Publications

In this edition: John Macleod on the highs of 2021; Online consultations can disadvantage patients and create more work; Pharmacies could play crucial role in supporting victims of domestic abuse

In this edition: Testing for coeliac disease; Rapid sexual health service welcomed; School discipline and pupil mental health; Impact of remote consultations on clinicians; Data sharing project to protect vulnerable children; “It takes a village to raise a researcher”

In this edition: Peer-led meetings after pain management programmes; ARC West longer courses move online; Co-creating communications with patient and public groups

There are often delays in discharging elderly and frail patients from hospital. These delays can be upsetting for patients and families, and cost the NHS around £820 million a year. We wanted to find out what happens on hospital wards that might lead to delays in discharge. We also wanted to explore how to help hospital and community staff use our recommended improvements.

This publication compiles key research projects from the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs).

In this edition: Interleukin-6 antagonists improve outcomes in hospitalised COVID patients; Understanding hidden causes of delays in discharging frail older people from hospital; £2.8m programme on mental health outcomes for care-experienced young people

In this edition: John Macleod’s spring blog; open access co-production book launches; reporting of possible cancer indicators to GPs during first COVID wave; Rosie Davies reflects on 20 years in PPI; challenges of co-produced research; maternity study informs new QI toolkit

An ARC West analysis of the studies in the Cochrane review ‘Interventions for Preventing Obesity in Children’, which revealed that most studies focus on changing “lifestyle” behaviours, has become an NIHR Alert.

‘Volume 1: The Challenges and Necessity of Co-production’ of a new free to access online book, ‘COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy and Practice’.

‘Volume 2: Co-production Methods and Working Together at a Distance’ of a new free to access online book, ‘COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy and Practice’.