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A primary care nurse with a father and baby

Unique research collaboration highlights innovative approaches for post-pandemic healthcare

19 Mar 2024
Associated project: Evaluating the use of non-GP health professionals in primary care

A pharmacy worker organises a basket of prescriptions

Personal circumstances and transport impacted opioid substitution therapy in rural areas during pandemic

14 Dec 2023
Associated project: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected people in rural areas who take opioid substitutes?

Screenshot of journal article titled: Understanding and learning from rural drug service adaptations to opioid substitution therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: the What C-OST? study

Paper:

Understanding and learning from rural drug service adaptations to opioid substitution therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: the What C-OST? study

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A laptop screen showing the Germ Defence website

How an RCT rolled out interventions rapidly during the pandemic

12 Dec 2023
Associated project: Roll-out of Germ Defence website through GP practices during the COVID-19 pandemic

Paper:

Implementing Germ Defence digital behaviour change intervention via all primary care practices in England to reduce respiratory infections during the COVID-19 pandemic: an efficient cluster randomised controlled trial using the OpenSAFELY platform

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A child and father playing outdoors in a playground

Who’s doing what? How patterns of children’s physical activity have changed since the pandemic

28 Nov 2023

Paper:

Comparison of children’s physical activity profiles before and after COVID-19 lockdowns: A latent profile analysis

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Woman sitting at her desk writing notes whilst looking at data on her laptop

Using automation to streamline living systematic reviews

04 Sep 2023
Associated project: The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review

Paper:

A narrative review of recent tools and innovations toward automating living systematic reviews and evidence syntheses

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An NHS reception desk with staff in face masks

Disrupted access to healthcare during pandemic linked to avoidable hospital admissions

20 Jul 2023

Paper:

Associations between self-reported healthcare disruption due to covid-19 and avoidable hospital admission: evidence from seven linked longitudinal studies for England

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An NHS worker in a face mask with drawings of rainbows behind

How NIHR ARCs rose to the challenge of COVID-19

23 Mar 2023
Associated projects: How have GP practices adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic? Analysing studies of COVID-19 treatments

Risk of blood clots remains for almost a year after COVID-19 infection, study suggests

21 Sep 2022

Paper:

Association of COVID-19 With Major Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Diseases: A Population-Wide Cohort Study of 48 Million Adults in England and Wales

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A young woman talks to a man while taking notes

Conducting rapid qualitative research: the CLIP-Q approach

21 Sep 2022

Paper:

The experience of conducting collaborative and intensive pragmatic qualitative (CLIP-Q) research to support rapid public health and healthcare innovation

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A wooden artist's model sitting on the edge of a toilet

Survey reveals benefits and drawbacks of remote incontinence assessments

20 Jun 2022
Associated project: EPICCC-19: Exploring perspectives on COVID-19’s impact on continence care

Paper:

Professional perspectives on impacts, benefits and disadvantages of changes made to community continence services during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the EPICCC-19 national survey

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Children playing with a skipping rope in a city street

Study shows children’s physical activity levels fell below national guidelines in wake of pandemic

16 May 2022

Paper:

Accelerometer‑measured physical activity and sedentary time among children and their parents in the UK before and after COVID‑19 lockdowns: a natural experiment

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Conducting research in care homes – reflections from a qualitative researcher

28 Apr 2022
Associated projects: Evaluating the Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) Understanding what affected COVID-19 outcomes in care homes in Bath and North East Somerset

NEWS2 helps identify sickest COVID-19 patients

16 Mar 2022
Associated project: Using National Early Warning Scores for COVID-19 hospital patients

Paper:

Prognostic value of National Early Warning Scores (NEWS2) and component physiology in hospitalised patients with COVID-19: a multicentre study

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A physiotherapist helping a patient exercise

New project to explore if Advanced Practitioner roles relieve the strain on GPs

10 Jan 2022
Associated project: Evaluating the use of non-GP health professionals in primary care

Understanding how COVID-19 impacted on people who use drugs

30 Nov 2021
Associated project: Understanding the experiences of people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Paper:

Living Under Coronavirus and Injecting Drugs in Bristol (LUCID-B): A qualitative study of experiences of COVID-19 among people who inject drugs

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A case for and against COVID-19 vaccine boosters

14 Sep 2021

Lancet Viewpoint on COVID-19 vaccination boosters

Paper:

Considerations in boosting COVID-19 vaccine immune responses

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A GP consultation during the COVID pandemic, with both patient and doctor wearing masks

How did GPs manage face-to-face appointments during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic?

01 Sep 2021
Associated project: How have GP practices adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic?

Paper:

Maintaining face-to-face contact during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative investigation in UK primary care

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How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect people who inject drugs?

28 Jul 2021
Associated project: Understanding the experiences of people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Paper:

Living Under Coronavirus and Injecting Drugs in Bristol (LUCID-B): A qualitative study of experiences of COVID-19 among people who inject drugs

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Long COVID in children poorly understood by doctors

21 Jul 2021
Associated project: How do we keep pupils and staff safe in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic?

People walking in the woods in Gloucestershire

Evaluating ‘we can move’: The benefits of having an embedded researcher in the team

20 Jul 2021
Associated project: Evaluating ‘we can move’: a whole systems approach to addressing low levels of physical activity in Gloucestershire

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Unique research collaboration highlights innovative approaches for post-pandemic healthcare

Personal circumstances and transport impacted opioid substitution therapy in rural areas during pandemic

How an RCT rolled out interventions rapidly during the pandemic

Who’s doing what? How patterns of children’s physical activity have changed since the pandemic

Using automation to streamline living systematic reviews

Disrupted access to healthcare during pandemic linked to avoidable hospital admissions

How NIHR ARCs rose to the challenge of COVID-19

Risk of blood clots remains for almost a year after COVID-19 infection, study suggests

Conducting rapid qualitative research: the CLIP-Q approach

Survey reveals benefits and drawbacks of remote incontinence assessments

Study shows children’s physical activity levels fell below national guidelines in wake of pandemic

Conducting research in care homes – reflections from a qualitative researcher

NEWS2 helps identify sickest COVID-19 patients

New project to explore if Advanced Practitioner roles relieve the strain on GPs

Understanding how COVID-19 impacted on people who use drugs

A case for and against COVID-19 vaccine boosters

How did GPs manage face-to-face appointments during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic?

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect people who inject drugs?

Long COVID in children poorly understood by doctors

Evaluating ‘we can move’: The benefits of having an embedded researcher in the team

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