Health and Social Care Delivery Research

Volume 12 (2024)

47 issues

Extended Research Article

Early mental health intervention and supported self-care for LGBTQ+ young people in the UK: a mixed-methods study

Elizabeth McDermott
,
Rachael Eastham
,
Elizabeth Hughes
,
Emily Pattison
,
Katherine Johnson
,
Stephanie Davis
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 47
  • Published:
    5 December 2024

Extended Research Article

Understanding and improving the quality of primary care for people in prison: a mixed-methods study

Sue Bellass
,
Krysia Canvin
,
Tracey Farragher
,
Kate McLintock
,
Nat Wright
,
Pip Hearty
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 46
  • Published:
    7 November 2024

Extended Research Article

Challenges and guidance for implementing social distancing for COVID-19 in care homes: a mixed methods rapid review

Joanne M Fitzpatrick
,
Anne Marie Rafferty
,
Shereen Hussein
,
Richard Adams
,
Lindsay Rees
,
Sally Brearley
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 45
  • Published:
    7 November 2024

Extended Research Article

Impact of frailty in older people on health care demand: simulation modelling of population dynamics to inform service planning

Bronagh Walsh
,
Carole Fogg
,
Tracey England
,
Sally Brailsford
,
Paul Roderick
,
Scott Harris
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 44
  • Published:
    31 October 2024

Extended Research Article

What happens between first symptoms and first acute exacerbation of COPD observational study of routine data and patient survey

Alex Bottle
,
Alex Adamson
,
Xiubin Zhang
,
Benedict Hayhoe
,
Jennifer K Quint
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 43
  • Published:
    31 October 2024

Extended Research Article

Using the Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment in Primary Care: a mixed methods study

Anne-Marie Slowther
,
Jenny Harlock
,
Celia J Bernstein
,
Katie Bruce
,
Karin Eli
,
Caroline J Huxley
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 42
  • Published:
    31 October 2024

Extended Research Article

Implementing an artificial intelligence command centre in the NHS: a mixed-methods study

Owen Ashby Johnson
,
Carolyn McCrorie
,
Ciarán McInerney
,
Teumzghi F Mebrahtu
,
Josh Granger
,
Naeem Sheikh
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 41
  • Published:
    31 October 2024

Issue

The effects of computerised decision support systems on nursing and allied health professional performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review and user contextualisation

  • Chief investigator:
    Professor Carl Thompson
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research
  • Published:
    31 October 2024

Extended Research Article

Consequences of how third sector organisations are commissioned in the NHS and local authorities in England: a mixed-methods study

Rod Sheaff
,
Angela Ellis Paine
,
Mark Exworthy
,
Alex Gibson
,
Joanna Stuart
,
Véronique Jochum
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 39
  • Published:
    3 October 2024

Extended Research Article

Investigating innovations in outpatient services: a mixed-methods rapid evaluation

Chris Sherlaw-Johnson
,
Theo Georghiou
,
Sarah Reed
,
Rachel Hutchings
,
John Appleby
,
Stuti Bagri
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 38
  • Published:
    26 September 2024

Extended Research Article

The use of locum doctors in the NHS: understanding and improving the quality and safety of care

Thomas Allen
,
Darren Ashcroft
,
Jane Ferguson
,
Christos Grigoroglou
,
Evan Kontopantelis
,
Gemma Stringer
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 37
  • Published:
    26 September 2024

Extended Research Article

Types and aspects of support that young carers need and value, and barriers and enablers to access: the REBIAS-YC qualitative study

Nicola Brimblecombe
,
Madeleine Stevens
,
Sara Gowen
,
Jo Moriarty
,
Robin Skyer
,
Annette Bauer
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 36
  • Published:
    19 September 2024

Extended Research Article

Health and wellbeing of survivors of sexual violence and abuse attending sexual assault referral centres in England: the MESARCH mixed-methods evaluation

Lorna J O’Doherty
,
Grace Carter
,
Emma Sleath
,
Katherine Brown
,
Sarah Brown
,
Eleanor Lutman-White
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 35
  • Published:
    17 October 2024

Extended Research Article

Integrating Palliative Care and Heart Failure: the PalliatHeartSynthesis realist synthesis

Tracey McConnell
,
Carolyn Blair
,
Geoff Wong
,
Claire Duddy
,
Clare Howie
,
Loreena Hill
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 34
  • Published:
    19 September 2024

Extended Research Article

Harnessing the power of language to enhance patient experience of the NHS complaint journey in Northern Ireland: a mixed-methods study

Catrin S Rhys
,
Bethan Benwell
,
Maria Erofeeva
,
Richard Simmons
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 33
  • Published:
    19 September 2024

Extended Research Article

Current experience and future potential of facilitating access to digital NHS primary care services in England: the Di-Facto mixed-methods study

Gary Abel
,
Helen Atherton
,
Jon Sussex
,
Nurunnahar Akter
,
Abodunrin Q Aminu
,
Wiktoria Bak
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 32
  • Published:
    19 September 2024

Extended Research Article

Interventions to minimise hospital winter pressures related to discharge planning and integrated care: a rapid mapping review of UK evidence

Anna Cantrell
,
Duncan Chambers
,
Andrew Booth
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 31
  • Published:
    5 September 2024

Extended Research Article

Women's Health Hubs: a rapid mixed methods evaluation

Kelly Daniel
,
Jennifer Bousfield
,
Lucy Hocking
,
Louise Jackson
,
Beck Taylor
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 30
  • Published:
    5 September 2024

Extended Research Article

The Resilience Hub approach for addressing mental health of health and social care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods evaluation

Filippo Varese
,
Kate Allsopp
,
Lesley-Anne Carter
,
Gemma Shields
,
Daniel Hind
,
Linda Davies
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 29
  • Published:
    5 September 2024

Extended Research Article

Improving the integration of care for trans adults: ICTA a mixed-methods study

Richard Holti
,
Evelyn Callahan
,
Jamie Fletcher
,
Sam Hope
,
Naomi Moller
,
Ben Vincent
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 28
  • Published:
    28 August 2024

Extended Research Article

Understanding and using experiences of social care to guide service improvements: translating a co-design approach from health to social care

Sara Ryan
,
Jane Maddison
,
Kate Baxter
,
Mark Wilberforce
,
Yvonne Birks
,
Emmie Morrissey
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 27
  • Published:
    29 August 2024

Extended Research Article

Signposting services for people with health and care needs: a rapid realist review

Anna Cantrell
,
Andrew Booth
,
Duncan Chambers
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 26
  • Published:
    29 August 2024

Extended Research Article

Why do acute healthcare staff behave unprofessionally towards each other and how can these behaviours be reduced? A realist review

Justin A Aunger
,
Ruth Abrams
,
Johanna I Westbrook
,
Judy M Wright
,
Mark Pearson
,
Aled Jones
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 25
  • Published:
    29 August 2024

Extended Research Article

Developing feasible person-centred care alternatives to emergency department responses for adults with epilepsy: a discrete choice analysis mixed-methods study

Adam J Noble
,
Pete Dixon
,
Amy Mathieson
,
Leone Ridsdale
,
Myfanwy Morgan
,
Alison McKinlay
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 24
  • Published:
    22 August 2024

Extended Research Article

Health screening clinic to reduce absenteeism and presenteeism among NHS Staff: eTHOS a pilot RCT

Rachel Adams
,
Rachel E Jordan
,
Alisha Maher
,
Peymane Adab
,
Timothy Barrett
,
Sheriden Bevan
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 23
  • Published:
    22 August 2024

Extended Research Article

Strengthening open disclosure in maternity services in the English NHS: the DISCERN realist evaluation study

Mary Ann Adams
,
Charlotte Bevan
,
Maria Booker
,
Julie Hartley
,
Alexander Edward Heazell
,
Elsa Montgomery
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 22
  • Published:
    8 August 2024

Extended Research Article

Digital First Primary Care for those with multiple long-term conditions: a rapid review of the views of stakeholders

Jennifer Newbould
,
Lucy Hocking
,
Manbinder Sidhu
,
Kelly Daniel
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 21
  • Published:
    25 July 2024

Extended Research Article

Lessons for the UK on implementation and evaluation of breastfeeding support: evidence syntheses and stakeholder engagement

Anna Gavine
,
Albert Farre
,
Fiona Lynn
,
Shona Shinwell
,
Phyllis Buchanan
,
Joyce Marshall
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 20
  • Published:
    17 July 2024

Extended Research Article

Using Palliative Care Needs Rounds in the UK for care home staff and residents: an implementation science study

Liz Forbat
,
Aisha Macgregor
,
Karen Spilsbury
,
Brendan McCormack
,
Alasdair Rutherford
,
Barbara Hanratty
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 19
  • Published:
    17 July 2024

Extended Research Article

Community First Responders' role in the current and future rural health and care workforce: a mixed-methods study

Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena
,
Gupteswar Patel
,
Vanessa Botan
,
Murray D Smith
,
Viet-Hai Phung
,
Julie Pattinson
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 18
  • Published:
    17 July 2024

Extended Research Article

Understanding how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience living with pain, pain management and services: a metaethnography

Mayara Silveira Bianchim
,
Line Caes
,
Liz Forbat
,
Abbie Jordan
,
Jane Noyes
,
Katie Thomson
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 17
  • Published:
    17 July 2024

Extended Research Article

Improving support and planning ahead for older people with learning disabilities and family carers: a mixed-methods study

Sara Ryan
,
Louise Wallace
,
Elizabeth Tilley
,
Irene Tuffrey-Wijne
,
Magdalena Mikulak
,
Rebecca Anderson
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 16
  • Published:
    27 June 2024

Extended Research Article

Service innovations for people with multiple long-term conditions: reflections of a rapid evaluation team

Jon Sussex
,
Judith Smith
,
Frances M Wu
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 15
  • Published:
    27 June 2024

Extended Research Article

A service-user digital intervention to collect real-time safety information on acute, adult mental health wards: the WardSonar mixed-methods study

John Baker
,
Sarah Kendal
,
Chris Bojke
,
Gemma Louch
,
Daisy Halligan
,
Saba Shafiq
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 14
  • Published:
    21 May 2024

Extended Research Article

Service design for children and young people with common mental health problems: literature review, service mapping and collective case study

Steven Pryjmachuk
,
Susan Kirk
,
Claire Fraser
,
Nicola Evans
,
Rhiannon Lane
,
Liz Neill
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 13
  • Published:
    16 May 2024

Extended Research Article

Factors influencing effective data sharing between health care and social care regarding the care of older people: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Siân de Bell
,
Zhivko Zhelev
,
Alison Bethel
,
Jo Thompson Coon
,
Rob Anderson
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 12
  • Published:
    16 May 2024

Extended Research Article

Evaluating the real-world implementation of the Family Nurse Partnership in England: a data linkage study

Francesca Cavallaro
,
Amanda Clery
,
Ruth Gilbert
,
Jan van der Meulen
,
Sally Kendall
,
Eilis Kennedy
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 11
  • Published:
    16 May 2024

Extended Research Article

Evaluation of different models of general practitioners working in or alongside emergency departments: a mixed-methods realist evaluation

Freya Davies
,
Michelle Edwards
,
Delyth Price
,
Pippa Anderson
,
Andrew Carson-Stevens
,
Mazhar Choudhry
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 10
  • Published:
    25 April 2024

Extended Research Article

Causes and solutions to workplace psychological ill-health for nurses, midwives and paramedics: the Care Under Pressure 2 realist review

Jill Maben
,
Cath Taylor
,
Justin Jagosh
,
Daniele Carrieri
,
Simon Briscoe
,
Naomi Klepacz
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 9
  • Published:
    23 April 2024

Extended Research Article

Relationship between staff and quality of care in care homes: StaRQ mixed methods study

Karen Spilsbury
,
Andy Charlwood
,
Carl Thompson
,
Kirsty Haunch
,
Danat Valizade
,
Reena Devi
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 8
  • Published:
    16 April 2024

Extended Research Article

Reducing health inequalities through general practice: a realist review and action framework

Anna Gkiouleka
,
Geoff Wong
,
Sarah Sowden
,
Isla Kuhn
,
Annie Moseley
,
Sukaina Manji
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 7
  • Published:
    27 March 2024

Extended Research Article

Safer and more efficient vital signs monitoring protocols to identify the deteriorating patients in the general hospital ward: an observational study

Jim Briggs
,
Ina Kostakis
,
Paul Meredith
,
Chiara Dall’ora
,
Julie Darbyshire
,
Stephen Gerry
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 6
  • Published:
    27 March 2024

Extended Research Article

Practices of falls risk assessment and prevention in acute hospital settings: a realist investigation

Rebecca Randell
,
Lynn McVey
,
Judy Wright
,
Hadar Zaman
,
V-Lin Cheong
,
David M Woodcock
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 5
  • Published:
    19 March 2024

Extended Research Article

The implications of competing risks and direct treatment disutility in cardiovascular disease and osteoporotic fracture: risk prediction and cost effectiveness analysis

Bruce Guthrie
,
Gabriel Rogers
,
Shona Livingstone
,
Daniel R Morales
,
Peter Donnan
,
Sarah Davis
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 4
  • Published:
    27 February 2024

Extended Research Article

'Why are we stuck in hospital?' Barriers to people with learning disabilities/autistic people leaving 'long-stay' hospital: a mixed methods study

Jon Glasby
,
Robin Miller
,
Anne-Marie Glasby
,
Rebecca Ince
,
Frederick Konteh
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 3
  • Published:
    6 February 2024

Extended Research Article

Conceptual framework on barriers and facilitators to implementing perinatal mental health care and treatment for women: the MATRIx evidence synthesis

Rebecca Webb
,
Elizabeth Ford
,
Judy Shakespeare
,
Abigail Easter
,
Fiona Alderdice
,
Jennifer Holly
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 2
  • Published:
    30 January 2024

Extended Research Article

Factors within the clinical encounter that impact upon risk assessment within child and adolescent mental health services: a rapid realist synthesis

Anna Cantrell
,
Katie Sworn
,
Duncan Chambers
,
Andrew Booth
,
Elizabeth Taylor Buck
,
Scott Weich
  • Journal:
    Health and Social Care Delivery Research Volume: 12, Issue: 1
  • Published:
    30 January 2024

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