Objectives Our aim was to measure ambulance sickness absence rates over time, comparing ambulance services and investigate the predictability of rates for future forecasting. Setting All English ambulance services, UK. Design We used a time series design analysing published monthly National Health Service staff sickness rates by gender, age, job role and region, comparing the 10 regional ambulance…Continue Reading Trends, variations and prediction of staff sickness absence rates among NHS ambulance services in England: a time series study
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Call volume, triage outcomes, and protocols during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: Results of a national survey
Objectives During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK), to describe volume and pattern of calls to emergency ambulance services, proportion of calls where an ambulance was dispatched, proportion conveyed to hospital, and features of triage used. Methods Semistructured electronic survey of all UK ambulance services (n = 13) and a request…Continue Reading Call volume, triage outcomes, and protocols during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: Results of a national survey
Ambulance clinician perspectives of disparity in prehospital child pain management: A mixed methods study
When children suffer pain through medical illness or traumatic injury, they are often assessed, treated, and transported to hospital by ambulance. Prehospital pain management in children is considered poor. Within the United Kingdom (UK), a recent study showed that only 39% of children suffering acute pain achieved effective pain management (abolition or reduction of pain ≥2 out…Continue Reading Ambulance clinician perspectives of disparity in prehospital child pain management: A mixed methods study
COVID-19: Psychological flexibility, coping, mental health, and wellbeing in the UK during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly altered the daily lives of many people across the globe, both through the direct interpersonal cost of the disease, and the governmental restrictions imposed to mitigate its spread and impact. The UK has been particularly affected and has one of the highest mortality rates in Europe. In this paper, we…Continue Reading COVID-19: Psychological flexibility, coping, mental health, and wellbeing in the UK during the pandemic
Collaborative partnerships between the Clinical Research Network and the University of Lincoln, School of Health and Social Care
The Clinical Research Network (CRN) National and the CRN East Midlands funded two Research Associate posts for one year in order to promote and develop research in Public Health and Social Care. Both posts are based at the University of Lincoln in the School of Health and Social Care. The social care post, held by…Continue Reading Collaborative partnerships between the Clinical Research Network and the University of Lincoln, School of Health and Social Care
Covid-19 and Probation’s Health Related Practice
The prevalence of many health conditions is higher amongst people under probation supervision than in the general population. Probation staff work in partnership with healthcare organisations to identify health needs and improve the health of people under supervision. During the pandemic, probation adopted an Exceptional Delivery Model, replacing most face-to-face supervision with remote supervision. Using…Continue Reading Covid-19 and Probation’s Health Related Practice
Do National and International Ethics Documents Accord With the Consent Substitute Model for Emergency Research?
In 2010 Largent, Wendler, and Emanuel proposed the “consent substitute model” for emergency research with incapacitated participants. The model provides a means to enroll participants in emergency research without consent, if five conditions are met: 1) the research addresses the patients’ urgent medical needs, 2) the risk–benefit ratio is favorable, 3) there are no known…Continue Reading Do National and International Ethics Documents Accord With the Consent Substitute Model for Emergency Research?
Inter-Disciplinary Student Work Placements within a Care Home Setting: Improving Student Employability and Developing Social Connections – A Qualitative Evaluation
This article reports on the development, implementation and evaluation of a project to develop students’ employability skills by involving them in work experience within a care home. The aims of this project were (1) to describe how employability skills developed during the work experience (including knowledge and values relevant to the health and social care…Continue Reading Inter-Disciplinary Student Work Placements within a Care Home Setting: Improving Student Employability and Developing Social Connections – A Qualitative Evaluation
Has a child you care for been in an ambulance with a painful condition? – Call for Participants
Has a child you care for been in an ambulance with a painful condition? If so we would really like to hear from you. We are designing a research project that aims to improve pain management in children and young people treated by the ambulance service. We are looking for parents/carers of children, or children…Continue Reading Has a child you care for been in an ambulance with a painful condition? – Call for Participants