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A qualitative exploratory study of training requirements for general practitioners attending older people resident in care homes (2022)
Journal Article
Ruaux, S., & Chadborn, N. (2023). A qualitative exploratory study of training requirements for general practitioners attending older people resident in care homes. Journal of Integrated Care, 31(1), 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICA-11-2021-0060

Purpose: Older people who reside in care homes have varying access and quality of medical care; in the UK, this is provided by general practitioners (GPs). The authors aimed to explore the experiences of trainee GPs in delivering integrated care and... Read More about A qualitative exploratory study of training requirements for general practitioners attending older people resident in care homes.

Breastfeeding in infants diagnosed with phenylketonuria (2022)
Journal Article
Chong, L., Kalvala, J., Chadborn, N., & Ojha, S. (2022). Breastfeeding in infants diagnosed with phenylketonuria. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022(8), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015243

Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To assess the effects of breastfeeding (exclusive or partial) compared to low-Phe formula feeding in the first six months after birth in infants diag... Read More about Breastfeeding in infants diagnosed with phenylketonuria.

General practitioners' role in improving health care in care homes: a realist review (2022)
Journal Article
Chadborn, N. H., Devi, R., Goodman, C., Williams, C. D., Sartain, K., & Gordon, A. L. (2022). General practitioners' role in improving health care in care homes: a realist review. Family Practice, 40(1), 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmac071

Background: Despite recent focus on improving health care in care homes, it is unclear what role general practitioners (GPs) should play. To provide evidence for future practice we set out to explore how GPs have been involved in such improvement... Read More about General practitioners' role in improving health care in care homes: a realist review.

GPs’ involvement to improve care quality in care homes in the UK: a realist review (2021)
Journal Article
Chadborn, N. H., Devi, R., Williams, C., Sartain, K., Goodman, C., & Gordon, A. L. (2021). GPs’ involvement to improve care quality in care homes in the UK: a realist review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 9(20), 1-76. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr09200

Background Organising health-care services for residents living in care homes is an important area of development in the UK and elsewhere. Medical care is provided by general practitioners in the UK, and the unique arrangement of the NHS means that... Read More about GPs’ involvement to improve care quality in care homes in the UK: a realist review.

How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation (2021)
Journal Article
Devi, R., Chadborn, N. H., Meyer, J., Banerjee, J., Goodman, C., Dening, T., …Gordon, A. L. (2021). How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation. Age and Ageing, 50(4), 1371-1381. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab007

Background Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) bring together multidisciplinary teams in a structured process to improve care quality. How QICs can be used to support healthcare improvement in care homes is not fully understood. Methods A... Read More about How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation.

Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach: Lessons Learnt from Six Projects Conducted in the UK and The Netherlands (2020)
Journal Article
Devi, R., Martin, G., Banerjee, J., Butler, L., Pattison, T., Cruickshank, L., …Gordon, A. L. (2020). Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach: Lessons Learnt from Six Projects Conducted in the UK and The Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(20), Article 7601. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207601

The Breakthrough Series Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) initiative is a well-developed and widely used approach, but most of what we know about it has come from healthcare settings. In this article, those leading QICs to improve care in care... Read More about Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach: Lessons Learnt from Six Projects Conducted in the UK and The Netherlands.

Quality improvement in long-term care settings: a scoping review of effective strategies used in care homes (2020)
Journal Article
Chadborn, N. H., Devi, R., Hinsliff-Smith, K., Banerjee, J., & Gordon, A. L. (2021). Quality improvement in long-term care settings: a scoping review of effective strategies used in care homes. European Geriatric Medicine, 12, 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-020-00389-w

Purpose We conducted a scoping review of quality improvement in care homes. We aimed to identify participating occupational groups and methods for evaluation. Secondly, we aimed to describe resident-level interventions and which outcomes were measur... Read More about Quality improvement in long-term care settings: a scoping review of effective strategies used in care homes.

Protocol for a realist review of General Practitioners’ Role in Advancing Practice in Care Homes (GRAPE study) (2020)
Journal Article
Gordon, A. L., Devi, R., Williams, C., Goodman, C., Sartain, K., & Chadborn, N. H. (2020). Protocol for a realist review of General Practitioners’ Role in Advancing Practice in Care Homes (GRAPE study). BMJ Open, 10(6), Article e036221. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036221

Introduction Older people who live in care homes have a high level of need with complex health conditions. In addition to providing medical care to residents, general practitioners (GPs) play a role as gatekeeper for access to services, as well as l... Read More about Protocol for a realist review of General Practitioners’ Role in Advancing Practice in Care Homes (GRAPE study).

First point of contact physiotherapy; a qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Logan, P., Goodwin, R., Moffatt, F., Timmons, S., Chadborn, N., & Hendrick, P. (2020). First point of contact physiotherapy; a qualitative study. Physiotherapy, 108, 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2020.02.003

© 2020 The Authors Objectives: First point of contact physiotherapy (FPCP) provides patients direct access to a physiotherapist. Literature demonstrates efficacy of FPCP. Evidence has highlighted the need for cultural shifts from both patient and pro... Read More about First point of contact physiotherapy; a qualitative study.