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Impact of physician assistants on quality of care: rapid review (2025)
Journal Article
Cooper, N., Agius, S., Freeman, K., Church, H., Yoosoof, F., Frain, A., Frain, J., McConnell, R., Wilson, E., & Leonardi-Bee, J. (2025). Impact of physician assistants on quality of care: rapid review. BMJ, 390, Article e086358. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-086358

Objective To determine the impact of physician assistants, compared with physicians, on quality of care in the context of an ongoing UK policy review.

Design Rapid systematic review.

Search strategy Keyword search of three databases; search and... Read More about Impact of physician assistants on quality of care: rapid review.

“Further details are needed!” Reflections on the reporting in quantitative systematic reviews submitted to JBI Evidence Synthesis (2025)
Journal Article
Leonardi-Bee, J. (2025). “Further details are needed!” Reflections on the reporting in quantitative systematic reviews submitted to JBI Evidence Synthesis. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 23(6), 1038-1040. https://doi.org/10.11124/jbies-24-00508

JBI Evidence Synthesis receives quantitative systematic reviews that employ a wide range of high-quality and innovative methods to address their review questions. While the systematic reviews must follow JBI methodologies or those endorsed by JBI, co... Read More about “Further details are needed!” Reflections on the reporting in quantitative systematic reviews submitted to JBI Evidence Synthesis.

Optimising access to vocational rehabilitation through multiple sclerosis charities: Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
De Dios Perez, B., Kendrick, D., das Nair, R., Evangelou, N., Newsome, I., & Radford, K. (2025). Optimising access to vocational rehabilitation through multiple sclerosis charities: Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial. PLoS ONE, 20(6), Article e0325570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325570

Background

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) often leave the workforce prematurely due to MS symptoms and difficulties managing workplace relationships and performance. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) can improve job retention outcomes for people... Read More about Optimising access to vocational rehabilitation through multiple sclerosis charities: Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Implementation of active therapeutic hypothermia across a regional transport network for infants transferred for neonatal encephalopathy (2025)
Journal Article
Mistry, A., Imolya, N., Fletcher, J., Sobithadevi, D., Sham, D., Baucells, B. J., Edwards, J., Lakshmanan, A., Currie, A., Leslie, A., Ojha, S., & Sharkey, D. (2025). Implementation of active therapeutic hypothermia across a regional transport network for infants transferred for neonatal encephalopathy. Pediatric Research, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-025-04248-x

Background

The aim of this study was to evaluate the introduction of servo-controlled therapeutic hypothermia (TH) by a regional transport service and referring centres for infants with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). The primary objective... Read More about Implementation of active therapeutic hypothermia across a regional transport network for infants transferred for neonatal encephalopathy.

Cholangiocarcinoma in Denmark: time-trends in incidence and mortality (2025)
Journal Article
Daniel Jensen, M., West, J., Weber, B., Viborg Mortensen, F., & Jepsen, P. (2025). Cholangiocarcinoma in Denmark: time-trends in incidence and mortality. JHEP Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2025.101493

Background & Aims
Cholangiocarcinomas have a poor prognosis, and the incidence is rising in most countries. We examined time-trends in incidence and mortality in a nationwide Danish cohort.

Methods
We used nationwide health databases to identify... Read More about Cholangiocarcinoma in Denmark: time-trends in incidence and mortality.

Violence and Abuse towards General Practice Staff by Patients and the Public: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Chou, S., Sawyers, L., Cianci, G., Tyrrell, E., & Kendrick, D. (2025). Violence and Abuse towards General Practice Staff by Patients and the Public: A Scoping Review. British Journal of General Practice, https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0535

Abstract
Background General practice is the gatekeeper to secondary care in many countries. This unique role may expose general practice staff to violence and abuse by patients and the public, yet violence and abuse in secondary care receives more a... Read More about Violence and Abuse towards General Practice Staff by Patients and the Public: A Scoping Review.

Commentary on Jackson et al.: The role of regional tobacco control in centralised nations (2025)
Journal Article
Davies, N., & Langley, T. (2025). Commentary on Jackson et al.: The role of regional tobacco control in centralised nations. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70112

Jackson et al. find the single English region retaining a tobacco control programme recorded the steepest smoking decline between 2006 and 2024. Modestly funded,expert-led regional teams focusing on illicit tobacco,media campaigns and system leadersh... Read More about Commentary on Jackson et al.: The role of regional tobacco control in centralised nations.

The legacy effect of early HbA1c control on microvascular complications and hospital admissions in type 2 diabetes: findings from a large UK study (2025)
Journal Article
Aldafas, R., Vinogradova, Y., Crabtree, T. S. J., Gordon, J., & Idris, I. (2025). The legacy effect of early HbA1c control on microvascular complications and hospital admissions in type 2 diabetes: findings from a large UK study. Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, https://doi.org/10.1177/20420188251350897

Introduction
There is conflicting evidence regarding optimal glycaemic targets to reflect the legacy effect of hyperglycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). We examined the risks of microvascular complications and hospital admission with HbA... Read More about The legacy effect of early HbA1c control on microvascular complications and hospital admissions in type 2 diabetes: findings from a large UK study.

Incidence rates of bullous pemphigoid, herpes zoster, and urticaria following the start of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the UK: a population-based cohort study (2025)
Journal Article
Swiderski, M., Lewis, S., Vinogradova, Y., Ridd, M. J., Yiu, Z. Z. N., Lloyd-Lavery, A., Prasad, V., & Gran, S. (2025). Incidence rates of bullous pemphigoid, herpes zoster, and urticaria following the start of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the UK: a population-based cohort study. British Journal of Dermatology, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf237

Background

Several population-based studies have reported an increased risk of serious skin conditions following COVID-19 vaccinations, but their population samples were not representative. Accurately estimating these risks is important for infor... Read More about Incidence rates of bullous pemphigoid, herpes zoster, and urticaria following the start of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the UK: a population-based cohort study.

Promoting smoking cessation and preventing relapse to tobacco use following a smoke-free mental health inpatient stay (SCEPTRE feasibility study): a multicentre randomised controlled feasibility study protocol (2025)
Journal Article
Petersen Williams, P., Huddlestone, L., Shoesmith, E., Brady, S., Mitchell, A., Exley, V., Wiggins, F., Sinclair, L., Pervin, J., Horspool, M., Leahy, M., Paul, C., Colley, L., Shahab, L., Watson, J., Watson, J., Hewitt, C., Hough, S., Britton, J., Coleman, T., …Ratschen, E. (2025). Promoting smoking cessation and preventing relapse to tobacco use following a smoke-free mental health inpatient stay (SCEPTRE feasibility study): a multicentre randomised controlled feasibility study protocol. BMJ Open, 15(6), Article e094441. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094441

Introduction
Thousands of patients with mental illness are admitted to acute adult mental health wards every year in England, where local guidance recommends that all mental health settings be entirely smokefree. Mental health Trusts presently in... Read More about Promoting smoking cessation and preventing relapse to tobacco use following a smoke-free mental health inpatient stay (SCEPTRE feasibility study): a multicentre randomised controlled feasibility study protocol.

Enhancing Care Coordination for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Primary Care: Insights and Applications for Rare Diseases (2025)
Journal Article
Evans, W., Chauhan, J., Imam, A., & Hayward, J. (in press). Enhancing Care Coordination for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Primary Care: Insights and Applications for Rare Diseases. Journal of Community Genetics,

Introduction
Patients with rare diseases often encounter significant challenges, including poor coordination of healthcare services. The UK Rare Disease Framework emphasizes key priorities such as faster diagnoses, greater awareness among healthcar... Read More about Enhancing Care Coordination for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Primary Care: Insights and Applications for Rare Diseases.

The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis (2025)
Journal Article
Biddle, K., Jade, J., Wilson-Morkeh, H., Adikari, M., Yaghchi, C. A., Anastasa, Z., Basu, N., Brogan, P., Chanouzas, D., Dass, S., D'Cruz, D., Del Pero, M. M., Dhillon, E., Ducker, G., Griffin, S., Hollick, R. J., Jackson, D., King, C., Marlais, M., Mason, A., …Harper, L. (in press). The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis. Rheumatology, Article keaf240. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf240

ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is comprised of three specific conditions: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). Since the publication of the last British Soc... Read More about The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Executive summary: The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis (2025)
Journal Article
Biddle, K., Jade, J., Wilson-Morkeh, H., Adikari, M., Al Yaghchi, C., Anastasa, Z., Basu, N., Brogan, P., Chanouzas, D., Dass, S., D'Cruz, D., Martinez Del Pero, M., Dhillon, E., Ducker, G., Griffin, S., Hollick, R. J., Jackson, D., King, C., Marlais, M., Mason, A., …Ciurtin, C. (in press). Executive summary: The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis. Rheumatology, Article keaf242. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf242

Neither small adults nor big children: Doing better for TYAs with brain tumors (2025)
Journal Article
Ritzmann, T. A., Hodgkinson, R., & Shanmugavadivel, S. (2025). Neither small adults nor big children: Doing better for TYAs with brain tumors. Clinical Cancer Research, https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-1007

A recent article presents a molecular analysis of High-Grade Gliomas in teenagers and young adults (TYAs). To maximise the benefit of this advancing knowledge we must address the basics. Here, we highlight the challenge of lengthy diagnostic interval... Read More about Neither small adults nor big children: Doing better for TYAs with brain tumors.

P125 Online survey of perspectives on lung imaging use in cystic fibrosis (2025)
Journal Article
Beever, D., Leighton, P., Howells, L., & Prayle, A. (2025). P125 Online survey of perspectives on lung imaging use in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 24(Supplement 1), S106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2025.03.143

Objectives
As an emerging technology in cystic fibrosis (CF), there is potential for misunderstanding of lung magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan results. As the initial stage of a project to develop a results communication toolkit, we sought to e... Read More about P125 Online survey of perspectives on lung imaging use in cystic fibrosis.

Qualitative study exploring knowledge and attitudes towards dementia risk prediction, barriers to dementia services and service improvement recommendations with diverse populations in England (2025)
Journal Article
Bajwa, R., Hanjari, M., Al-Oraibi, A., Akyea, R., Brar, M., Robinson, L., Stephan, B. C., Qureshi, N., & Bains, M. (2025). Qualitative study exploring knowledge and attitudes towards dementia risk prediction, barriers to dementia services and service improvement recommendations with diverse populations in England. BMJ Open, 15(5), Article e092370. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092370

Objectives: This study explored knowledge of dementia, attitudes towards dementia risk prediction and barriers and facilitators to accessing dementia services for diverse populations in England.
Design: Qualitative study using task group methodology... Read More about Qualitative study exploring knowledge and attitudes towards dementia risk prediction, barriers to dementia services and service improvement recommendations with diverse populations in England.