Professor Tracy Finch

Key areas of expertise:

• Implementation science - theory and tools
• Health and social care interventions
• Process evaluation methodology

Key current projects include:

IDEAS: InterDisciplinary Evaluation of complex innovations in heAlth And Social care. National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) National Evaluation Team. 2025-2030.

PHORM: The development and co-design of a (person-centred) primary care (clinical) PHarmacist led Osteoporosis Review for optimising Medicines. Royal Osteoporosis Society. 2023-2025.

Curious about Care: Promoting values-based recruitment in community dementia support through situational judgement tests. NIHR Research for patient benefit. 2023-2025.

REFUEL-MS: Developing, optimising and implementing a blended digital self-management treatment for fatigue in multiple sclerosis. NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research. 2022-2027.

EQUIPD: An evaluation of quality improvement collaboratives aligned to a national audit to improve the uptake of insulin pumps for people with diabetes. NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR). 2022-2025.

What is ‘equivalence’ in policy custody healthcare? Economic and Social Research Council. 2021-2025.

Health checks for autistic adults: Design and evaluation of an autism-specific health check for use with autistic adults in NHS Primary Care. Autistica and NHS England. 2018-2025.

Key completed projects:

ImpleMentAll: Towards evidence-based tailored implementation strategies for eHealth. European Commission H2020. 2017-2021. Key outputs: ItFits-toolkit for self-guided tailored implementation strategies and I-STEM Model and resources for stakeholder engagement for implementation.

NoMAD: Improving the normalisation of complex interventions: Developing quantitative measures for users based on Normalisation Process Theory. Economic and Social Research Council. 2012-2015. Key outputs: (1) Measure development and (2) validation.

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• A cluster randomised controlled trial, process and economic evaluation of two large-scale quality improvement interventions embedded with a national clinical audit to improve the care for young adults with type 2 diabetes (EQUIPD2): Study protocol, Sykes, M., Finch, T., Girling, M., O'Halloran, E., Medcalf-Bell, R., Foy, R. 6 Jan 2026, In: Implementation Science
• “Everything I Had, I Lost”: Survivors’ Lived Experiences of Late Radiotherapy Side Effects Following Head and Neck Cancer Treatment: A Qualitative Study, Sellstrom, D., Patterson, J., Haighton, C., O'Hara, J., Finch, T. 14 Jan 2026, In: Cancer Nursing
• Insights from healthcare professionals on enhancing fatigue management in chronic conditions: a qualitative study, Barakou, I., Hackett, K., Hettinga, F., Finch, T. 2 Jan 2026, In: Disability and Rehabilitation
• Integrating a family support intervention in intensive care units: A mixed-methods summative evaluation with health professionals, Oesch, S., Verweij, L., Riguzzi, M., Finch, T., Clack, L., Naef, R. 1 Feb 2026, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies
• Supporting someone after their stroke: family members’ views and experiences of self-management, McCarthy, L., Kylén, M., Gustavsson, C., Finch, T., Jones, F., Elf, M. 2 Jan 2026, In: Disability and Rehabilitation
• Assessment and management of late radiation-associated dysphagia after treatment for head and neck cancer: A scoping review and survey of UK speech and language therapists, Sellstrom, D., Haighton, C., Finch, T., O'Hara, J., Patterson, J. Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
• Author Correction: Effectiveness of physical activity interventions on reducing perceived fatigue among adults with chronic conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials: Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41075-8, published online 04 September 2023, Barakou, I., Sakalidis, K., Abonie, U., Finch, T., Hackett, K., Hettinga, F. 22 Jan 2025, In: Scientific Reports
• Barriers and facilitators to self-management in people living with a lower-grade glioma, Rimmer, B., Balla, M., Dutton, L., Williams, S., Araújo-Soares, V., Gallagher, P., Finch, T., Lewis, J., Burns, R., Menger, F., Sharp, L. 1 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Cancer Survivorship
• Clinical Profile and Referral Pathways in Late Radiation-Associated Dysphagia (Late-RAD): A Consecutive Case Series, Sellstrom, D., O'Hara, J., Haighton, C., Finch, T., Patterson, J. 1 Jul 2025, In: Clinical Otolaryngology
• Exploring Implementation Processes of a Multicomponent Family Support Intervention in Intensive Care Units (FICUS) Study: A Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation, Oesch, S., Verweij, L., Riguzzi, M., Finch, T., Naef, R. 1 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing

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• Developing an NIHR Health and Social care Delivery Research (HSDR) national evaluation team: InterDisciplinary Evaluation of complex innovations in heAlth and Social care (IDEAS) Centre, Bate, A. (Principal Investigator), Finch, T. (Co Investigator), National Institute for Health Research, 01/02/25 - 31/01/30, £3,028,752.00

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• Invited talk: ASME, AGM: How can theory help us? Exploring Normalization Process Theory (NPT) as a tool for implementing new ideas in practice and education 2019

• Jane Douthwaite An action research study of the process of co-created improvements in a Midwifery service context and stakeholders experience of participation Start Date: 24/07/2020
• Karen Corder 'How can patient self-management of the physical and psychological aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) be improved through co-design approaches to intervention?' Start Date: 01/03/2019
• Ioulia Barakou ??Understanding and Enhancing Fatigue Management in Chronic Conditions: Exploring the Role of Activity Pacing and Physical Activity? Start Date: 01/04/2022 End Date: 08/07/2025
• Dara Roisin Fallen Bailey To develop an enhanced understanding of the cultural and organisational factors influencing the implementation of physical activity and early mobilisation on acute surgical wards within the setting of a multidisciplinary ERAS pathway. Start Date: 01/10/2024