Browsing by Author "Hunt, Helen"
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Clinician perspectives on having point of care tests made available to them during out of hours home visiting
Garland, Sophie; Hunt, Helen; Lasserson, Daniel (2021-12)Background: Little is known about clinicians' perspectives on the use of point of care (POC) tests in assessment of acute illness during primary care out of hours (OOH) care. During a service improvement project, POC tests ... -
Out-of-hours primary care end of life prescribing: a data linkage study
Hunt, Helen; Garland, Sophie (2019-05)Objectives: Out-of-hours (OOH) primary care services are contacted in the last 4 weeks of life by nearly 30% of all patients who die, but OOH palliative prescribing remains poorly understood. Our understanding of prescribing ... -
Paediatric contacts with the UK out-of-hours primary care service and contact outcomes: a regional service evaluation
Hunt, Helen (2020-07)Background Demand on hospital emergency departments for paediatric problems is increasing. However, the volume and nature of paediatric health demands placed on other parts of the urgent care system have not been explored. ... -
Point-of- care blood tests during home visits by out-of- hours primary care clinicians; a mixed methods evaluation of a service improvement
Garland, Sophie; Hunt, Helen (2020-01)Objectives We aimed to evaluate test usage and patient and clinician experience following the introduction of point-of- care (POC) blood tests into a primary care out-of- hours service. Design A mixed methods service ... -
What proportion of patients at the end of life contact out-of-hours primary care? A data linkage study in Oxfordshire
Hunt, Helen; Garland, Sophie (2018-04)Objectives: Out-of-hours (OOH) primary care services are a key element of community care at the end of life, yet there have been no previous attempts to describe the scope of this activity. We aimed to establish the ...