Sadie Clarke
Sadie is a Registered Learning Disability Nurse currently undertaking a PhD at Anglia Ruskin University exploring the lived experiences of hospital to community discharge for people with learning disabilities.
Email: [email protected]
- Background
Sadie's clinical background includes learning disability and forensic services, and I am passionate about improving access to research for people with learning disabilities, who are often marginalised within traditional research processes.
Sadie completed an NIHR research internship, working as an educator for HASB‑IDD, and am the trial manager for DESMOND‑ID. She am also the Associate Principal Investigator for the PETALS study. She developed the WIN tool to strengthen discharge communication and am committed to increasing nursing capacity and capability in research.
PhD thesis title:
Picture My Discharge: The Lived Experiences of a Successful Community Discharge for People with Learning Disabilities from Hospital Settings
Funding:
ARU studentship: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) provided study‑day leave.
PHD Supervisors:
- Louise Prothero
- Nick Wrycraft
- Pamela Knight