Sexual health and healthy relationships for Further Education (SaFE) in Wales and England: results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial by Fiona V Lugg-Widger, Chris Bonell, James White, Honor Young, Ruth Lewis, Rachel Brown, Jason Madan, Julia Townson, Lauren Copeland, Philip Pallmann, G J Melendez-Torres, Rhys Williams-Thomas, Muhammad Riaz, Gemma S Morgan

“…Objectives To examine the acceptability of implementing, trialling and estimating the cost of the Sexual health and healthy relationships for Further Education (SaFE) intervention.Design Two-arm repeated cross-sectional pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) of SaFE compared with usual practice, including a process evaluation and an economic assessment.Setting Eight further education (FE) settings in South Wales and the West of England, UK.Participants FE students, staff and sexual health nurses.Intervention SaFE had three components: (1) onsite access to sexual health and relationship services provided by sexual health nurses available for 2 hours on 2 days per week; (2) publicity about onsite sexual health and relationship services and (3) FE staff training on how to promote sexual health, and recognise, prevent and respond to dating and relationship violence (DRV) and sexual harassment.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was feasibility, assessing whether the study met progression criteria relating to: (a) FE setting and student recruitment; (b) the acceptability of the intervention and (c) qualitative data, and documentary evidence from students, staff and sexual health nurses on acceptability, fidelity of implementation and receipt. …”
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Modelling emergency response times for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) patients in rural areas of the North of England using routinely collected data by Megan Harries, Anastasia Ushakova

“…In this study we have focused, given the heterogeneity of demographic make up, on a specific area of the North of England. Some areas in North England have shown to have a large proportion of cardiac arrests occurring in a rural setting, specifically, in the anonymised study region this was almost half of the cases at 46.3%. …”
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Charles Russell Stone, The Roman de toute chevalerie: Reading Alexander Romance in Late Medieval England, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2019 by Francesco Montorsi

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Comparing the rate of inpatient admissions of prison residents with COVID-19 to the general population in England in 2020/2021 using Hospital Episode Statistics data by Miranda Davies, Anjana Roy

“…Objective To compare the rate of inpatient admissions of prison residents with COVID-19 to the general population and to consider differences in the use of inpatient and outpatient services by prison residents in England in the first year of the pandemic (2020/2021), to the 12 months prior to the pandemic (2019/2020).Methods The pseudonymised records of patients who accessed admitted patient care and outpatient hospital services from a prison address in England between 1 April 2019 and the 31 March 2021 were extracted from Hospital Episode Statistics data. …”
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Basalt Rock Dust Amendment on Soil Health Properties and Inorganic Nutrients—Laboratory and Field Study at Two Organic Farm Soils in New England, USA by Justin B. Richardson

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Association between surgical volume and failure of primary total hip replacement in England and Wales: findings from a prospective national joint replacement register by Andrew Price, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Michael R Whitehouse, Ashley W Blom, Adrian Sayers, Fiona Steele

“…Objective To investigate the association of volume of total hip arthroplasty (THA) between consultants and within the same consultant in the previous year and the hazard of revision using multilevel survival models.Design Prospective cohort study using data from a national joint replacement register.Setting Elective THA across all private and public centres in England and Wales between April 2003 and February 2017.Participants Patients aged 50 years or more undergoing THA for osteoarthritis.Intervention The volume of THA conducted in the preceding 365 days to the index procedure.Main outcome and measure Revision surgery (excision, addition or replacement) of a primary THA.Results Of the 579 858 patients undergoing primary THA (mean baseline age 69.8 years (SD 10.2)), 61.1% were women. …”
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Exploring the macro-level, meso-level and micro-level barriers and facilitators to the provision of good quality early inflammatory arthritis (EIA) care in England and Wales by Sam Norton, Cath Taylor, James Galloway, Magdalena Zasada, Mark Yates, Nicola Ayers, Zoë Ide

“…Background Evidence from a national clinical audit of early inflammatory arthritis (EIA) shows considerable variability between hospitals in performance, unexplained by controlling for case-mix.Objective To explore the macro-level, meso-level and micro-level barriers and facilitators to the provision of good quality EIA care.Methods A qualitative study within 16 purposively sampled rheumatology units across England and Wales. Quality was assessed in relation to 11 quality indicators based on clinical opinion, evidence and variability observed in the data. …”
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Comparing physician associates and foundation year two doctors-in-training undertaking emergency medicine consultations in England: a mixed-methods study of processes and outcomes by Simon de Lusignan, Mary Halter, Carly Wheeler, Laura Nice, Sally Brearley, James Ennis, Jonathan Gabe, Heather Gage, Phil Begg, Chao Wang, Jim Parle, Vari Drennan

“…Patients were positive about the care they had received from a physician associate, but had poor understanding of the role.Conclusions Physician associates in emergency departments in England treated patients with a range of conditions safely, and at a similar level to foundation year two doctors-in-training, providing clinical operational efficiencies.…”
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Managerial thinking in neonatal care: a qualitative study of place of care decision-making for preterm babies born at 27–31 weeks gestation in England by Neena Modi, Elizabeth S Draper, Miaoqing Yang, Sarah E Seaton, Kelvin Dawson, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Thillagavathie Pillay, Natalie Armstrong, Alexis Paton, Elaine Boyle, Victor L Banda, Caroline Cupit, Bradley Manktelow, Abdul Qader T Ismail

“…Objectives Preterm babies born between 27 and 31 weeks of gestation in England are usually born and cared for in either a neonatal intensive care unit or a local neonatal unit—with such units forming part of Operational Delivery Networks. …”
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Applying the Multiple Streams Framework in Westminster systems: A comparative case study of pay-for-performance policymaking in primary health care in England and New Zealand by Verna Smith

“…The research reported here has applied the new method to two episodes of health policymaking in two centralised Westminster jurisdictions with closely aligned political, policymaking and health systems, England and New Zealand. The process and outcomes of each policymaking episode, and the relevance of the Multiple Streams Framework for explaining them using the new method, are presented. …”
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The PROCAN-B study protocol: Early diagnosis of PROstate CANcer for Black men-a community-centred participatory approach in Scotland and the North-East of England. by Floor Christie-de Jong, Judith Eberhardt, Jonathan Ling, Marie Kotzur, Olugbenga Samuel Oyeniyi, Lawrence Nnyanzi, John Kabuye, Martin Kalemba, Kathryn A Robb

“…We aim to co-design a culturally appropriate intervention to tackle barriers to early diagnosis of prostate cancer for Black men in Scotland and the North-East of England using a community-centred participatory approach.…”
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Bloodstream Infections in Critical Care Units in England, April 2017 to March 2023: Results from the First Six Years of a National Surveillance Programme by Olivia D. Conroy, Andrea Mazzella, Hannah Choi, Jocelyn Elmes, Matt Wilson, Dimple Y. Chudasama, Sarah M. Gerver, Miroslava Mihalkova, Andrew Rhodes, A. Peter R. Wilson, Nicholas Brown, Jasmin Islam, Russell Hope

“…This study describes BSIs, CVC-BSIs, organism distribution, percentage of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) organisms, and case fatality rates (CFRs) over the first six years of a voluntary national CCU surveillance programme in England. Methods: Surveillance data on BSIs, CVCs, and bed-days between 04/2017 and 03/2023 for adult CCUs were linked to mortality and AMR data, and crude rates were calculated. …”
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Trends in certifications of overall vision impairment and that due to diabetic retinopathy/maculopathy in England and Wales, 2009/2010 to 2019/2020: a retrospective database analysis by Catey Bunce, Gwyn Samuel Williams, David Owens, Wen Xing, Rhianon Reynolds, Antra Zekite, Declan Flanagan, RL Thomas, Rebecca John

“…Objectives This study aims to report the trends in the certification of both sight impairment (SI) and severe sight impairment (SSI) in England and Wales during the period of 2010 to 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Topographical and Thematic Perspectives in the Latin Poetry of the First Anglo-Norman Kings by Roberto Angelini

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The Hybridity of Popular Culture in The Winter’s Tale by François Laroque

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A Politics of Working-Class Culture and the Culture of Working-Class Politics: The Aesthetics and Activism of Amber Film and Photography Collective and the Berwick Street Film Coll... by Jessica Williams Boyall

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La destinée anglaise de l’Inventaire de Jean de Serres : traduction, réécriture et transformation formelle du livre pour construire la mémoire des guerres de Religion (1597-1624)... by Marie-Céline Daniel

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The Great Curse: Excommunication, Canon Law and the Judicial System in Late Medieval Society, Through the Eyes of an English Preacher by Leo Carruthers

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Acceptability and feasibility of shared medical appointments to support self-management of anxiety and depression in primary care in England: a qualitative study of service user/patient perspectives by Fiona Graham, Mei Yee Tang, Megan Hanrahan

“…We employed a deductive, theory-informed approach to thematically analyse the data.Participants The final sample consisted of 17 predominantly White ethnic adults with a clinical diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression from five different regions in England. Participants represented a broad age group (22–74 years) and a range of socioeconomic backgrounds.Results Three main themes were established: (1) motivation to attend an SMA, (2) barriers and challenges to SMA engagement and (3) implementation preferences. …”
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