A5018923141- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Law, logistics, and international trade
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Academic Writing and Publishing
At Bristol
2024-2025
University of Bristol
2022-2025
Royal College of General Practitioners
2023-2024
Living Streets
2023
North Bristol NHS Trust
2020
Southmead Hospital
2019-2020
University of Birmingham
2017
Research exploring parents’ experiences of having offspring with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) currently underrepresents fathers. This study aimed to develop an understanding the experience fathers, a view facilitating improved support. Eight fathers participated in semi-structured interviews their fathering children ASD. Fathers described as path towards acceptance, independence and integration for being key goals. saw themselves advocates fighting obstructive services access appropriate...
Objectives To identify predictors of persisting symptoms after concussion (PSaC) in children, following any medically attended traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Linked primary and secondary care data from UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink Hospital Episode Statistics. Participants Children aged 1–17 years with a TBI between 2013 2017. Main outcome measure A binary indicator PSaC or suspected PSaC, measured using either clinical code for medical...
Background Rates of blood testing have increased over the past two decades. Reasons for cannot easily be extracted from electronic health record databases. Aim To explore who requests tests and why, what outcomes are in UK primary care. Design setting A retrospective audit records general practices England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland was undertaken. Method Fifty-seven clinicians Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT) each reviewed 50 patients had April 2021. Anonymised data were...
A significant proportion of emergency medical services (EMS) work is for problems that may be amenable to timely primary care management and could benefit from GP input. Utilising GPs in EMS reduce avoidable department (ED) conveyance, releasing ambulances higher-acuity care, meeting patient needs earlier the evolution an call.To collate summarise evidence on how are utilised EMS.Systematic mapping review narrative synthesis.A systematic literature search was conducted using terms general...
Background Errors associated with failures in filing, actioning and communicating blood test results can lead to delayed missed diagnoses patient harm. This study aimed audit how tests primary care are filed, actioned communicated care, identify areas for safety improvements. Methods UK clinicians were recruited through the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT). PACT members audited 50 recent sets of from their practice retrospectively extracted data on result coding, communication....
Abstract There is some evidence that Altmetric scores correlate with citations in medical research, but this not consistent across different specialties. No previous studies have examined the association between score and amongst primary care research journals. The aim of study was therefore to describe association. We identified ten most frequently cited articles published top 15 highest impact factor Article journal metrics were extracted summarized using descriptive statistics. used...
The number of blood tests done in primary care has been increasing over the past 20 years. Some estimates suggest that up to one-quarter these may not have needed. This could lead a cascade effect further investigations, appointments, or referrals, as well anxiety for patients, increased workload, and costs health service. To better understand impact sequelae on it is necessary know why are requested what with results.To explore who orders why, how test results actioned care.Retrospective...
At BJGP Open, we are proud to be a journal for international primary care, early career researchers, and front-line clinicians.In 2023, accepted more articles than ever before exceeded our previous monthly submission numbers towards the end of year.We published works from 17 different countries (based on lead authors), their submissions represented diverse range clinically socially relevant care topics.This included manuscripts examining driving forces behind GP migration in Europe; impact...
health conditions, and community deep vein thrombosis pathways
It has been a busy and successful year for BJGP Open.As editors we have received vast array of wonderful interesting manuscripts.These spanned diverse subject matters locations from gestational diabetes in Norway to workforce retention South Africa.In