Outputs (2)

Communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care: protocol for a systematic review with narrative synthesis (2021)
Journal Article
Pocock, L. V., Purdy, S., Barclay, S., Murtagh, F. E., & Selman, L. E. (2021). Communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care: protocol for a systematic review with narrative synthesis. BMJ open, 11(12), Article e055731. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055731

Introduction People dying in Britain spend, on average, 3 weeks of their last year of life in hospital. Hospital discharge presents an opportunity for secondary care clinicians to communicate to general practitioners (GPs) which patients may have a p... Read More about Communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care: protocol for a systematic review with narrative synthesis.

How can frontline expertise and new models of care best contribute to safely reducing avoidable acute admissions? A mixed-methods study of four acute hospitals (2016)
Report
Pinkney, J., Rance, S., Benger, J., Brant, H., Joel-Edgar, S., Swancutt, D., Westlake, D., Pearson, M., Thomas, D., Holme, I., Endacott, R., Anderson, R., Allen, M., Purdy, S., Campbell, J., Sheaff, R., & Byng, R. (2016). How can frontline expertise and new models of care best contribute to safely reducing avoidable acute admissions? A mixed-methods study of four acute hospitals. Southampton: NIHR HSDR

Background
Hospital emergency admissions have risen annually, exacerbating pressures on emergency departments (EDs) and acute medical units. These pressures have an adverse impact on patient experience and potentially lead to suboptimal clinical dec... Read More about How can frontline expertise and new models of care best contribute to safely reducing avoidable acute admissions? A mixed-methods study of four acute hospitals.