COVID-19 rapid reports

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the research community came together to respond to the needs of our health and care systems. Researchers reviewed evidence and offeried their relevant topic and methodological expertise to help inform decision-making. The researchers were from across the community, including NIHR research groups across the West of England, the University of Bristol Medical School, the University of the West of England, the University of Bath and other NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs). See all the participating study teams.

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Investigating changing demands on primary care during COVID-19: Final report

Views of young people, their parents/carers and teachers about re-opening secondary schools: the Back to School study final report

Understanding the experiences of people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Interim report 4

Views of young people, their parents/carers and teachers about re-opening secondary schools: the Back to School study interim report 1

  • 11 August 2020
  • , Dr Judi Kidger, Dr Joanna Kesten, Dr Beki Langford and Professor Jeremy Horwood
  • Community
  • The Back to School study is a rapid qualitative study examining how young people, parents, carers and school staff in Bristol feel about returning to secondary school in September, including their views on measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections. This first interim report presents preliminary findings from interviews held with school staff from three schools and eight families from five schools, between 15 July and 7 August 2020.

Investigating changing demands on primary care during COVID-19: Summary report 4

  • 11 August 2020
  • Dr Mairead Murphy, , Dr Rachel Denholm, Lauren Scott, Dr Anne Scott, Professor John Macleod, and Professor Jeremy Horwood
  • Primary care
  • This fourth summary report presents qualitative findings from 22 interviews held with GPs and managers from 20 GP practices between 3 and 29 July 2020 and quantitative data extracted from the patient record.

Understanding the experiences of people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Interim report 3

Investigating changing demands on primary care during COVID-19: Summary report 3

Understanding the experiences of people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Interim report 2

  • 7 July 2020
  • Lindsey Hines, Dr Joanna Kesten, Adam Holland, Hannah Family, Jenny Scott, Myles-Jay Linton, Rachel Ayres, Deborah Hussey, Maggie Telfer, Jack Wilkinson, Matt Hickman and Professor Jeremy Horwood
  • Community
  • Second interim report from telephone interviews with 30 people who inject drugs, to understand the challenges that people who inject drugs are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Understanding the experiences of people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Interim report 1

  • 22 June 2020
  • Lindsey Hines, Dr Joanna Kesten, Adam Holland, Hannah Family, Jenny Scott, Myles-Jay Linton, Rachel Ayres, Deborah Hussey, Maggie Telfer, Jack Wilkinson, Matt Hickman and Professor Jeremy Horwood
  • Community
  • First interim report from telephone interviews with 30 people who inject drugs, to understand the challenges that people who inject drugs are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investigating changing demands on primary care during COVID-19: Summary report 2

Investigating changing demands on primary care during COVID-19: Summary report 1

The impact of COVID-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

Virtual multidisciplinary team meetings for the older population

How do patients respond to text messaging in primary care?

  • 20 April 2020
  • Hugo Pedder, Carlos Sillero Rejon and
  • Primary care
  • A review of the use of text messaging in primary care, including whether people respond to text messages from their primary care provider and how do primary care providers manage non-responses to text messages.

The demand for home visiting services since the COVID-19 lockdown

The potential impact of COVID-19 on mental health outcomes and the implications for service solutions

  • 15 April 2020
  • , Dr Faith Martin, Sarah Dawson, Professor Paul Moran and Dr Jelena Savović
  • Mental health and System-wide
  • An evidence review of how infectious disease outbreaks - requiring community or population-level quarantine and / or social isolation - affect the prevalence of mental health conditions within the general population and healthcare workers; and the community and population-level approaches to prevent and address mental health conditions following such outbreaks.

Timing to implement hot and cold sites in primary care

  • 7 April 2020
  • Dr Howard Thom and Dr Jessica Watson
  • Primary care
  • An evidence review of the best timings to implement hot and cold sites in primary care.

Impacts of absenteeism in doctors and nurses in primary care and community care

Trends from the London trusts about whether their medical / surgical and other specialty admissions have increased as the outbreak has developed

  • 6 April 2020
  • and Dr Jelena Savović
  • Acute trusts
  • A review of evidence to support planning of bed and staff capacity to prepare for a surge of COVID-19 patients.

Accuracy of self-monitoring heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation in patients with symptoms suggestive of COVID infection

  • 2 April 2020
  • Dr Penny Whiting and Dr Martha Elwenspoek
  • Community and Primary care
  • A review of study findings investigating the accuracy of self-monitoring of heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation in patients with symptoms suggestive of COVID infection, and the optimal method for self-monitoring each of these vital signs.