Professor Nicola Clibbens

Nicola has expertise in health services research focused on acute and crisis mental health. She has an interest in research focused on improving outcomes in community crisis care, development of interventions in crisis and intensive home treatment and imporving the experiences of people during a crisis and their family and friends. 

Nicola is experienced with involving people with lived experience in developing research ideas and in delivering high quality studies as research partners. 

Nicola works across Northumbria University and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust to deliver high qaulity research and support the development of the nursing contribution to research. Nicola has engaged with a range of health, social care and voluntary sector partners to deliver research.

Nicola has expertise in realist methods, qualitative research, mixed method synthesis and evidence synthesis.

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• The integration and impact of international adult nurses in community mental health teams: a thematic analysis, Ajibade, B., Murray, P., Humble, A., Clibbens, N. 2 May 2026, In: British Journal of Mental Health Nursing
• Who's got the obs sheets? Can QI methods reduce violence and restrictive practices on inpatient mental health wards?, Baldry, P., Clibbens, N. 5 Jan 2026
• Accurate reporting of maternal suicide data enables development of targeted suicide prevention interventions, Clibbens, N., Rebair, A. 3 Oct 2025, In: Evidence-based nursing
• An exploration of health professionals' views of diet intervention for psychosis management, Williamson, K., Baker, J., Clibbens, N. Jun 2025, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
• Crisis cafes: so much more than a cuppa, Clibbens, N., Mbwanda, D. 21 Jan 2025
• Developing a Co-Produced Practice Framework to Support Personalised Safety Planning for Adults Experiencing Suicidality, McGleenan, K., Gordon, I., Smith, H., Barker, J., Lilley, R., Scott, T., Mart, P., Walker, V., Clibbens, N., Taylor, J., Fishburn, S., Ramtohul, A., Chidimma Nwokoroku, S., Flynn, D. 1 Oct 2025, In: Health Expectations : an International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy
• Effectiveness of Physical Activity Interventions on Acute Inpatient Mental Health Units on Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review, Graham, M., Hodgson, P., Fleming, L., Innerd, A., Clibbens, N., Hope, W., Aston, L., Glascott, M. Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
• Implementation of the Chief Nursing Officer for England’s national strategy for nursing research in mental health service provider organisations: A mixed-methods study, Green, J., Byrne, I., Clibbens, N., Black, C., Dickens, G. 1 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
• Mechanisms to support interventions involving the police when responding to persons experiencing a mental health crisis: A realist review, Redgate, S., Clibbens, N., Haighton, C., Dalkin, S., Bate, A., Girling, M., McCarthy, S., Eagles, T., Gray, J., McKinnon, I. 10 May 2025, In: Health & Social Care in the Community
• Physical activity following discharge from inpatient adult mental health settings: Interest-holder perspectives, Hodgson, P., Glascott, M., Hope, W., Aston, L., Clibbens, N., Flemming, L., Innerd, A., Graham, M. 1 Oct 2025, In: Mental Health and Physical Activity

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• Evaluation of multi-agency education for mental health telephone triage, Clibbens, N. (Principal Investigator), Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, 01/04/25 - 01/03/26, £20,000.00
• Police involvement in interagency crisis mental health first response pathways in England: A realist and cost consequence analysis (PIONEER-MH), Clibbens, N. (Principal Investigator), National Institute for Health Research, 01/04/25 - 30/11/27, £781,508.00
• Jay’s study: Developing tailored implementation of a personalised safety planning toolkit for adults experiencing self-harm and suicidality, Clibbens, N. (Principal Investigator), National Institute for Health Research, 01/09/24 - 02/03/26, £25,582.00
• DIVERT: Co-producing a distress tolerance intervention to reduce self-harm episodes in young people, Clibbens, N. (Principal Investigator), National Institute for Health Research, 01/04/24 - 30/06/25, £2,940.00

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• Editorial work: SAGE Open Nursing (Journal) 2024

• Elaine Robinson Navigating child health services: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of parents with mental distress Start Date: 01/03/2023
• Simon Douglas Understanding the experience of learners who undertook the ‘Introduction to Public Involvement and Co-Production in Research’ module at Northumbria University Start Date: 10/09/2024

• Health PhD January 01 2011
• Education MA September 01 1999
• Social Studies/Science DipHE September 01 1995
• Registered Nurse Mental Health RMN