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Early involvement of public contributors can benefit product development in healthcare

  • 21 Feb 2023
Paper:

Evaluating the benefit of early patient and public involvement for product development and testing with small companies

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RoB 2 guidance for all systematic reviewers from Cochrane pilot

  • 31 Jan 2023
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Paper:

Using Risk of Bias 2 to assess results from randomised controlled trials: guidance from Cochrane

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Exploring stigma in opioid agonist treatment journeys

  • 30 Jan 2023
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Paper:

Should I stay or should I go? A qualitative exploration of stigma and other factors influencing opioid agonist treatment journeys

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Guidelines for routine blood tests may not align with testing rates

Paper:

Variation in laboratory testing for patients with long-term conditions: longitudinal cohort study in UK primary care

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Introducing rapid STI testing has many benefits for sexual health services

Paper:

Impact of rapid near-patient STI testing on service delivery outcomes in an integrated sexual health service in the United Kingdom: a controlled interrupted time series study

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Study finds programme to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies is effective

Screen shot of the PReCePT programme paper in Archives of Disease in Childhood
Paper:

National PReCePT Programme: a before-and-after evaluation of the implementation of a national quality improvement programme to increase the uptake of magnesium sulfate in preterm deliveries

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