Staff Profile

Medical Sciences Librarian based in the Walton Library, supporting the following schools:

Biomedical, Nutritional and Sports Sciences

Dental Sciences

Medical Education

Pharmacy

Psychology

Qualifications:

BA (Hons) Information & Library Managment - Northumbria University

PG Cert Health Information Management - Aberystwyth University

MSc Health Informatics - University of Sheffield

Memberships:

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information professionals)

Member of UHMLG (University Health and Medical Librarians Group). 

Previous positions:

2006-2018  Deputy Medical Sciences Librarian, Walton Library

1998-2006  Assistant Librarian - Information Skills, Walton Library

1995-1998  Clinical Effectiveness Facilitator, Gateshead & South Tyneside Health Authority

1995  Research Assistant, Northumbria University

• Kirsten Ashley, Mei Yee Tang, Linda Errington, Cara Jordan, Matthew Cooper, Alan Bateman, Darren Flynn, Leah Avery. A systematic review to identify the active ingredients of training programmes for healthcare professionals to effectively support adults with heart failure to increase their levels of physical activity or exercise. PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020173267 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=173267
• Cara Jordan, Sarah Charman, Kirsten Ashley, Matthew Cooper, Linda Errington, Darren Flynn, Alan Batterham, Leah Avery. Habitual physical activity levels of adults with heart failure in primary and secondary care.  Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=167786  
• Raya Vinogradov, Mehali Mehali Patel, Eleanor Holden, Linda Errington, Rowan Grigg, Judith Rankin. Barriers and facilitators of adherence to low-dose aspirin during pregnancy: a co-produced systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence. PROSPERO 2022 CRD42022359718 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022359718
  
• Angela Long, Nicki O'Brien, Tim Rapley, Linda Errington. Non-pharmacological interventions for musculoskeletal health delivered by community pharmacy: a systematic review. PROSPERO 2022 CRD42022316796 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022316796
  
• Zeynep Elcioglu, Linda Errington, Fiona Beyer, John Simpson, Anthony Rostron, Thomas Hellyer. Prevalence of lymphopenia in all hospitalisations and its association with infection: a systematic review. PROSPERO 2022 CRD42022327031 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022327031
  
• Thomas Hellyer, Linda Errington, Sufyan Shakir. Shorter versus longer duration of antibiotics for the treatment of adult patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia: protocol for a systematic review. PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021256036 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021256036
  
• Nichola Lax, Renae Stefanetti, Lyndsey Butterworth, Linda Errington, Grainne Gorman, Robert McFarland. A systematic review of polymerase γ-related disorders.. PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021234883 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021234883
  
• Faisal Al-Dhafeeri, Ghadeer Alharbi, Elaine McColl, Anna Chaddock, Balsam Ahmad. Burnout among mental health nurses: an umbrella review. PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021255064 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021255064
  
• Tiago Costa, Emily Haworth, Sean Hill, Ryan Kenny, Hannah Cahill, Charlotte Kirkland, Paul Hindmarch, Beth Hall, Eleanor Romaine, Ramy Teama, Iain McKinnon, Hamish McAllister-Williams. Cardiovascular mortality associated with depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020200812 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020200812
  

MCR8003 Writing in a Research Setting 

CMB1007 Practical Skills for Biomedical Sciences with Business 1 

CMB1008 Practical Skills for Biomedical Sciences with Business 2

HSC8055 Introduction to systematic reviewing and critical appraisal

MED8032 Library and Information Technology Skills

PSY1001 Psychological Enquiry

• Cooper M, Avery L, Scott J, Ashley K, Jordan C, Errington L, Flynn D. Effectiveness and active ingredients of social prescribing interventions targeting mental health: a systematic review. BMJ open 2022, 12(7), e060214.
• Stefanetti RJ, Ng YS, Errington L, Blain AP, McFarland R, Gorman GS. l-Arginine in Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like Episodes. Neurology 2022, 98(23), E2318-E2328.
• Haigh L, Kirk C, El Gendy K, Gallacher J, Errington L, Mathers JC, Anstee QM. The effectiveness and acceptability of Mediterranean diet and calorie restriction in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition 2022, 41(9), 1913-1931.
• Meredith E, O'Donovan J, Errington L, Mathur M, Hamilton D. The role of community healthcare workers in head and neck cancer: a systematic scoping review of the literature. Global Public Health 2022, 17(12), 3283-3302.
• Cooper M, Ashley K, Jordan C, Avery L, Errington L, Scott J, Flynn D. A systematic review of active ingredients of social prescribing interventions targeting mental health. In: 35th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. 2021, Online. In Preparation.
• Geddis-Regan A, Errington L, Abley C, Wassall R, Exley C, Thomson R. Enhancing shared and surrogate decision making for people living with dementia: A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions. Health Expectations 2021, 24(1), 19-32.
• Jordan C, Charman SJ, Batterham AM, Flynn D, Ashley K, Cooper M, Houghton D, Errington L, Avery L. How physically active are adults with heart failure? A systematic review and meta-analysis. In: Heart Failure 2021 and the World Congress on Acute Heart Failure. 2021, Online: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
• Iqbal WA, Stewart GB, Smith A, Errington L, Seal CJ. PROTOCOL: The association between whole‐grain dietary intake and noncommunicable diseases: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 2021, 17(3), e1186.
• Ashley K, Tang MY, Jordan C, Cooper M, Batterham A, Flynn D, Errington L, Avery L. Systematic review identifying active ingredients of training interventions promoting physical activity in heart failure patients. In: 35th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. 2021. In Preparation.
• Moore SA, Hrisos N, Errington L, Rochester L, Rodgers H, Witham M, Sayer AA. Exercise as a treatment for sarcopenia; An umbrella review of systematic review evidenc. Physiotherapy 2020, 107, 189-201.
• Stefanetti RJ, Blain A, Jimenez-Moreno C, Errington L, Ng YS, McFarland R, Turnbull DM, Newman J, Gorman GS. Measuring the effects of exercise in neuromuscular disorders: A systematic review and meta-analyses [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Research 2020, 5(84).
• Moore SA, Hrisos N, Flynn D, Errington L, Price C, Avery L. How should long-term free-living physical activity be targeted after stroke? A systematic review and narrative synthesis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2018, 15, 100.
• Houghton D, Hardy T, Stewart C, Errington L, Day CP, Trenell MI, Avery L. Systematic review assessing the effectiveness of dietary intervention on gut microbiota in adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 2018, 61(8), 1700-1711.
• Moore SA, Hrisos N, Avery L, Errington L, Flynn D. Interventions targeting long-term physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour in stroke survivors: a systematic review of intervention components and behaviour change strategies. In: 12th UK Stroke Forum. 2017, Liverpool: Sage.
• Furtado S, Errington L, Godfrey A, Rochester L, Gerrand C. Objective clinical measurement of physical functioning after treatment for lower extremity sarcoma - a systematic review. European Journal of Surgical Oncology 2017, 43(6), 968-993.
• Tang EYH, Harrison S, Errington L, Gordon MF, Visser PJ, Launer L, Novak G, Dufouil C, Siervo M, Robinson L, Stephan BCM. Current Developments in Dementia Risk Prediction Modelling: An Updated Systematic Review. PLoS One 2015, 10(9), e0136181.
• O'Brien N, McDonald S, Araújo-Soares V, Lara J, Errington L, Godfrey A, Mathers JC, Meyer TD, Rochester L, White M, Sniehotta FF. The features of interventions associated with long-term effectiveness of physical activity interventions in adults aged 55 to 70 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review 2015, 9(4), 417-433.
• Lara J, Evans EH, O'Brien N, Moynihan PJ, Meyer TD, Adamson AJ, Errington L, Sniehotta FFS, White M, Mathers JC. Association of behaviour change techniques with effectiveness of dietary interventions among adults of retirement age: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMC Medicine 2014, 12(10), 177.
• Lara J, Hobbs N, Moynihan PJ, Meyer TD, Adamson AJ, Errington L, Rochester L, Sniehotta FF, White M, Mathers JC. Effectiveness of dietary interventions among adults of retirement age: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BMC Medicine 2014, 12(1), 1-12.
• Arnott B, Rehackova L, Errington L, Sniehotta FF, Roberts J, Araujo-Soares V. Efficacy of behavioural interventions for transport behaviour change: systematic review, meta-analysis and intervention coding. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014, 11, 133.
• Manfredini D, Al-Baghdadi M, Durham J, Araujo-Soares V, Robalino S, Errington L, Steele J. No significant differences between conservative interventions and surgical interventions for TMJ disc displacement without reduction. Evidence-Based Dentistry 2014, 153(3), 90-91.
• Al-Bagdadi MKS, Durham J, Araujo-Soares V, Robalino S, Errington L, Steele J. TMJ disc displacement without reduction management: a systematic review. Journal of Dental Research 2014, 93(7), 37S-51S.
• Hobbs N, Godfrey A, Lara J, Errington L, Meyer TD, Rochester L, White M, Mathers JC, Sniehotta FF. Are behavioral interventions effective in increasing physical activity at 12 to 36 months in adults aged 55 to 70 years? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine 2013, 11, 75.
• Arnott B, Rehackova L, Errington L, Sniehotta F, Roberts J, Araujo-Soares V. Efficacy of Behavioural Interventions for Transport Behaviour Change: A Systematic Review with Narrative Moderator Analyses. In: “Well-being, Quality of Life and Caregiving” : 27th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. 2013, Bordeaux, France: Routledge.
• Heaven B, Brown L, White M, Errington L, Mathers JC, Moffatt S. Supporting well-being in retirement through meaningful social roles: systematic review of intervention studies. Milbank Quarterly 2013, 91(2), 222-287.
• Lord S, Howe T, Greenland J, Simpson L, Rochester L. Gait variability in older adults: A structured review of testing protocol and clinimetric properties. Gait & Posture 2011, 34(4), 443-450.
• Simpson L, Madhok R, Whitty P. Collecting, maintaining and using evidence of clinical effectiveness: experience at a district health authority. Health libraries review 1999, 16(1), 43-46.