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Clinical and psychological outcome from a randomized controlled trial of patient-initiated direct-access hospital follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis extended to 4 years (2003)
Journal Article
Pollock, J., Hehir, M., Mitchell, K., Kirwan, J. R., Hewlett, S., Pollock, J., …Bennett, B. (2003). Clinical and psychological outcome from a randomized controlled trial of patient-initiated direct-access hospital follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis extended to 4 years. Rheumatology, 42(3), 422-426. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keg130

Background. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are traditionally seen regularly as out-patients, irrespective of whether it is appropriate or timely to see them. A randomized controlled trial has shown that over 2 yr, seeing patients only when t... Read More about Clinical and psychological outcome from a randomized controlled trial of patient-initiated direct-access hospital follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis extended to 4 years.

Direct Payments: The UK Experience (2003)
Presentation / Conference
Summers, N. (2003, February). Direct Payments: The UK Experience. Paper presented at Tokyo Annual Conference, Tokyo University, Japan

Collaboration, user involvement and education: A systematic review of the literature and report of an educational initiative (2003)
Journal Article
Haslehurst, S., Langton, H., Barnes, M., Rimmer, J., & Turton, P. (2003). Collaboration, user involvement and education: A systematic review of the literature and report of an educational initiative. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 7(4), 242-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1462-3889%2803%2900033-4

Collaboration is advocated widely through government policy as part of enormous change within the Health Service (Department of Health 1998, 2000b). Directives from policy regarding collaboration impact onto organizations, professions and individuals... Read More about Collaboration, user involvement and education: A systematic review of the literature and report of an educational initiative.

ICT: A social justice approach to exploring user issues? (2003)
Journal Article
Moule, P. (2003). ICT: A social justice approach to exploring user issues?. Nurse Education Today, 23(7), 530-536. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0260-6917%2803%2900085-6

Amidst the current imperatives to embrace technology as a teaching and learning medium within higher education, this paper considers the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) within an undergraduate nursing programme from a s... Read More about ICT: A social justice approach to exploring user issues?.

Patient group directions for antibiotic supply in Walk-in Centres: how legal are they? (2003)
Journal Article
Deave, T., Weiss, M., & Salisbury, C. (2003). Patient group directions for antibiotic supply in Walk-in Centres: how legal are they?. British Journal of Community Nursing, 8(5), 209-213. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2003.8.5.11199

Until recently antibiotics were only available on prescription. Nurses in NHS Walk-in Centres (WiCs) now supply and administer antibiotics in accordance with patient group directions (PGDs). The aim of this study was to investigate the process of ant... Read More about Patient group directions for antibiotic supply in Walk-in Centres: how legal are they?.