New quality measures are urgently needed for end-of-life and palliative care, to assess the care given to all patients in all settings, say researchers at the University of Cambridge’s Primary Care Unit. That’s because in the UK and elsewhere, end-of life care is provided in many different settings and by a wide range of health […]
Archives for July 2022
Less deprived areas saw biggest increase in deaths at home during pandemic
Deaths at home increased the most in the least deprived areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research has found. The report, published on July 15 2022 from the Better End of Life research programme, provides the first evidence that the increase in deaths at home across the UK that occurred during the pandemic was accompanied […]
New Community Nursing Research Community of Practice launched
Community nurses, from novice to expert, came together at a webinar to launch the new Community of Practice for Community Nursing Research in June 2022. The Community of Practice aims to share experiences and expertise in research to drive high-quality care and harness the power of a collective voice to build research capacity. At the […]
Telephone triage in primary care does not disadvantage patients with multimorbidity
New research on telephone triage in primary care finds that it does not disadvantage patients with multimorbidity in terms of access to care, compared with other patients in the same GP practice. The research is from Dr Katie Saunders and the Birmingham, RAND and Cambridge Rapid Evaluation Centre (BRACE). Patients who are living with more […]