Reducing neuroimaging in first-episode psychosis by facilitating uptake of choosing wisely recommendations: a quality im...
Published in BMJ open quality
Strategies to increase influenza vaccination rates: outcomes of a nationwide cross-sectional survey of UK general practi...
Published in BMJ open
To identify practice strategies associated with higher flu vaccination rates in primary care. Logistic regression analysis of data from a cross-sectional online questionnaire. 795 general practices across England. 569 practice managers, 335 nursing staff and 107 general practitioners. Flu vaccination rates achieved by each practice in different gro...
Quality management systems in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: a review of the literature.
Published in BMJ open quality
A national accreditation policy for the Australian primary healthcare (PHC) system was initiated in 2008. While certification standards are mandatory, little is known about their effects on the efficiency and sustainability of organisations, particularly in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) sector. The literature review aim...
Prostate cancer mortality risk in relation to working underground in the Wismut cohort study of German uranium miners, 1...
Published in BMJ open
A recent study and comprehensive literature review has indicated that mining could be protective against prostate cancer. This indication has been explored further here by analysing prostate cancer mortality in the German 'Wismut' uranium miner cohort, which has detailed information on the number of days worked underground. An historical cohort stu...
Stroke and mortality in patients with incident heart failure: the Diet, Cancer and Health (DCH) cohort study.
Published in BMJ open
The objective was to test the hypothesis that the risk of stroke, death and the composite of 'stroke and death' would be increased among patients with incident heart failure (HF). While HF increases the risk of mortality, stroke and thromboembolism in general, the 'extreme high-risk' nature of incident HF is perhaps under-recognised in everyday cli...
β-Blocker treatment during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a nationwide population-based cohort study.
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To investigate the association between exposure to β-blockers during pregnancy and the risk of being born small for gestational age (SGA), preterm birth and perinatal mortality in a nationwide cohort. A population-based retrospective cohort study, using the Danish Fertility Database. The authors identified all pregnant women redeeming a prescriptio...
A randomised controlled trial of a brief online mindfulness-based intervention
Published in Behaviour Research and Therapy
•An RCT compared a brief online mindfulness-based intervention with a waiting list control condition in a student population.•The intervention was associated with increased mindfulness and decreased perceived stress and anxiety/depression symptoms.•This study supports the dissemination of brief, self-help, internet interventions based on the princi...
Implementing a triage tool to improve appropriateness of care for children coming to the emergency department in a small...
Published in BMJ open quality
In 2015, senior consultants at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research saw several sick children in their outpatient clinics for which they had been seen in the emergency department the previous day. These children seemed to require admission but were sent home. This prompted us to review the paediatric care provided in our emergency depa...
Automated quantification of myocardial salvage in a rat model of ischemia-reperfusion injury using 3D high-resolution ma...
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association
Quantification of myocardial "area at risk" (AAR) and myocardial infarction (MI) zone is critical for assessing novel therapies targeting myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Current "gold-standard" methods perfuse the heart with Evan's Blue and stain with triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC), requiring manual slicing and analysis. We aimed...
Hepatitis Service Provision at HMP Birmingham: Progressing a Previous Service Improvement Plan.
Published in BMJ open quality
Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable disease, and hepatitis C is amenable to treatment. Both are highly prevalent in the prison population. This project provides a comprehensive evaluation of current hepatitis services at Her Majesty's Prison Birmingham, assessing progress since previous work and proposing further suggestions for improvement. A rev...
