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e-scooters in Bristol

Electric scooter schemes reduce bicycle collisions by 20%, study suggests

Safety in numbers e-scooters paper
Paper:

Risk of bicycle collisions and “safety in numbers”: a natural experiment using the local introduction of e-scooters in England

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Schools found Government COVID-19 guidance difficult to implement and ineffective

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Paper:

School life during COVID-19: a qualitative study exploring English secondary school staff and pupils’ experiences of the school-based mitigation measures

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Understanding the lethal interactions between benzodiazepines and opioids to develop new harm reduction strategies

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Paper:

A qualitative study of benzodiazepine/z-drug and opioid co-use patterns and overdose risk

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Exploring the research on point-of-care testing in ambulances

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Paper:

Point-of-care tests in the emergency medical services: a scoping review

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Child mortality has risen since pandemic, new study shows

  • 23 Jan 2025
Child mortality PLOS paper
Paper:

Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019–2023

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