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New study by Jolien Vos from CaHRU on recording sexual health information in primary care

Posted on December 18, 2015 by — No Comments ↓

Prevention through identifying risk factors and health promotion to address these is becoming standard practice, for example in programs supporting patients to stop smoking. However, some risk factors such as sexual behaviour, cannot be easily assessed, are more difficult to measure Continue reading New study by Jolien Vos from CaHRU on recording sexual health information in primary care→

New book chapter from Rachel Hawley, CaHRU, on coaching patients

Posted on December 5, 2015 by — No Comments ↓

A new book, Coaching in Professional Contexts, edited by Christian van Niewerburgh, features a chapter on coaching patients authored by Rachel Hawley who is Project Manager for the HEI Challenge for Patient Supported Quality Improvement at the Community and Health Continue reading New book chapter from Rachel Hawley, CaHRU, on coaching patients→

Rapid review published on effectiveness of different models of delivering urgent care

Posted on December 5, 2015 by — No Comments ↓

A paramedic and his 4x4 emergency vehicle

The NIHR commissioned rapid evidence review to assess the nature and quality of the existing evidence on delivery of emergency and urgent care services and to identify gaps for future research was published last week: Phung V-H (2015) Chapter 6 – Continue reading Rapid review published on effectiveness of different models of delivering urgent care→

International media coverage for research linking flu vaccine with reduced risk of stroke

Posted on November 16, 2015 by — No Comments ↓

A study from CaHRU, ‘Influenza vaccination and risk of stroke: self-controlled case-series study‘, recently published in the journal Vaccine, received international coverage in news media. The study of almost 18,000 patients with stroke looked at data from general practices in Continue reading International media coverage for research linking flu vaccine with reduced risk of stroke→

HEI Challenge for Patient Supported Quality Improvement and Education in Healthcare PPI conference

Posted on October 29, 2015 by — No Comments ↓

HEI PPIE Eventat the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine

The Higher Education Institution (HEI) Challenge for Patient Supported Quality Improvement and Education in Healthcare held its Patient and Public Involvement Working Group Conference at Loughborough University on 1st October 2015. This collaborative event formed a central part of the Continue reading HEI Challenge for Patient Supported Quality Improvement and Education in Healthcare PPI conference→