Drastic changes in bereavement care have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a flood of demand for help from bereaved people, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. The first major study of the pandemic-related changes in bereavement care has found that the switch to remote working has helped some services to reach […]
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SAFER: The complete works
Blog by Dr Rakesh Modi, a GP and Wellcome PhD Fellow in the Primary Care Unit of the University of Cambridge. He is performing research on the landmark NIHR-funded SAFER trial investigating screening to detect an undiagnosed heart condition responsible for one in ten strokes. Here he writes on how the SAFER programme has evolved […]
NIHR awards for Dr Hannah Harrison and Dr Juliet Usher-Smith
Dr Hannah Harrison was awarded an NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award in October 2020 Hannah, Research Associate at the Prevention Group, aims to use her Fellowship to further develop her skills in risk model development and public health modelling. Building on previous work identifying and validating risk models for the development of kidney cancer, […]
33% of women who have gestational diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within 15 years, new research shows
A third of women who get diabetes while pregnant – a common condition called gestational diabetes mellitus or GDM – will go on to develop type 2 diabetes within 15 years of their pregnancy. The figures, in new research from the University of Cambridge, show that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes after a pregnancy […]
End-of-life care during COVID-19: opportunities and challenges for community nursing
Community nursing teams have acquired extended roles in palliative and end-of-life care during the pandemic. Despite increased caseloads, they have continued to provide face to face care for dying people at home and in care homes, say researchers in an article published in the British Journal of Community Nursing. Ben Bowers at the University of […]
Lack of understanding of common heart condition leads to missed treatment opportunities, study suggests
Poor awareness of a condition known as Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) – the cause of a half of all cases of heart failure in England – could be hindering opportunities to improve care for patients, say researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester, and Keele. We heard some clinicians asking: what’s the […]
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