Research projects

Our research projects are carefully selected from ideas and projects submitted from our health and care community. They fall under our themes of healthier childhoods, mental health, public health and prevention, and integrated and optimal care.

Showing 95 projects in "Integrated and optimal care"

Evaluating the use of non-GP health professionals in primary care

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Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme uptake, patient satisfaction, and QOF achievement: an ecological study from 2020–2023

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Bridging Gaps: Improving access to healthcare for women who have experienced trauma

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Trauma-informed co-production: Collaborating and combining expertise to improve access to primary care with women with complex needs

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Better Care: Improving efficiency in hospitals by predicting demand

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Impact of pausing elective hip and knee replacement surgery during winter 2017 on subsequent service provision at a major NHS Trust: a descriptive observational study using interrupted time series

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Why are blood tests requested in primary care and how are results managed?

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Why test study: a UK-wide audit using the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive to explore the reasons for primary care testing

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Hearing Loss and Patient Reported Experience (HELP): using patient experience to improve hearing loss services

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Improving the diagnosis of coeliac disease

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Accuracy of potential diagnostic indicators for coeliac disease: a systematic review protocol

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SHarED: Supporting people who are ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments

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Supporting High-impAct useRs in Emergency Departments (SHarED) quality improvement: a mixed-method evaluation

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SHarED: Supporting ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments

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Innovate Healthier Together: increasing innovation in health services

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Connecting evidence with decision making

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Preventing post-operative urinary retention

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Preventing post-operative urinary retention

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Understanding opiate substitution therapy and needle and syringe programme delivery in the UK

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How ill are patients admitted to virtual wards?

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Exploring online information about end of life care

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Information About Me: Understanding the hidden causes of delays in discharging frail older patients from hospital

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How latent patterns of interprofessional working may lead to delays in discharge from hospital of older people living with frailty – ‘Patient more confused than usual?’
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How latent patterns of interprofessional working may lead to delays in discharge from hospital of older people living with frailty – ‘Patient more confused than usual?’

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What causes delays in discharging frail older patients from hospital?

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Preventing cerebral palsy in premature babies: finding the best way to help maternity units improve their perinatal care

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Quality improvement interventions to increase the uptake of magnesium sulphate in preterm deliveries for the prevention of cerebral palsy (PReCePT study): a cluster randomised controlled trial

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What are the best testing strategies to monitor long term conditions?

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Developing recommendations for chronic disease testing in GP practices

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Are guidelines for monitoring chronic disease in primary care evidence based?

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Improving how hospitals forecast unplanned admissions

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Can we accurately forecast non-elective bed occupancy and admissions in the NHS? A time-series MSARIMA analysis of longitudinal data from an NHS Trust

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Improving how hospitals forecast unplanned admissions

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Improving the use of capability wellbeing measures in dementia

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Investigating the impact of winter pressures on primary care

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