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New survey explores how systems approaches are helping to prevent obesity

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Great Western SDE passes important ethics and confidentiality milestone

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Virtual reality could be used as part of eating disorders treatment

  • 15 May 2024
Screenshot of paper titled: Exploring How Virtual Reality Could Be Used to Treat Eating Disorders: Qualitative Study of People With Eating Disorders and Clinicians Who Treat Them
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Exploring How Virtual Reality Could Be Used to Treat Eating Disorders: Qualitative Study of People With Eating Disorders and Clinicians Who Treat Them

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Longer hospital wait times are leading to patients accessing more healthcare services

  • 07 May 2024
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The cost of keeping patients waiting: retrospective treatment-control study of additional healthcare utilisation for UK patients awaiting elective treatment

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NIHR ARC West receives funding to build social care research capacity

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Risk factors inconsistent in adolescents repeatedly using emergency departments for mental health care

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Factors associated with repeat emergency department visits for mental health care in adolescents: A scoping review

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ROBINS-E – a new tool for assessing risk of bias in observational studies

  • 24 Apr 2024
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A tool to assess risk of bias in non-randomized follow-up studies of exposure effects (ROBINS-E)

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Knowledge mobilisers and implementation scientists: distant relatives or close cousins?

  • 22 Apr 2024
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Exploring health inequalities in primary care: ethnicity, antibiotics and respiratory health

  • 18 Apr 2024
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Exploring knowledge sharing approaches in NIHR research: a systematic review

  • 16 Apr 2024
Screenshot of paper titled: The effectiveness of knowledge-sharing techniques and approaches in research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): a systematic review
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The effectiveness of knowledge-sharing techniques and approaches in research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): a systematic review

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