Local plans are key documents through which local authorities can plan, design and influence environments to create and maintain health, and yet they are often weak and inconsistent on how exactly this can be achieved.
The Planning for healthy pla...
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This is a report on the RE-AIM evaluation of a healthy weight extended brief intervention (EBI), a pilot project developed by Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, and South Gloucestershire Council, with Sirona care and health, which ran from... Read More about School Health Assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of verweight children aged 4-5 years: Evaluation report.
This is an executive summary of the evaluation of a healthy weight extended brief intervention (EBI), a pilot project developed by Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, and South Gloucestershire Council, with Sirona care and health, which ran... Read More about School health assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of overweight children aged 4-5 years. Evaluation report: Executive Summary.
Sustainable food places: Understanding the contribution to local government (2024)
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Local food partnerships have become an increasingly widespread feature in localities across the UK. The membership of the Sustainable Food Places Network has over 95 local food partnerships, and a wider number of newly formed partnerships are seeking... Read More about Sustainable food places: Understanding the contribution to local government.
Clinical and cost effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: A mixed-methods realist evaluation (2024)
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Background:
General Practice (GP) services are under pressure due increased demand . Alongside substantial national recruitment challenges, there exists a shortage of GPs to meet current need. Resultingly, allied healthcare professionals (AHPs), inc... Read More about Clinical and cost effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: A mixed-methods realist evaluation.
Connecting communities programme evaluation: Small grants fund (2023)
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This is a report on the evaluation of the Connecting Communities Small Grants Fund, one of five pilot projects developed by Age UK Bristol (AUKB) for the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (BNSSG ICS) Ageing Well... Read More about Connecting communities programme evaluation: Small grants fund.
Connecting communities programme evaluation: Integrated leg care clinic (2023)
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This is a report on the evaluation of the Connecting Communities Integrated Leg Care Clinic (ILCC), one of five pilot projects developed by Age UK Bristol (AUKB) for the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (BNSSG... Read More about Connecting communities programme evaluation: Integrated leg care clinic.
Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023 (2023)
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The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry (2016), found sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools to be widespread, facilitated by access to online pornography. UK research found most children have seen pornography by 16, with 75% reporting t... Read More about Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023.
Final report RSHE recommendations to schools 2023 (2023)
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The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry (2016), found sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools to be widespread, facilitated by access to online pornography. UK research found most children have seen pornography by 16, with 75% reporting t... Read More about Final report RSHE recommendations to schools 2023.
Local food partnerships in Wales (2023)
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In 2022 the government in Wales became the first of the four UK nations to fund the development of multi-sectoral food partnerships in all local authority areas. This report presents an analysis of the background, plans and early progress taking plac... Read More about Local food partnerships in Wales.
High-fidelity simulation: The sky's the limit at UWE! (2022)
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For many of us, the word ‘simulation’ conjures up distant memories of OSCE day nerves from our time as students and nostalgia from interview assessments of the past when a dishevelled mannequin was presented to us having been rigged to resemble someo... Read More about High-fidelity simulation: The sky's the limit at UWE!.
Social prescribing pilot evaluation
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Social prescribing (SP) is a means of enabling GPs, nurses and other primary care professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services (Public Health England, 2019). Patients often
present to GPs with social issues that are not p... Read More about Social prescribing pilot evaluation.
Emergency general surgery – A review of acute trusts in the South West
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As a service, Emergency General Surgery (EGS) represents the largest number of surgical admissions in UK hospitals (1) and accounts for a high number of complications, resulting in long periods of care and a high number of fatalities. It is nationall... Read More about Emergency general surgery – A review of acute trusts in the South West.