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        Safety measurement and monitoring in healthcare: a framework to guide clinical teams and healthcare organisations in maintaining safety 

        Vincent, Charles (2014)
        Patients, clinicians and managers all want to be reassured that their healthcare organisation is safe. But there is no consensus about what we mean when we ask whether a healthcare organisation is safe or how this is ...
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        Understanding and working with suicide risk 

        Lascelles, Karen (2015-07)
        Key learning points: Understanding risk factors associated with suicide; Considering a framework for understanding suicide; How to assess and manage suicide risk
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        Managing resources and reducing waste in healthcare settings 

        Wells, Bill (2015-12)
        The NHS is under pressure to increase its effectiveness and productivity. Nurses are tasked with delivering effective and efficient care, as well as improving patient safety, experiences and results. The reduction of ...
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        Increase in antibiotic prescriptions in out-of-hours primary care in contrast to in-hours primary care prescriptions: service evaluation in a population of 600 000 patients 

        Hayward, Gail N (2016)
        Objectives The objective of this study was to describe the frequency and nature of antibiotic prescriptions issued by a primary care out-of-hours (OOH) service and compare time trends in prescriptions between OOH and ...
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        Difficult conversations? Engaging patients in reducing waste in health care 

        Wells, Bill (2016)
        Purpose – Reducing waste in health care can result in savings that could be used to meet the projected shortfall in NHS funding or to meet the care needs of vulnerable groups. Patients and their families can contribute ...
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        The Role of Self-Management Practices as Mechanisms for Re-Establishing Normality in Cancer Survivors 

        Henshall, Catherine (2016)
        This article explores the relationship between cancer survivors' use of self-management practices and their search for normality. Using Frank's illness narratives and other theoretical literature on normality in chronic ...
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        Rischio di mortalità con i farmaci antipsicotici nella popolazione psichiatrica anziana? Una revisione sistematica della letteratura 

        De Giorgi, Riccardo; Cipriani, Andrea (2016)
        Scopo dello studio: In Italia, gli anziani raggiungono quasi un quarto della popolazione generale. In questo sottogruppo, gli antipsicotici sono ampiamente prescritti: nonostante siano autorizzati esclusivamente per ...
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        Reducing waste in the NHS: an overview of the literature and challenges for the nursing profession 

        Wells, Bill (2016-04-20)
        Waste in the NHS is estimated to account for 20% of health expenditure. This article examines the literature on reducing waste, analyses some approaches to waste reduction, and identifies the role that nurses and other ...
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        Treatment of Inappropriate Sexual Behavior in Dementia 

        De Giorgi, Riccardo; Series, Hugh (2016-08)
        Inappropriate sexual behavior (ISB) is a relatively common and potentially disruptive form of behavior in people with dementia. It can cause considerable distress and put placements and people at risk. Yet it is poorly ...
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        Absconding: reducing failure to return in adult mental health wards 

        Bailey, Jill; Vincent, Charles; Page, Bethan; Ndimande, Nokuthula; Connell, Julie (2016-11)
        Failing to return from leave from acute psychiatric wards can have a range of negative consequences for patients, relatives and staff. This study used quality improvement methodology to improve the processes around patient ...
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        Young People who Self Harm: a Prospective One-Year Follow-up Study 

        Broome, Matthew R. (2016-12)
        Purpose: To explore repetition, service provision and service engagement following presentation of young people to emergency services with self-harm. Methods: 969 patients who presented to accident and emergency services ...
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        A web-based clinical decision tool to support treatment decision-making in psychiatry: a pilot focus group study with clinicians, patients and carers 

        Smith, Katharine A; Attenburrow, Mary Jane; Henshall, Catherine; Zlodre, Jakov; Kelly, Kathleen; Broome, Matthew R.; Shaw, Susan; Barrera, Alvaro; Molodynski, Andrew; Reid, Alastair; Geddes, John R; Cipriani, Andrea (2017)
        Background Treatment decision tools have been developed in many fields of medicine, including psychiatry, however benefits for patients have not been sustained once the support is withdrawn. We have developed a web-based ...
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        Psycho-spiritual Care in Health Care Practice 

        Harrison, Guy (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017)
        Meeting the psychological and spiritual needs of patients is vital to supporting their wellbeing in health care settings. To develop an effective, holistic and inclusive approach to care within predominantly medical health ...
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        Experiences of remote mood and activity monitoring in bipolar disorder: a qualitative study 

        Saunders, Kate E.A.; Geddes, John R; Goodwin, Guy M (2017-01)
        Mobile technology enables high frequency mood monitoring and automated passive collection of date(e.g.actigraphy) from patients more efficiently and less intrusively than has previously been possible. Such techniques are ...
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        Predicting clinical deterioration after initial assessment in out-of-hours primary care: a retrospective service evaluation 

        Vincent, Charles; Lasserson, Daniel S; Hayward, Gail N (2017-01)
        Background: Accurate assessment of the need for admission is challenging in out-of-hours (OOH) primary care. Understanding more about patient contacts where the decision to continue care in the community may have been ...
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        Symptom trajectories in discontinuation trials. 

        Browning, Michael (2017-02)
        Many patients with clinical depression, particularly those with recurrent illness, are treated with maintenance antidepressants after an acute-phase response. But how effective is this approach? The effectiveness of ...
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        Helping young people who self-harm 

        Lascelles, Karen; Brand, Fiona; Alfoadari, Annya (2017-02)
        Key learning points: For many young people, the function of self-harm is to escape an unbearable emotional state; relief and negative feelings experienced following self-harm can result in a cycle of self-harming behaviour; ...
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        Typologies for Restructuring Relationships in Cancer Survivorship 

        Henshall, Catherine (2017-07)
        Background: Cancer survivors with good social support are generally more motivated to undertake self-management behaviors and make lifestyle changes. However, the impact of changes in social support over time, from ...
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        Psychosocial interventions in stimulant use disorders: a focus on women 

        De Giorgi, Riccardo; De Crescenzo, Franco (2017-07)
        Purpose of review: Stimulant use disorders are significant contributors to the global burden of disease, with a growing impact on women. Psychosocial interventions are the gold standard for treating this condition, but ...
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        Using Computational Psychiatry to Rule Out the Hidden Causes of Depression 

        Browning, Michael (2017-08)
        In an ideal world, our understanding of the causes of psychiatric disorders would progress by testing mechanistic hypotheses in experimental studies, using the results of these studies to identify situations in which the ...

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