News: Health informatics

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

Does a local Alcohol Health Champion programme have a measurable impact on health and crime outcomes? A natural experiment evaluation of Communities in Charge of Alcohol (CICA) based on triangulation of methods

Access to publicly funded weight management services in England using routine data from primary and secondary care (2007–2020): An observational cohort study

Antipsychotic Medication and Risk of Metabolic Disorders in People With Schizophrenia: A Longitudinal Study Using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink

Why test study: a UK-wide audit using the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive to explore the reasons for primary care testing

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

Impact of pausing elective hip and knee replacement surgery during winter 2017 on subsequent service provision at a major NHS Trust: a descriptive observational study using interrupted time series

Unintended consequences of patient online access to health records: a qualitative study in UK primary care

Rise in prescribing for anxiety in UK primary care between 2003 and 2018: a population-based cohort study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink

Unintended consequences of online consultations: a qualitative study in UK primary care

Regression discontinuity analysis for pharmacovigilance: statin example reflected trial findings showing little evidence of harm