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Attitudes towards second hand smoke amongst a highly exposed workforce: Survey of London casino workers (2006)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., Gilmore, A. B., Pilkington, P., & Gray, S. (2006). Attitudes towards second hand smoke amongst a highly exposed workforce: Survey of London casino workers. Journal of Public Health, 28(2), 104-110. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdi086

Study objective: To examine knowledge, attitudes and experiences of London casino workers regarding exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) in the workplace. Design: Postal survey of 1568 London casino workers in 25 casinos who were members of the TGWU o... Read More about Attitudes towards second hand smoke amongst a highly exposed workforce: Survey of London casino workers.

A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003 (2005)
Journal Article
Gray, S., Perlman, F., & Griffiths, S. (2005). A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003. Public Health, 119(10), 900-906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2005.03.010

This first survey of the specialist public health workforce conducted by the UK Faculty of Public Health (UKFPH) highlights lack of capacity and variability, raising the profile of workforce issues. It provided a baseline for the 2005 survey (to be r... Read More about A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003.

A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003 (2005)
Journal Article
Gray, S., Perlman, F., & Griffiths, S. (2005). A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003. Public Health, 119(10), 900-906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2005.03.010

Objective: To identify the number and distribution of public health specialists in the UK. Study design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: Postal survey of UK members and fellows of the Faculty of Public Health and primary care trust directors of publ... Read More about A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003.

Equal opportunity for all? Trends in flexible training 1995-2001 (2004)
Journal Article
Gray, S., Alexander, K., & Eaton, J. (2004). Equal opportunity for all? Trends in flexible training 1995-2001. Medical Teacher, 26(3), 256-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159042000191993

This paper describes current patterns and trends in flexible training in the UK. It is a descriptive study based on (1) survey data on the number of flexible trainees from the annual survey of UK deaneries from 1995 to 2001; (2) Department of Health... Read More about Equal opportunity for all? Trends in flexible training 1995-2001.

Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001 (2004)
Journal Article
Weir, I., Myles, J., Wilkinson, S., Orme, J., Gray, S., & Soteriou, T. (2004). Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001. Journal of Public Health, 26(1), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdh106

The incidence of new persons and repeat attenders presenting for treatment for problem drug misuse in the South West of England more than doubled from 1996-1997 to 2000-2001. During this time there was an increase in the number and severity of chroni... Read More about Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001.

Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom (2001)
Journal Article
Gray, S. F., Lewith, G. T., Hyland, M., & Gray, S. (2001). Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 9(3), 167-172. https://doi.org/10.1054/ctim.2001.0475

Objectives: To evaluate the use of attitudes to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among UK physicians. Design: Postal questionnaire. Subjects: All Members and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians. Results: Twelve thousand, one hundre... Read More about Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom.

The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years (2000)
Journal Article
Easty, D. L., Sparrow, J. M., Baker, I. A., Spencer, I. C., Easty, D. L., Sparrow, J. M., …Easty, D. (2000). The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 84(5), 456-463. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.84.5.456

Aim - To examine the outcome of care for patients with glaucoma followed up by the hospital eye service compared with those followed up by community optometrists. Methods - A randomised study with patients allocated to follow up by the hospital eye s... Read More about The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years.

Mapping teaching and research activity in general practice (2000)
Journal Article
Gray, D. P., Johnson, H., Toth, B., Mant, D., Percy, D., Pereira Gray, D., & Gray, S. (2000). Mapping teaching and research activity in general practice. Medical Teacher, 22(1), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/01421590078841

This paper maps the extent of involvement of 1031 general practices in the South and West health region of England in undergraduate medical student teaching, medical vocational training, continuing medical education, and research. More than half (56%... Read More about Mapping teaching and research activity in general practice.