Dr Justin Needle
About
Overview
Justin joined City University London in 2006 and is currently Senior Lecturer in Health Services Research & Policy.
Until 2012 he was co-director of City's Centre for Allied Health Professions (AHP) Research, which carried out research into policy, practice and workforce issues relating to the AHPs, and director of the MSc Allied Health Professions Clinical Leadership programme.
He is currently programme director of the MSc Health Policy.
Justin holds degrees in philosophy from the Universities of Cambridge and Dundee, and an MSc in social policy from the London School of Economics (LSE). Before coming to City in 2006 he worked at the LSE, having previously pursued a career in publishing.
He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Qualifications
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Advance HE, United Kingdom
- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, City, University London, United Kingdom
- MSc in Social Policy and Planning, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
- Postgraduate Certificate in Economics, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
- PhD in Philosophy, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
- MPhil in Logic, Text and Information Technology, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
- MA (Hons.) in Philosophy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Employment
- Senior Lecturer in Health Services Research and Policy, City, University of London, United Kingdom, May 2015 - present
Administrative roles
- Group lead, Health Policy, Leadership and Management Group (Centre for Health Services Research)
- Chair of the Programme Committees for: MSc Health Policy, MSc Health Management, MSc Health Services Research, MRes Clinical Research, Masters in Public Health, BSc Professional Practice
- Member of: Board of Studies (SHS), Postgraduate Forum (SHS), International Committee (SHS), Learning and Teaching Committee (SHS)
- Panel member, Programme Approval and Review Committee (SHS)
- Member, Programme Directors Forum (University)
Languages
German (can read, write, speak, understand spoken)
Teaching
Educational Leadership
- Programme director: MSc Health Policy (2012-present)
- Programme Director/Admissions Tutor, BSc Health and Social Care (2017-19)
- Programme Director, BSc Professional Practice (2011-16)
- Programme Director, MSc Allied Health Professions Clinical Leadership (2009-11)
Postgraduate Modules
- HPM001 The Health Policy Process, Politics & Power (module leader)
- HPM003 Health Policy in Britain (module leader)
- HPM004 International Health Systems (module leader)
- PHM004 Social Determinants of Health
- PHM005 Health Policy & Politics
- HRM005 Evidence-Based Evaluation
- APM045 Commissioning for Health and Social Care
- CRM002 The Application of Research in Clinical Settings
- APM002 SHS MSc Dissertation Module
- CRM003 MRes Dissertation Module
Other Educational Activites
- Winner, President’s Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (2017)
- PhD supervisor (Category A)
- External Examiner, MSc in Health Care Management, University of Surrey Business School (2015-18)
- Internal PhD examiner, Centre for Food Policy (2011 and 2015)
- External PhD examiner, University of Surrey (Department of Health Care Management and Policy) (2012 and 2014)
Other Teaching Expertise
- Health policy analysis
- Health policy in the UK
- International health systems and comparative health systems analysis
- Integrated care
- Systematic reviewing and evidence synthesis (including rapid evidence assessment, scoping reviews, umbrella reviews and realist reviews)
Research
Research Overview
Justin has published in a number of areas, including the use of economic evaluation within public health, telemental health, mental health services research, quality of life for people with aphasia and policy and workforce issues relating to the allied health professions (AHPs).
Research Areas
- Health policy and policy analysis
- Telemental health
- Systematic reviewing and evidence synthesis
Research Grants
- 2009-2011: Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) and Management (NIHR SDO) (co-investigator)
- 2007-2009: The Role of Allied Health Professionals in Health Promotion (NIHR SDO) (co-investigator)
- 2006-2007: Helping Hands? The Allied Health Professions In Europe (Nuffield Trust)
- 2006: Scope of therapeutic practice: a survey of members of the College of Optometrists (The College of Optometrists) (co-investigator)
Principal Collaborators
- Professor Sonia Johnson (UCL)
- Professor Roland Petchey (City, University of London)
- Professor John Lawrenson (City, University of London)
- Dr Katerina Hilari (City, University of London)
Research students
Ricardo Khine
Thesis title: An investigation into the role of the consultant therapeutic radiographer
Afnan Aljaffary
Thesis title: Assessing public attitudes towards the health system of Saudi Arabia
Tanya Dib
Thesis title: What can end-of-life care policy in England learn from international experience?
Publications
Publications by category
Books (2)
- Johnson, S., Needle, J.J., Bindman, J.P. and Thornicroft, G. (2008). Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment in Mental Health. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521678759.
- Johnson, S. and Needle, J. (2008). Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment in Mental Health Introduction.
Chapters (5)
- Johnson, S., Needle, J., Totman, J. and Hobbs, L. (2025). Crisis and emergency services. Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health (pp. 127-140). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198898818.
- McDaid, D. and Needle, J.J. (2009). What use has been made of economic evaluation in public health? A systematic review of the literature. In Dawson, S., Morris, Z. and Morris, Z.S. (Eds.), Future Public Health: Burdens, Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 248-264). Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 9780230013599.
- In Dawson, S. and Morris, Z.S. (Eds.), (2009). Future Public Health. In Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 9781349284887.
- Johnson, S. and Needle, J.J. (2008). Introduction. In Johnson, S., Needle, J.J., Bindman, J.P. and Thornicroft, G. (Eds.), Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment in Mental Health (pp. 3-8). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521678759.
- Johnson, S. and Needle, J.J. (2008). Crisis resolution teams: rationale and core model. In Johnson, S., Needle, J., Bindman, J.P. and Thornicroft, G. (Eds.), Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment in Mental Health (pp. 67-84). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521678759.
Conference papers and proceedings (3)
- Evans, J., Hirani, S.P. and Needle, J.J. 91 Systematic review of enteral versus parenteral nutrition in children undergoing bone marrow transplantation. GOSH Conference 2019, Care of the Complex Child.doi:10.1136/archdischild-2019-gosh.91
- Evans, J., Needle, J.J. and Hirani, S.P. 80 Gastrostomy feeding reduces the need for parenteral nutrition in children undergoing allogenic bone marrow transplantation. GOSH Conference 2019, Care of the Complex Child.doi:10.1136/archdischild-2019-gosh.80
- Lawrenson, J.G., Needle, J.J. and Petchey, R.P. (2007). A national survey of the scope of therapeutic practice of optometrists in the UK. Drug Utilisation Research Group (UK & Ireland) Conference: Capturing Health Gain—Do We Need A Bigger Net Or Smaller Mesh? 18 January, The Royal Society Of Medicine, London, UK.
Journal articles (15)
- Appleton, R., Barnett, P., Chipp, B., Clark, M., Goldblatt, P., Jeffreys, S.... Lloyd-Evans, B. (2023). Development of a conceptual framework to guide description and evaluation of social interventions for people with serious mental health conditions. SSM - Mental Health, 4, pp. 100271-100271. doi:10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100271
- Appleton, R., Barnett, P., Vera San Juan, N., Tuudah, E., Lyons, N., Parker, J.... Johnson, S. (2023). Implementation strategies for telemental health: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1). doi:10.1186/s12913-022-08993-1
- Rains, L.S., Dalton-Locke, C., Landau, S., Needle, J.J. and Johnson, S. (2022). Variations in the uptake of telemental health technologies in community and crisis mental health services during the early pandemic: a survey of mental health professionals in the UK. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-022-04385-1
- Schlief, M., Saunders, K.R.K., Appleton, R., Barnett, P., Vera San Juan, N., Foye, U.... Johnson, S. (2022). Synthesis of the Evidence on What Works for Whom in Telemental Health: Rapid Realist Review. Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 11(2), pp. e38239-e38239. doi:10.2196/38239
- Johnson, S., Dalton‐Locke, C., Baker, J., Hanlon, C., Salisbury, T.T., Fossey, M.... Lloyd‐Evans, B. (2022). Acute psychiatric care: approaches to increasing the range of services and improving access and quality of care. World Psychiatry, 21(2), pp. 220-236. doi:10.1002/wps.20962
- Appleton, R., Williams, J., Vera San Juan, N., Needle, J.J., Schlief, M., Jordan, H.... Johnson, S. (2021). Implementation, Adoption, and Perceptions of Telemental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(12), pp. e31746-e31746. doi:10.2196/31746
- Vera San Juan, N., Shah, P., Schlief, M., Appleton, R., Nyikavaranda, P., Birken, M.... Johnson, S. (2021). Service user experiences and views regarding telemental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A co-produced framework analysis. PLOS ONE, 16(9), pp. e0257270-e0257270. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257270
- Sheridan Rains, L., Johnson, S., Barnett, P., Steare, T., Needle, J.J., Carr, S.... Cavero, V. (2021). Early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health care and on people with mental health conditions: framework synthesis of international experiences and responses. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(1), pp. 13-24. doi:10.1007/s00127-020-01924-7
- Rains, L.S., Johnson, S., Barnett, P., Steare, T., Needle, J.J., Carr, S.... Simpson, A. (2020). Early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health care and on people with mental health conditions: framework synthesis of international experiences and responses. . doi:10.1101/2020.06.15.20129411
- Evans, J.C., Hirani, S.P. and Needle, J.J. (2019). Nutritional and Post-Transplantation Outcomes of Enteral versus Parenteral Nutrition in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Systematic Review of Randomized and Nonrandomized Studies. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 25(8), pp. e252-e259. doi:10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.02.023
- Evans, J., Needle, J.J. and Hirani, S.P. (2019). Early outcomes of gastrostomy feeding in paediatric allogenic bone marrow transplantation: A retrospective cohort study. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 31, pp. 71-79. doi:10.1016/j.clnesp.2019.02.014
- Aquino, M.R.J.R.V., Olander, E.K., Needle, J.J. and Bryar, R.M. (2016). Midwives’ and health visitors’ collaborative relationships: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 62, pp. 193-206. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.08.002
- Hilari, K., Needle, J.J. and Harrison, K. (2012). What are the important factors in health-related quality of life for people with aphasia? A systematic review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, In press
- Needle, J.J., Petchey, R. and Lawrenson, J.G. (2008). A survey of the scope of therapeutic practice by UK optometrists and their attitudes to an extended prescribing role. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 28(3), pp. 193-203. doi:10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00551.x
- Lawrenson, J.G., Needle, J.J. and Petchey, R.P. (2007). What is the current status of therapeutic practice in the UK? Optician pp. 20-26
Posters (2)
- Evans, J., Needle, J. and Hirani, S. Gastrostomy feeding reduces the need for parenteral nutrition in children undergoing allogenic bone marrow transplantation. GOSH Conference 2019 – Care of the Complex Patient, 2019.
- Evans, J., Hirani, S. and Needle, J. Systematic review of enteral versus parenteral nutrition in children undergoing bone marrow transplantation. GOSH Conference 2019 - Care of the Complex Patient, 2019.
Reports (4)
- Needle, J.J., Petchey, R.P., Benson, J., Scriven, A., Lawrenson, J.G. and Hilari, K. (2011). The allied health professions and health promotion: a systematic literature review and narrative synthesis. Final report. Southampton: NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme.
- Needle, J.J., Petchey, R.P., Benson, J., Scriven, A., Lawrenson, J. and Hilari, K. (2011). The role of allied health professionals in health promotion..
- Needle, J.J., Lawrenson, J.G. and Petchey, R.P. (2007). Scope of Therapeutic Practice: A Survey of UK Optometrists. London: City University London.
- McDaid, D. and Needle, J.J. (2006). Economic Evaluation and Public Health: Mapping the Literature. London: London School of Economics.
Professional activities
Events/conferences (15)
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The allied health professions and health promotion. (2011).
Description: Needle JJ, Petchey RP. Presentation to the Research Forum for Allied Health Profession. -
What are the important factors in health-related quality of life for people with aphasia? A systematic review. University of Reading (2011).
Description: Hilari K, Needle JJ, Harrison, K, Biennial International Conference of the British Aphasiology Society. (6-8 September 2011) -
The Role of Allied Health Professionals in Health Promotion. Hatfiled (2008).
Description: seminar presentation to the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC), University of Hertfordshire -
Allied Health Professionals' contribution to health promotion: the challenge of defining the boundaries. Turin, Italy (2008).
Description: Scriven A, Needle JJ, Petchey RP, Lawrenson JG, Hilari K., 8th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education. -
Helping hands? The Allied Health Professions (AHPs) and European policy development. Athens, Greece (2008).
Description: Petchey RP, Needle JJ, European Health Management Association (EHMA) Annual Conference (The Politics of Health). -
'Helping Hands? The Allied Health Professions in Europe: A reconnaissance. London (2008).
Description: Needle JJ, Petchey RP, Presentation to the Health Workforce Research Network, held at the King's Fund. -
Planning and managing an EU workforce in the NHS. (2008).
Description: Petchey RP, Needle JJ, Health Service Journal Conference. -
The Use of Economic Evaluation for Public Health Interventions: Desert or Oasis? A Systematic Review of the Literature. Copenhagen, Denmark (2007).
Description: McDaid D, Needle JJ, International Health Economics Association Conference. -
Helping Hands? The Allied Health Professions in Europe: A reconnaissance. (2007).
Description: Needle JJ, Petchey RP, Seminar, The Nuffield Trust. -
The Use of Economic Evaluation for Public Health Interventions: Desert or Oasis? A Systematic Review of the Literature. Barcelona, Spain (2007).
Description: McDaid D, Needle JJ, Health Technology Assessment International. -
What Use Has Been Made of Economic Evaluation In Public Health? A Systematic Review of the Literature. Edinburgh, UK (2007).
Description: McDaid D, Needle JJ. UK Public Health Association Annual Conference. -
A national survey of the scope of therapeutic practice of optometrists in the UK. London, UK (2007).
Description: Lawrenson JG, Needle JJ, Petchey RP, Drug Utilisation Research Group (UK & Ireland) Conference: Capturing Health Gain-Do We Need A Bigger Net Or Smaller Mesh? The Royal Society Of Medicine. Abstract published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2007;16 (5):592. -
Economic Evaluation and Public Health: Mapping the Literature. Cambridge, UK (2006).
Description: McDaid D, Needle JJ, Judge Institute Conference on Health Policy Futures, University of Cambridge. -
Economic evaluation and public health: mapping the literature. Cardiff, UK (2006).
Description: McDaid D, Needle JJ, Welsh Assembly Government Health Economics Launch, Wanless Research Programme. -
Economic evaluation and public health: mapping the literature. Birmingham, UK (2005).
Description: McDaid D, Needle JJ, Meeting of the Welsh Assembly Government Wanless Research Programme.
Other
- - Peer reviewer, International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders .