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Opportunistic trial recruitment during routine primary care consultations for acute conditions: a mixed methods evaluation of recruitment performance and barriers (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions for acute conditions in primary care often necessitates clinicians opportunistically recruiting patient during time-pressured consultations. Aim: To describe the performance of, barriers to, a... Read More about Opportunistic trial recruitment during routine primary care consultations for acute conditions: a mixed methods evaluation of recruitment performance and barriers.

Why do patients seek primary medical care in emergency departments? An ethnographic exploration of access to general practice (2017)
Journal Article

Objectives: To describe how processes of primary care access influence decisions to seek help at the emergency department (ED).Design: Ethnographic case study combining non-participant observation, informal and formal interviewing.Setting: Six genera... Read More about Why do patients seek primary medical care in emergency departments? An ethnographic exploration of access to general practice.

Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics, and attendance at walk-in centres, minor injuries units and EDs in England 2012/2013: A cross-sectional study (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Background: For several years, EDs in the UK NHS have faced considerable increases in attendance rates. Walk-in centres (WiCs) and minor injuries units (MIUs) have been suggested as solutions. We... Read More about Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics, and attendance at walk-in centres, minor injuries units and EDs in England 2012/2013: A cross-sectional study.