Biography:
Dr Sarah Pajak is investigating workforce issues in relation to patient safety and service quality. She worked previously at the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Research Unit in workforce research and more recently the North West London Hospitals NHS Trust in collaboration with Brunel University, where she also completed her PhD, contributing to an evaluation of a hospital service model redevelopment.
Publications:
Evans, S., Huxley, P., Gately, C., Webber, M., Mears, A., Pajak, S., Medina, J., Kendall, T., & Katona, C. (2006). Mental health, burnout and job satisfaction among mental health social workers in England and Wales. British Journal of Psychiatry, 188: 75-80.
Mears, A., Etchegoyen, A., Stormont, F., Kendall, T., Katona, C., & Pajak, S. (2004). Female psychiatrists’ career development after flexible training. Psychiatric Bulletin, 28:201- 203.
Mears, A., Kendall, T., Katona, C., Pashley C. & Pajak, S. (2004). Retirement Intentions of older consultant psychiatrists. Psychiatric Bulletin, 28: 130- 132.
Mears, A., Pajak, S., Kendall, T., Katona, C., & Medina, J., Huxley, P., Evans, S., & Gately C. (2004). Consultant psychiatrists’ working patterns: is a progressive approach the key to staff retention? Psychiatric Bulletin, 28: 251-253.
Mears, A., Pajak, S., Kendall, T., Katona, C., & Medina, J., Huxley, P., Evans, S., & Gately C. (2007). Consultant psychiatrists' working patterns. Psychiatric Bulletin, 31: 252-255.
Pajak, S., DeSouza, L., Gore, J., & Williams, C. (In Press) Capturing data in healthcare using patient-centred mobile technology. In Ghinea, G., Chen, S., & Dong, F. (Eds) User Centered Design for Medical Visualisation.
Pajak S., Mears A., Kendall T., et al. (2003). Workload and working patterns of consultant psychiatrists: an investigation into occupational pressures and burdens. Report to the Department of Health. Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Research Unit, London.
