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Reimagining Dementia Care: A Complex Intervention Systematic Review on Optimising Social Prescribing (SP) for Carers of People Living with Dementia (PLWD) in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article
Marshall, J., Papavasiliou, E., Allan, L., Bradbury, K., Fox, C., Hawkes, M., Irvine, A., Moniz-Cook, E., Pick, A., Polley, M., Rathbone, A., Reeve, J., Robinson, D. L., Robinson, L., Rook, G., Sadler, E., Wolverson, E., Walker, S., Cross, J., & On behalf of the SPLENDID Collaboration. (2025). Reimagining Dementia Care: A Complex Intervention Systematic Review on Optimising Social Prescribing (SP) for Carers of People Living with Dementia (PLWD) in the United Kingdom. Health Expectations, 28(3), Article e70286. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70286

Introduction: Carers of people living with dementia (PLWD) face a range of complex needs, including medical, emotional, social and practical challenges, often exacerbated by social isolation and barriers to accessing support. Social prescribing (SP)... Read More about Reimagining Dementia Care: A Complex Intervention Systematic Review on Optimising Social Prescribing (SP) for Carers of People Living with Dementia (PLWD) in the United Kingdom.

Predictors of 30-day readmission among those treated with alcohol withdrawal in acute hospitals in England (2025)
Journal Article
Phillips, T., Coleman, R., & Coulton, S. (2025). Predictors of 30-day readmission among those treated with alcohol withdrawal in acute hospitals in England. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 60(3), Article agaf022. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agaf022

Aims
To examine predictors of 30-day readmissions to acute hospitals in England for patients treated for alcohol withdrawal (AW).

Methods
Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of routine hospital administrative data (i.e. Hospital Episode Stati... Read More about Predictors of 30-day readmission among those treated with alcohol withdrawal in acute hospitals in England.

Book Review: The Hamas Intelligence War Against Israel Netanel Flamer. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025. pp. 207. Pb. £30.99. ISBN: 9781009499408 (2025)
Journal Article
Dover, R. (2025). Book Review: The Hamas Intelligence War Against Israel Netanel Flamer. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025. pp. 207. Pb. £30.99. ISBN: 9781009499408. Asian Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2025.2499148

Opening paragraph:
This book is a decisive contribution to our previously partial and fragmented understanding of the trajectory and capabilities of the intelligence services of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) since its inception... Read More about Book Review: The Hamas Intelligence War Against Israel Netanel Flamer. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025. pp. 207. Pb. £30.99. ISBN: 9781009499408.

Exploring health visitors' role in partnering with parents to reduce alcohol-related developmental disorders in England: a mixed-methods study (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, J. (2025, May). Exploring health visitors' role in partnering with parents to reduce alcohol-related developmental disorders in England: a mixed-methods study. Presented at Institute of Health Visiting Evidence-Based Practice Conference, Manchester

Extract: Health Visitors' Role in Discussing Alcohol

Addressing alcohol consumption from the antenatal period through the first 5 years aligns with Making Every Contact Count.
This rarely happens due to organisational and individual-level barrier... Read More about Exploring health visitors' role in partnering with parents to reduce alcohol-related developmental disorders in England: a mixed-methods study.

CHANCES, the Chilean Cluster Galaxy Evolution Survey: Selection and initial characterisation of clusters and superclusters (2025)
Journal Article
Sifón, C., Finoguenov, A., Haines, C. P., Jaffé, Y., Amrutha, B. M., Demarco, R., Lima, E. V. R., Lima-Dias, C., Méndez-Hernández, H., Merluzzi, P., Monachesi, A., Teixeira, G. S. M., Tejos, N., Almeida-Fernandes, F., Araya-Araya, P., Argudo-Fernández, M., Baier-Soto, R., Bilton, L. E., Bom, C. R., Calderón, J. P., …Tempel, E. (2025). CHANCES, the Chilean Cluster Galaxy Evolution Survey: Selection and initial characterisation of clusters and superclusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 697, Article A92. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452710

CHANCES, the CHileAN Cluster galaxy Evolution Survey, will study the evolution of galaxies in and around 100 massive galaxy clusters from the local Universe out to z = 0.45, and two superclusters at z ∼ 0.05 that contain roughly 25 Abell clusters eac... Read More about CHANCES, the Chilean Cluster Galaxy Evolution Survey: Selection and initial characterisation of clusters and superclusters.

Vasectomy, Management, and Pain: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of Online Communities (2025)
Journal Article
Pimbblet, K. (2025). Vasectomy, Management, and Pain: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of Online Communities. International Journal of Urological Nursing, 19(2), Article e70016. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijun.70016

Is the use of vasectomy in the United Kingdom experiencing a significant decline due to knowledge of post-vasectomy pain syn- drome transmitted through online public forums? Although vasectomy is regularly used as a form of contraception and is gener... Read More about Vasectomy, Management, and Pain: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of Online Communities.

Environmental and financial cost of surgical-site infection by severity after lower limb vascular surgery (2025)
Journal Article
Lathan, R., Daysley, H., Ravindhran, B., Lim, A., Cutteridge, J., Sidapra, M., Long, J., Hitchman, L., Beltran-Alvarez, P., Carradice, D., Smith, G., & Chetter, I. (2025). Environmental and financial cost of surgical-site infection by severity after lower limb vascular surgery. BJS Open, 9(3), Article zraf015. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraf015

Background
There is sparse evidence of the relationship between environmental and financial costs of surgical-site infection. Identifying areas of high-cost burden would enable key targets for clinical interventions to aid in achieving the UK nation... Read More about Environmental and financial cost of surgical-site infection by severity after lower limb vascular surgery.

The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy (2025)
Journal Article
Walding, N., Williams, R., Dowey, N., Rowley, P., Thomas, M., Osman, S., Johnson, M., & Parsons, D. R. (2025). The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy. Bulletin of volcanology, 87(6), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-025-01821-4

Ash layers within extensive pyroclastic density current (PDC) deposits can be important in understanding the evolution of explosive eruptions. If interpreted as ashfall deposits, they may be used to identify hiatus episodes and determine how many pyr... Read More about The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy.

Holloway Prison: Representations and realities in the history of a women's prison, 1902 to 1955 (2025)
Journal Article
Johnston, H. (2025). Holloway Prison: Representations and realities in the history of a women's prison, 1902 to 1955. Women & Criminal Justice,

This article explores the media and cultural representations of HMP Holloway, London, England between 1902 and 1955 and contrasts this with the realities of the day-to-day female population and experience in the institution. Drawing on extensive hist... Read More about Holloway Prison: Representations and realities in the history of a women's prison, 1902 to 1955.

A Scoping Review of Outcome Measures for People Living with Dementia and Family Supporters to Evaluate Recovery College Dementia Courses (2025)
Journal Article
Alam, J., West, J., Moniz-Cook, E., Wolverson, E., Handley, M., Birt, L., & Fox, C. (2025). A Scoping Review of Outcome Measures for People Living with Dementia and Family Supporters to Evaluate Recovery College Dementia Courses. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1591772

Introduction: Recovery Colleges (RC/RCs) aim to promote personal recovery through coproduced courses, grounded in the CHIME (Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning, Empowerment) framework. The DiSCOVERY research programme noted that RC dementia cours... Read More about A Scoping Review of Outcome Measures for People Living with Dementia and Family Supporters to Evaluate Recovery College Dementia Courses.

Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention is not cost-effective (2025)
Journal Article
Saramago, P., Gkekas, A., Arundel, C. E., Chetter, I. C., & SWHSI-2 Trial Investigators. (2025). Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention is not cost-effective. British journal of surgery, 112(5), Article znaf077. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf077

Background: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has been used in clinical practice for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention (SWHSI), despite limited evidence regarding its clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. The aim of this st... Read More about Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention is not cost-effective.

Exercise recommendations and practical considerations for asthma management - an EAACI position paper (2025)
Journal Article
Price, O. J., Papadopoulos, N. G., Antolín Amérigo, D., Backer, V., Bougault, V., Del Giacco, S., Gawlik, R., Eguiluz-Gracia, I., Heffler, E., Janson, C., McDonald, V. M., Moreira, A., Simpson, A., & Bonini, M. (2025). Exercise recommendations and practical considerations for asthma management - an EAACI position paper. Allergy, https://doi.org/10.1111/all.16573

Exercise is an important treatment for people with asthma and should be considered alongside pharmacological therapy when developing personalised asthma management plans. Despite this, there remains limited guidance concerning the practicalities of a... Read More about Exercise recommendations and practical considerations for asthma management - an EAACI position paper.

Health Information Communication and Advocacy in the Haemophilia Community: An X-Based Analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Ahmed, W., Hardey, M., & Yavetz, G. (2025). Health Information Communication and Advocacy in the Haemophilia Community: An X-Based Analysis. Journal of Documentation, https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-09-2024-0224

Purpose
This study evaluates the network characteristics of the haemophilia community on X (previously known as Twitter) and identifies prevalent themes in their conversations, informed by the Uses and Gratifications (U&G) theory, within the broader... Read More about Health Information Communication and Advocacy in the Haemophilia Community: An X-Based Analysis.

Type 2 diabetes and the role of nurses in its management (2025)
Journal Article
Butler, S. (2025). Type 2 diabetes and the role of nurses in its management. Nursing standard, https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2025.e12429

Type 2 diabetes has become a significant global public health issue. Its increasing prevalence is closely linked to sedentary lifestyles, suboptimal diets and high obesity levels. This article provides an overview of type 2 diabetes epidemiology, pat... Read More about Type 2 diabetes and the role of nurses in its management.

Embracing Authentic Leadership as an Introvert: A Self-Discovery (2025)
Journal Article
Butler, S. (2025). Embracing Authentic Leadership as an Introvert: A Self-Discovery. Practice Nursing, 36(5),

Sarah Butler describes her journey to discovering her authentic leadership style, showing that introverts can be excellent leaders through self-awareness and embracing their natural traits.

Exploring UK fathers' help-seeking for Paternal Postnatal Depression (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, C. (2025, May). Exploring UK fathers' help-seeking for Paternal Postnatal Depression. Paper presented at Australian Fatherhood Research Symposium 2025, Deakin University Australia

Background:

Men’s help-seeking is known to be restricted by stigma, but less is known about their seeking for paternal postnatal depression (PND) specifically. Fathers are not routinely screened for PND.

Aims:

This study explored fathers’... Read More about Exploring UK fathers' help-seeking for Paternal Postnatal Depression.

Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study (2025)
Journal Article
Hanratty, B., Stocker, R., Sinclair, D., Brittain, K., Spilsbury, K., Stow, D., Robinson, L., & Matthews, F. E. (2025). Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 13(11), https://doi.org/10.3310/YNDV6358

Background: General practice provides first-line National Health Service care for around 400,000 care home residents. Good primary care can enhance residents' health and well-being and optimise use of hospital services.
Objectives: This study aimed... Read More about Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study.

Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic (2025)
Journal Article
Celbis, O., van de Laar, M., Windsor, W. L., Papatsiba, V., Ofosu-Ampong, K., Kurawa, G., Sadat Bole, A., Ani-Amponsah, M., & Xu, L. (online). Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-06-2024-0065

Purpose
This study aims to contribute to the growing body of literature documenting responses to short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctoral students. This study examines support practices at different levels of the education s... Read More about Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in activities of daily living disability-free life expectancy in England: a modelling study (2025)
Journal Article
Davies, L. E., Sinclair, D. R., Todd, C., Hanratty, B., Matthews, F. E., & Kingston, A. (in press). Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in activities of daily living disability-free life expectancy in England: a modelling study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 6(4), Article 100700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanhl.2025.100700

Background: More evidence of socioeconomic inequalities in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) is needed to help develop approaches to narrow the gap between the most and least socioeconomically deprived people. Activities of daily living (ADL) di... Read More about Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in activities of daily living disability-free life expectancy in England: a modelling study.

Domestic abuse in later life: A secondary analysis of the crime survey for England and Wales (2025)
Journal Article
Bows, H., Pullerits, M., & Brennan, I. (2025). Domestic abuse in later life: A secondary analysis of the crime survey for England and Wales. European Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708251335388

Until recently, older victims – and perpetrators – of domestic abuse were largely absent from both research and policy, leaving a lacuna of empirical and theoretical understandings of abuse in later life. This article presents the findings from the f... Read More about Domestic abuse in later life: A secondary analysis of the crime survey for England and Wales.