The team presented two papers at the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2015, 2nd – 4th December; ‘Higher service use amongst patients with advanced COPD and psychological co-morbidities: associations with quality of life, co-morbidities and exacerbations’, and ‘Patients with advanced COPD have unmet care and support needs across clinical settings: how can we identify needs […]
Archives for 2015
How food and drink portions could be reduced to improve health
Actions with the potential to avoid the excess consumption of food and drink that consistently occurs when people are presented with larger portions, packages and tableware size are outlined in a new BMJ Analysis article, written by researchers in the Behaviour and Health Research Unit (BHRU) and published on 2nd December 2015. The actions focus on […]
Could A and E admissions be reduced if GPs reviewed NHS 111 advice?
Involving GPs in out-of-hours triage decisions within NHS 111 could reduce attendances at A&E, according to a new study published on BMJ Open on 29th November 2015 by Professor Martin Roland (co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research) and Andrew Anderson (Cambridge and Peterborough CCG). Since 2014, telephone calls for urgent medical advice have been […]
Cambridge MRC DTP Programme – deadline extended
Cambridge MRC DTP Programme – deadline extended – 18th December 2015 There are three projects available from the Primary Care Unit: Jonathan Mant – Project title: Screening for atrial fibrillation Theresa Marteau – Project title: Impact of glass design on consumption of alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks Stephen Sutton – Project title: Understanding the effects of fear appeals in changing […]
October 2015 – Primary Care Respiratory Society 2015 –
The team enjoyed presenting seven abstracts at the Primary Care Respiratory Society Conference on 16th- 17th October 2015. Amongst other abstracts, the team presented ‘Patient preferences for care in advanced COPD: results from a discrete choice experiment’. This abstract was produced in collaboration with RAND Europe. Caroline Moore from the team presented ‘Barriers and facilitators […]
‘Missing’ data complicate picture of where patients choose to die
An NIHR-funded study from the University of Cambridge has raised questions about the widely-held assumption that most patients at the end of their lives prefer to die at home rather than a hospice or hospital. End-of-life care policy in the UK has a focus on enabling patients to die in their preferred place, believed for […]
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