xEducation and Quality
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OHFT Improvement [18]
Work within OHFT to improve patient safety and quality for people in hospital, in their communities and homes
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Autism in Older Adults
(2022-06)Previously, autism had been predominantly labelled as a disorder of childhood, however, evidence now shows that autism is a lifelong condition. This assignment aims to explore autism in older adults by discussing the ... -
Can Positive Behaviour Support be implemented in a primary care setting for the homeless/vulnerably housed?
(2022-06)This review is based upon a GP practice working in a city centre providing primary care to the homeless and vulnerably housed within the city. Services include GPs, Nurses, Mental Health Practitioner, Social Prescriber, ... -
An exploration of the Positive Behaviour Support approach in the community: Factors and limitations that influence the quality and effectiveness of behaviour support plans
(2021-09)In this essay, the author will explore the use of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) plans in the community for individuals with a learning disability that have behaviours that challenge. In addition, the author will discuss ... -
Functional Assessments with People with Intellectual Disabilities who Display Behaviour That Challenges: Practical Considerations
(2021-09)This essay discusses functional assessments (FAs) in the context of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). It will focus on its use with people with intellectual disabilities (ID) who display behaviour that challenges services. ... -
Active Support and “meaningful activity.” What is the meaning of “meaningful”?
(2021-09)Active Support is an approach that aims to engage people in meaningful activities. It is one of the best evidenced models of support for adults with learning disabilities (Mansell and Beadle-Brown, 2012). Adults using ... -
Positive Behaviour Support and Forensic Mental Health Care
(2021)"This assignment reviews the evidence about Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) in forensic mental health settings. It discusses the benefits and challenges of using PBS in forensic settings, including: why PBS is a good fit, ... -
The use of punishment with autistic children who use behaviour that challenges
(2021)"This essay will focus on the use, effectiveness, and ethics of punishment, a topic that often attracts controversy, but is also well installed within our society (e.g. Bunting, Webb & Healy, 2010; Lacey & Pickard, 2015). ... -
Improving mealtimes for patients and staff within an eating disorder unit: understanding of the problem and first intervention during the pandemic—an initial report
(2021-04)Background Mealtimes occur six times a day on eating disorder (ED) inpatient units and are a mainstay of treatment for EDs. However, these are often distressing and anxiety provoking times for patients and staff. A product ... -
Building improvement capacity in mental health services
(2020-10)Improving the delivery of existing treatment may often bring much greater benefits than developing new treatments and technologies. To achieve this, clinical teams and organisations need to build capacity for sustained and ... -
Environmental changes to reduce self-harm on an adolescent inpatient psychiatric ward: an interrupted time series analysis
(2020-07)Existing interventions to reduce self-harm in adolescents admitted to psychiatric wards are usually focused on individual psychological treatments. However, the immediate ward environment in which treatment takes place is ... -
Building improvement capability in frontline staff: a UK perspective
(2020-06)This paper gives a narrative account of how the Oxford Healthcare Improvement Centre has embedded continuous quality improvement (CQI) across both mental health and community services in Oxford, UK. The aim of the centre ... -
Systematic review of interventions to improve constant observation on adult inpatient psychiatric wards
(2020-02)Constant observation is frequently conducted on inpatient psychiatric units to manage patients at risk of harming themselves or others. Despite its widespread use, there is little evidence of the efficacy of the practice ... -
Point-of- care blood tests during home visits by out-of- hours primary care clinicians; a mixed methods evaluation of a service improvement
(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 ... -
Patient safety regulation in the NHS: mapping the regulatory landscape of healthcare
(2019-07)Objectives The current research project sought to map out the regulatory landscape for patient safety in the English National Health Service (NHS). Method We used a systematic desk-based search using a variety of sources ... -
Best Methods of Communicating Clinical Trial Data to Improve Understanding of Treatments for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
(2018-07)Background Patients’ understanding of treatment risks and benefits is a prerequisite for shared decision making. Yet, patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) do not accurately understand treatment information provided in ... -
Paediatric enteral feeding at home: an analysis of patient safety incidents
(2019-06)Aims To describe the nature and causes of patient safety incidents relating to care at home for children with enteral feeding devices. Methods We analysed incident data relating to paediatric nasogastric, gastrostomy ... -
Usability of Health Information Websites Designed for Adolescents: Systematic Review, Neurodevelopmental Model, and Design Brief
(2019-04)Background: Adolescence is a unique developmental period characterized by biological, social, and cognitive changes, as well as an interest in managing one’s own health care. Many adolescents use the internet to seek health ... -
Social Scaffolding: Applying the Lessons of Contemporary Social Science to Health and Health Care
(2019)Using current societal dilemmas, this book explores how social factors and social identity influence our health and recovery from illness. It includes recent research to present practitioners, researchers, policymakers and ... -
Out-of-hours primary care end of life prescribing: a data linkage study
(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 ... -
Applying the triple bottom line of sustainability to healthcare research—a feasibility study
(2019-05)The triple bottom line (TBL) of sustainability is an important emerging conceptual framework which considers the combined economic, environmental and social impacts of an activity. Despite its clear relevance to the ...
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