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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Out of hours"”.
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'Out of hours' social work : a study of local authority emergency duty
Throughout the United Kingdom it is likely that 'out of hours', the smallest number of social workers is covering the largest geographical areas, the highest proportion of referrals, the most hours per week with the least support and in some of the most dangerous situations. For nearly thirty …
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The impact of Army life on a mother's decision-making when her child is unwell during the out-of-hours period
… approach. It explores in what way the features of Army life affect the daily lives of Army parents, how aspects of Army life influence the decision-making of mothers, and what support Army mothers expect when their child is unwell after their primary health care centre has closed (called the …
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People in mental distress, police and out-of-hours health services: a qualitative exploratory case study of experiences and the intersect of safeguarding services.
The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of people in mental distress, who come to the attention of police and healthcare professionals outwith routine hours. Some people in the community call on police officers to help manage their self-harm behaviour, with the intention of preventing …
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Statistical methods for supporting urgent care delivery
… procedures were developed and implemented in an out-of-hours GP provider in the North East of England to ensure staffing levels were optimised, and server performance was investigated. Initial methods included linear regression to predict calls per day into a call centre, loess to predict arrival …
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A Mixed Methods Study Investigating the Community Pharmacist’s Role in Palliative Care
… from five community pharmacies in one area of England. The effect of prescription errors, stock availability and other factors is examined. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews with five community pharmacists and eleven other healthcare professionals explore medication access and the …
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A Mixed Methods Study Investigating the Community Pharmacist’s Role in Palliative Care
… from five community pharmacies in one area of England. The effect of prescription errors, stock availability and other factors is examined. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews with five community pharmacists and eleven other healthcare professionals explore medication access and the …
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A critical realist evaluation of end of life care in care homes.
Numbers of advance care plans and unnecessary admissions to hospital at the end of life are outcomes commonly used to determine the quality of end of life care in UK care homes. However, there is currently a sparsity of research systematically exploring the underlying processes behind these …
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Becoming and being mother to a boy with severe haemophilia.
… acute bleeding episodes frequently occur without any obvious injury and cause severe pain which is only relieved by administering intravenous treatment accompanied by rest, ice, compression and elevation. The management and treatment of haemophilia has evolved over the past fifty years from a …
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Use of Unscheduled Care by People who Die from Cancer
… attend unscheduled care; little is known about what factors influence these presentations. Most research focuses on Accident & Emergency (A&E) and does not consider GP Out-of-hours (GPOOH) services.<br/><br/><b>Aim</b>: Describe demographic, clinical, temporal and prescribing factors that …
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On-call work scheduling : a multi-method analysis of psychological effects and moderators
On-call working is a relatively new form of work scheduling in many occupational settings. For a large proportion of employees, being on-call is not an option but an integral component of the job. Essentially, utilising this type of work scheduling is often far less expensive for employers than …
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Recruitment to randomised controlled trials with children
… adverse consequences. It affects the validity of study findings, is a common cause of trial extensions and may result in premature termination of trials, which is a huge loss in terms of invested funds, resources and lost knowledge. Non-completion or delayed completion of studies maintains the …
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A Multi-Perspective Qualitative Exploration of Early-Career Medical Trainee Experiences of Rotational Transitions
… over recent years. Tomorrow’s Doctors (2003) and Outcomes for Graduates (2015, 2016, 2018) have defined expectations that have driven undergraduate curriculum change and the Foundation Programme (2005) represents a restructuring of early postgraduate education.<br/><br/>This study explored the …
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The Transition from Final Year Medical Student to Foundation Doctor: The Clinical Reasoning Journey
… a “decision-making” process. Other definitions outline it in terms of a complex cognitive process, posited within multiple contextual factors. Traditionally, clinical reasoning models have been based upon cognitive theories. More recently, interpretive theories have been applied. Despite …
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Understanding end-of-life admissions: an interview study of patients admitted to a large English hospital shortly before death
Hospital admissions for patients close to the end of life are considered ‘inappropriate’ in contemporary English health policy. Hospitals are supposedly unable to offer a ‘good’ death for patients, and dying there is thought to contradict patient choice, since patients are assumed to want to die at …