Probation and COVID-19: Lessons learned to improve health-related practice

Probation staff perform a health-related role involving identifying health-related drivers of offending behaviour; facilitating access to support for these, including continuity of care for people leaving prison; and advising the courts on appropriate sentencing. This study analyses data from probation staff surveys and interviews with people that were under probation supervision during the pandemic to…Continue Reading Probation and COVID-19: Lessons learned to improve health-related practice

The effectiveness of primary care streaming in emergency departments on decision-making and patient flow and safety – A realist evaluation

Primary care streaming was implemented in UK Emergency Departments (EDs) to manage an increasing demand for urgent care. We aimed to explore its effectiveness in EDs with different primary care models and identify contexts and mechanisms that influenced outcomes: streaming patients to the most appropriate clinician or service, ED flow and patient safety. We observed streaming and…Continue Reading The effectiveness of primary care streaming in emergency departments on decision-making and patient flow and safety – A realist evaluation