Justin Waring is Professor of Medical Sociology and Healthcare Organisation at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. His research deals with the changing organisation and management of healthcare systems, and public services more broadly.

His primary interest is to understand how new organisational forms and processes interact with institutionalised professional practices, cultures and identities; and how such institutional influences can both stimulate or stymie reform. He is interested in the application of social theory to different social, cultural and organisational contexts, as a means of both explaining social phenomena and extending theoretical rigour. The conceptual and theoretical foundations of his work involves making connections between medical and organisational sociology, sociology of the professions and public services management. He specialises in the use of ethnographic and mixed method research techniques.

ORCID Profile

Qualifications

PhD, University of Nottingham
MSc
BA, University of Liverpool

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Jones, VR, Waring, J, Wright, N & Fenton, S-J 2024, 'A Protocol for a Rapid Realist Review of Literature Examining Co-Production in Youth Mental Health Services', Youth, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth4010001

Jones, VR, Waring, J, Wright, N & Fenton, SJ 2024, 'A rapid realist review of literature examining Co‐production in mental health services for youth', JCPP Advances. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12272

Kale, AU, Hogg, HDJ, Pearson, R, Glocker, B, Golder, S, Coombe, A, Waring, J, Liu, X, Moore, DJ & Denniston, AK 2024, 'Detecting Algorithmic Errors and Patient Harms for AI-Enabled Medical Devices in Randomized Controlled Trials: Protocol for a Systematic Review', JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 13, e51614. https://doi.org/10.2196/51614

Griffiths, SL, Murray, GK, Logeswaran, Y, Ainsworth, J, Allan, SM, Campbell, N, Drake, RJ, Katshu, MZUH, Machin, M, Pope, MA, Sullivan, SA, Waring, J, Bogatsu, T, Kane, J, Weetman, T, Johnson, S, Kirkbride, JB & Upthegrove, R 2024, 'Implementing and Evaluating a National Integrated Digital Registry and Clinical Decision Support System in Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (Early Psychosis Informatics Into Care): Co-Designed Protocol', JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 13, e50177. https://doi.org/10.2196/50177

Waring, J, Bishop, S, Clarke, J & Roe, B 2023, 'Becoming active in the micro-politics of healthcare re-organisation: The identity work and political activation of doctors, nurses and managers', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 333, 116145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116145

Waring, J, Martin, GP, Hartley, P, Partridge, JSL & Dhesi, JK 2023, 'Implementing a perioperative care of older people undergoing surgery (POPS) service: findings from a multi-site qualitative implementation study', Age and Ageing, vol. 52, no. 8, afad149. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad149

Waring, J 2023, 'New development: Clinicians in management—past, present, future?', Public Money & Management, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2023.2263242

Jeffries, M, Salema, N-E, Laing, L, Shamsuddin, A, Sheikh, A, Avery, T, Chuter, A, Waring, J & Keers, RN 2023, 'Using sociotechnical theory to understand medication safety work in primary care and prescribers’ use of clinical decision support: a qualitative study', BMJ open, vol. 13, no. 4, e068798. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068798

Waring, J, Bishop, S, Black, G, Clarke, J & Roe, B 2023, 'What can clinical leaders contribute to the governance of integrated care systems?', BMJ Leader. https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2022-000709

Liberati, EG, Martin, GP, Lamé, G, Waring, J, Tarrant, C, Willars, J & Dixon-Woods, M 2023, 'What can Safety Cases offer for patient safety? A multisite case study', BMJ Quality & Safety. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016042

Michail, M, Robinson, J, Witt, K, Occhipinti, J-A, Skinner, A, Lamblin, M, Veresova, M, Kartal, D & Waring, J 2023, 'Which programmes and policies across health and community settings will generate the most significant impacts for youth suicide prevention in Australia and the UK? Protocol for a systems modelling and simulation study', BMJ open, vol. 13, no. 8, e071111. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071111

Cribb, A, O'Hara, JK & Waring, J 2022, 'Improving responses to safety incidents: we need to talk about justice', BMJ Quality & Safety, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 327-330. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014333

Waring, J, Bishop, S, Black, G, Clarke, JM, Exworthy, M, Fulop, NJ, Hartley, J, Ramsay, A & Roe, B 2022, 'Navigating the micro-politics of major system change: The implementation of Sustainability Transformation Partnerships in the English health and care system', Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177/13558196221142237

Waring, J 2022, 'Pieces of the puzzle: The opportunities and challenges of integrative learning systems for patient safety', Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1177/13558196211050541

Chapter

Millar, R, Waring, J & Lalani, M 2023, Quality and the NHS: Fair-Weather Friends or a Long-Standing Relationship? in M Exworthy, R Mannion & M Powell (eds), The NHS at 75: The State of UK Health Policy. Bristol University Press, pp. 136-156. <https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-nhs-at-75>

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