BMC Public Health - Women of lower socio-economic position have a higher incidence of cervical cancer and less awareness and lower uptake of cervical screening in Ireland. Co-design is an approach...

Aim To explore how nurse practitioners and physicians providing primary care for LGBTQ+ people experience and make sense of their practice. Design Qualitative study using Interpretative Phenomenol...

Abstract. Health workforce shortages pose a challenge to European health systems. Challenging working conditions in healthcare were intensified by the glob

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To systematically review the literature to identify the influence of health literacy on self-management behaviours and patient-reported outcomes of in…

Join us as we celebrate the launch of Women in Health Management: Global Revolutionaries – a groundbreaking new book. More ...

We are pleased to announce the theme for the 9th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, HSR2026, that will take place in Dubai, November 2026. It will be co-hosted by … Continued

Abstract. Intersectoral collaboration (ISC) is a critical strategy in global health for addressing complex challenges requiring multi-sectoral engagement.

Background Community-centred care integration for older adults is a cornerstone of the WHO’s Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) implementation framework. Realising the potential of care integrat...

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Introduction In Zambia, where less than half of pregnant women complete the continuum of care for maternal health, community engagement initiatives like the Safe Motherhood Action Groups (SMAGs) are u...

The way people work together is central to the safety of healthcare.   Behaviours of individuals at all levels can play a role in the lead up to incidents or in the prevention of incidents.  Teams are people who are used to working with one another, often the same people.  This is increasingly rare in healthcare where teams come together for a short period of time and then disperse.  

ance the field and reduce burnout. Methodology/Approach We formed a learning community of burnout scholars and Chief Wellness Officers, sought recent review articles for a meta-narrative synthesis ...

Objectives Incontrovertible evidence surrounds the need to support healthcare professionals after patient safety incidents (PSIs). However, what characterises effective organisational support is less ...

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Carer harm is when family carers experience harm from the person they are caring for. However, we know very little about this topic. We carried out nine in

AbstractBackground. There is relatively low uptake of remote monitoring on frailty virtual wards (Hospital at Home) compared to virtual wards caring for pe

Introduction Quality improvement (QI) is aimed at improving care. Equity is one of the six domains of healthcare quality, as defined by the Institute of Medicine. If this domain is ignored, QI project...

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Background Ireland is experiencing a general practitioner (GP) workforce crisis, facing an ageing workforce, a growing population with increased life expectancy, and increased complexity of patients. ...

Objective To investigate the association between monthly turnover rates of hospital nurses and senior doctors and patient health outcomes (mortality and unplanned hospital readmissions). Design…

Explorations of barriers and enablers (or barriers and facilitators) to a desired health practice, implementation process, or intervention outcome have become s...

Evaluative tools for qualitative research need to be developed and designed in a way that allows them to be used by the research community to assess qualitative research on its own terms, and thus ...

Background In recent years, patient and public involvement (PPI) in research has significantly increased; however, the reporting of PPI remains poor. The Guidance for Reporting Involvement of Patients...