The significance of community mental health workers in coordinating hospital discharge of patients with diagnosed mental health conditions is globally recognised, yet research on their experiences is...

What is occupational health (OH)? Occupational health (OH) maintains the wellbeing of employees, preventing and removing ill-health and developing solutions to keep staff with health issues at work. O...

Welcome to the September 2026 Improvement Evidence Update — your go-to monthly summary of the latest quality improvement research, evidence, tools, and events—all from the past month and condensed int...

IntroductionTraumatic experiences are common and exert substantial influence on clinical outcomes for individuals with an at-risk mental state for psychosis ...

Metacognition and mentalising as core mechanisms of psychotherapy - Volume 229 Issue 2

This series of articles explores a number of long-term health conditions and disabilities, including how the condition presents itself, management strategies and the roles of healthcare assistants. The twenty-second of these articles will explore a range ...

Research on Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services has largely focused on adult service users. There is limited understanding of how young people (YP) and their families experience engageme...

This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research Programme (NIHR award ref: RP-PG-0217-20004) and is published in full in <i>Programme Grants for Applied Research</i>; Vol. 14, No. 17. See the NIHR Funding and Awards website fo …

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This is the first English study to systematically explore psychotropic prescribing patterns in CYP mental health inpatient units. The study showed psychotropics are widely prescribed, on a regular and PRN basis.

Background: Healthcare systems are under significant strain and the paramedic workforce is viewed as a potential solution, particularly because of abilities to assess, treat and avoid hospital transport. Objective: This integrative review explores how ...

Background: This service evaluation examined the transfer of patients from a rural island location to a mainland hospital for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). There is a local protocol for direct activation of the PPCI centre by the ...

After carrying out some research, Elizabeth Leddy reflects on her work and the questions that it raised around how prehospital analgesia is provided, how patients and paramedics feel about it, what affects decision-making and the reasons behind ...

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What is the Single Patient Record, and how could it change health and care in England? This explainer examines the government's plans, the role of the Health Bill, potential benefits for patients and ...

Read the latest article version by Sarah Parry, Paul Gray, Ashgan Mahyoub, Paula Galv&aacute;n Rodr&iacute;guez, Diana McLeod, Naomi Shenton, Sue Wood, at NIHR Open Research.

High-impact primary research is a cornerstone of emergency medical services (EMS) education and protocol development, yet EMS practitioners and EMS leaders often lack a clear, prioritized way to id...

Signs of life are observed during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) resuscitation, but their frequency, timing relative to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), and prognostic significance ...

Emergency medical services (EMS) commonly use standardized call interrogation systems to determine response strategies. The findings of caller interrogation are typically combined with local clinic...