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A Qualitative Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis B and C Programmes in Prisons (2024)
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Emery, H., Evans, C., Jack, K., Martello, E., Seripenah, P., Aiyelabegan, F., Dhungana, S., Joseph, T., Koboto, D., Morling, J., Stewart-Evans, J., Wilson, E., & Leonardi-Bee, J. (2025). A Qualitative Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis B and C Programmes in Prisons. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 32(2), Article e14049. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.14049

The prevalence of viral hepatitis amongst people in prisons is higher than in the general population. Screening, treatment, and vaccination programmes exist within prisons to reduce the incidence of hepatitis, although lower uptake has often been rep... Read More about A Qualitative Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis B and C Programmes in Prisons.

On Lateness: The Ethics of Running Behind Schedule in General Practice (2024)
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Armitage, R. C. (2025). On Lateness: The Ethics of Running Behind Schedule in General Practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 31(1), Article e14293. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.14293

Introduction: GPs, at least in the United Kingdom, often run behind schedule in their clinics. This lateness is an inherently ethical problem due to the negative consequences it generates. Methods: The paper outlines these negative consequences, atte... Read More about On Lateness: The Ethics of Running Behind Schedule in General Practice.

Enabling participation in community-dwelling children and young people with acquired brain injuries and their families: a theory-based, evidence-based and person-based approach to intervention development (2024)
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Keetley, R., Manning, J. C., Kettlewell, J., Williams, J., Bennett, E., Lyon, V., & Radford, K. (2024). Enabling participation in community-dwelling children and young people with acquired brain injuries and their families: a theory-based, evidence-based and person-based approach to intervention development. BMJ Open, 14(12), Article e088516. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088516

Objective

To codesign and develop an intervention to promote participation and well-being in children and young people (CYP) with acquired brain injury (ABI) and family caregivers.

Design

A complex intervention development study including... Read More about Enabling participation in community-dwelling children and young people with acquired brain injuries and their families: a theory-based, evidence-based and person-based approach to intervention development.

Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study (2024)
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Carson-Stevens, A., McFadzean, I. J., Purchase, T., Gwyn, S., Hellard, S., Davies, K., Ashcroft, D. M., Avery, A., Campbell, S., Edwards, A., Flynn, S., Hewson, T., Ibrahim, S., Jordan, M., Keers, R. N., Millar, T., Panagioti, M., Sanders, C., Senior, J., Stevenson, C., …Shaw, J. (2024). Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 14(12), Article e085607. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085607

Introduction Around 1 in 20 patients experience avoidable healthcare-associated harm worldwide. Despite longstanding concerns, there is insufficient information available about the safety of healthcare for prisoners. To address this, this study will... Read More about Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Cardiovascular events in patients with gout initiating urate-lowering therapy with or without colchicine for flare prophylaxis: a retrospective new-user cohort study using linked primary care, hospitalisation, and mortality data (2024)
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Cipolletta, E., Nakafero, G., McCormick, N., Yokose, C., Avery, A., Mamas, M., Choi, H., Tata, L., & Abhishek, A. (2025). Cardiovascular events in patients with gout initiating urate-lowering therapy with or without colchicine for flare prophylaxis: a retrospective new-user cohort study using linked primary care, hospitalisation, and mortality data. The Lancet Rheumatology, 7(3), E197-E207. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913%2824%2900248-0

Background
Initiating urate-lowering therapy can trigger gout flares. Gout flares have been associated with a temporally increased risk of cardiovascular events. Therefore, we aimed to estimate the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with gout... Read More about Cardiovascular events in patients with gout initiating urate-lowering therapy with or without colchicine for flare prophylaxis: a retrospective new-user cohort study using linked primary care, hospitalisation, and mortality data.

Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study (2024)
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Davies, N. P., Murray, R., Langley, T., Morling, J. R., & Bains, M. (2025). Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 27(6), 1066-1072. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae300

Background
Modeling shows smokefree generation (SFG) policies could effectively reduce smoking rates by banning tobacco sales to those born after a specific year. Little is known about how young people perceive the legitimacy and impact of the plann... Read More about Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study.

Improving patient flow - Ethnicity and socioeconomic status are associated with delayed discharge from hospital in patients with Covid-19 infection Background (2024)
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Crooks, C., West, J., Gazis, T., Morling, J., Simmonds, M., Juurlink, I., Briggs, S., Cruickshank, S., Hammond-Pears, S., Shaw, D., Card, T., & Fogarty, A. (in press). Improving patient flow - Ethnicity and socioeconomic status are associated with delayed discharge from hospital in patients with Covid-19 infection Background. Journal of Research in Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241310384

Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013-2023) and the role of serotype 3 (2024)
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Lansbury, L., McKeever, T. M., Lawrence, H., Pick, H., Baskaran, V., Edwards-Pritchard, R. C., Matthews, L., Bailey, H., Ashton, D., Bendall, L., Rodrigo, C., Daniel, P., Litt, D., Eletu, S., Parmar, H., Sheppard, C. L., Ladhani, S., Trotter, C., & Lim, W. S. (2025). Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013-2023) and the role of serotype 3. Thorax, 80(2), 63-64. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2024-221976

Background With higher valency pneumococcal vaccines on the horizon and new adult immunisation strategies under discussion, we aimed to evaluate the contribution of individual pneumococcal serotypes to the burden of pneumococcal community-acquired pn... Read More about Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013-2023) and the role of serotype 3.

Intersecting social relations of care: a protocol for an ethnographic and interview study with South Asian people ageing in place with dementia (2024)
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Gibson, K., Robinson, L., Bains, M., Samsi, K., Cîrstea, A.-M., & Brittain, K. (2024). Intersecting social relations of care: a protocol for an ethnographic and interview study with South Asian people ageing in place with dementia. BMJ Open, 14(12), Article e092946. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092946

Introduction People living at home with dementia are often cared for by family members, especially those from minority ethnic groups. Many people living with dementia from minority ethnic communities face barriers to accessing formal care. However, t... Read More about Intersecting social relations of care: a protocol for an ethnographic and interview study with South Asian people ageing in place with dementia.

Innovative strategies for the rapid restoration of intestinal function in patients undergoing abdominal surgery: use of probiotics. Pilot study of 15 patients (2024)
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Radice, E., Potapov, O., Shabat, G., Martello, E., Meineri, G., Risso, P., Di Pierro, F., & Olandese, F. (2025). Innovative strategies for the rapid restoration of intestinal function in patients undergoing abdominal surgery: use of probiotics. Pilot study of 15 patients. Minerva Gastroenterology, 71(1), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.23736/s2724-5985.24.03701-x

BACKGROUND: The clinical value of probiotics in patients undergoing abdominal surgery, particularly colorectal surgery, remains uncertain despite their well-documented health benefits. This pilot randomized controlled trial aimed to assess the effect... Read More about Innovative strategies for the rapid restoration of intestinal function in patients undergoing abdominal surgery: use of probiotics. Pilot study of 15 patients.

Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scale? (2024)
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Warner, B., Thornley, T., Anderson, C., & Avery, A. (2025). Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scale?. Health Policy, 152, Article 105223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105223

Background
Independent prescribing is set to expand amongst community pharmacists in England in the next few years. This study aims to explore the different accountabilities and responsibilities associated with independent prescribing compared to mo... Read More about Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scale?.

An assessment of cryptocurrencies as a global commercial determinant of health (2024)
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Davies, N. (2024). An assessment of cryptocurrencies as a global commercial determinant of health. Health Promotion International, 39(6), Article daae190. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae190

Through the commercial determinants of health framework, gambling has been identified as a powerful threat to health. This research critically examines cryptocurrency, which is promoted and sold as a highly gamblified product. Using the commercial de... Read More about An assessment of cryptocurrencies as a global commercial determinant of health.

Implications of Large Language Models for Clinical Practice: Ethical Analysis Through the Principlism Framework (2024)
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Armitage, R. C. (2025). Implications of Large Language Models for Clinical Practice: Ethical Analysis Through the Principlism Framework. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 31(1), Article e14250. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.14250

Introduction: The potential applications of large language models (LLMs)—a form of generative artificial intelligence (AI)—in medicine and health care are being increasingly explored by medical practitioners and health care researchers. Methods: This... Read More about Implications of Large Language Models for Clinical Practice: Ethical Analysis Through the Principlism Framework.

Midwifery-led antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL research programme including a feasibility and pilot cluster RCT (2024)
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MacArthur, C., Bick, D., Salmon, V., Jones, E., Hay-Smith, J., Bishop, J., Gkini, E., Hemming, K., Webb, S., Pearson, M., Coleman, T., Terry, R., Edwards, L., Frawley, H., Oborn, E., & Dean, S. (2024). Midwifery-led antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL research programme including a feasibility and pilot cluster RCT. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 12(9), 1-106. https://doi.org/10.3310/tjdh7946

Background

Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercises are effective in reducing postnatal urinary incontinence. Midwives, however, lack training and confidence to promote these exercises and often do not provide information or support to women to do... Read More about Midwifery-led antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL research programme including a feasibility and pilot cluster RCT.

Monitoring university student response to social distancing policy during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic using Bluetooth: the RADAR study (2024)
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Bolton, K. J., Mendez-Villalon, A., Nanji, H., Jia, R., Ayling, K., Figueredo, G., & Vedhara, K. (2024). Monitoring university student response to social distancing policy during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic using Bluetooth: the RADAR study. Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences, 1(1), Article 2425096. https://doi.org/10.1080/29937574.2024.2425096

Aim: We use the Remote Assessment of Disease and Relapses platform (RADAR) to collect Bluetooth contact and location data from university students. We test the ability of this technology to objectively capture social interaction, explore the propensi... Read More about Monitoring university student response to social distancing policy during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic using Bluetooth: the RADAR study.

Determining optimal timing of birth for women with chronic or gestational hypertension at term: The WILL (When to Induce Labour to Limit risk in pregnancy hypertension) randomised trial (2024)
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Magee, L. A., Kirkham, K., Tohill, S., Gkini, E., Moakes, C. A., Dorling, J., Green, M., Hutcheon, J. A., Javed, M., Kigozi, J., Mol, B. W., Singer, J., Hardy, P., Stubbs, C., Thornton, J. G., von Dadelszen, P., & WILL Trial Study Group. (2024). Determining optimal timing of birth for women with chronic or gestational hypertension at term: The WILL (When to Induce Labour to Limit risk in pregnancy hypertension) randomised trial. PLoS Medicine, 21(11), Article e1004481. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004481

Background Chronic or gestational hypertension complicates approximately 7% of pregnancies, half of which reach 37 weeks’ gestation. Early term birth (at 37 to 38 weeks) may reduce maternal complications, cesareans, stillbirths, and costs but may inc... Read More about Determining optimal timing of birth for women with chronic or gestational hypertension at term: The WILL (When to Induce Labour to Limit risk in pregnancy hypertension) randomised trial.

Prevalence of HLA-B*58:01 allele among Malay, Chinese and Indian ethnic patients with gout attending primary care clinics in Malaysia (2024)
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Leik Ng, W., Pin Kee, B., Hussein, N., Jenn Ng, C., Wen Kuan, S., Zahrah Mohd Zaidan, F., Umi Fairuz Azmi, S., Then, S.-M., Kwan, Z., Qureshi, N., Ran Lim, J., Ying Wong, L., Kong Lee, Y., Firzara Abdul Malik, T., Gunasekaran, R., & Low, D.-E. (2025). Prevalence of HLA-B*58:01 allele among Malay, Chinese and Indian ethnic patients with gout attending primary care clinics in Malaysia. Journal of Community Genetics, 16, 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-024-00753-4

HLA-B*58:01 allele is associated with allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous reaction (SCAR). Malaysia has a multiethnic population with limited data on the prevalence of HLA-B*58:01 among patients with gout treated in primary care settings. This cross... Read More about Prevalence of HLA-B*58:01 allele among Malay, Chinese and Indian ethnic patients with gout attending primary care clinics in Malaysia.

The Challenges and Lessons Learned Building a New UK Infrastructure for Finding and Accessing Population-Wide COVID-19 Data for Research and Public Health Analysis: The CO-CONNECT Project (2024)
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Jefferson, E., Milligan, G., Johnston, J., Mumtaz, S., Cole, C., Best, J., Giles, T. C., Cox, S., Masood, E., Horban, S., Urwin, E., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Reilly, G., Morris, A., Seymour, D., Hopkins, S., Sheikh, A., & Quinlan, P. (2024). The Challenges and Lessons Learned Building a New UK Infrastructure for Finding and Accessing Population-Wide COVID-19 Data for Research and Public Health Analysis: The CO-CONNECT Project. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, Article e50235. https://doi.org/10.2196/50235

The COVID-19-Curated and Open Analysis and Research Platform (CO-CONNECT) project worked with 22 organizations across the United Kingdom to build a federated platform, enabling researchers to instantaneously and dynamically query federated datasets t... Read More about The Challenges and Lessons Learned Building a New UK Infrastructure for Finding and Accessing Population-Wide COVID-19 Data for Research and Public Health Analysis: The CO-CONNECT Project.

Developing peer-led recovery groups (PRIZE) for people with psychosis and their caregivers in a low resource South African setting (2024)
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Brooke-Sumner, C., Repper, J., Petersen, I., Hanlon, C., Myers, B., Faris, G., Rapiya, B., & Asher, L. (2024). Developing peer-led recovery groups (PRIZE) for people with psychosis and their caregivers in a low resource South African setting. SSM - Mental Health, 6, Article 100370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100370

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In South Africa and other low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), personal recovery for people with a severe mental health condition (SMHC) is hampered by lack of community-based support. This paper describes the development of a non-specialist... Read More about Developing peer-led recovery groups (PRIZE) for people with psychosis and their caregivers in a low resource South African setting.