Projects

This project was funded by the Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre and is led by a GP respiratory lead, with support from the Improvement Science theme. Children...

Naso-gastric (NG) tubes (a tube passed down a person’s nostril into the oesophagus then stomach) provide feeds/medicines to patients if they cannot swallow/take fluids by mouth, or need intensive care/surgery....

This Yorkshire and Humber ARC study investigated whether emergency doctors’ ability to tolerate uncertainty (UT) affects patient outcomes and healthcare resource use. The researchers examined data from 39 emergency doctors...

Tobacco smoking kills over 8 million people a year. The prevalence in people with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) is 16-56 % higher than the general population. Consequently, tobacco related conditions...

This ongoing research within the Yorkshire and Humber ARC aims to increase the use of insulin pumps for people with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes, as per NICE guidance. Many...

This Yorkshire and Humber ARC PhD aims to facilitate the translation of complex interventions into routine care for older people, by tackling key issues in their design and implementation. The...

Attempts to improve patient safety typically focus on identifying and reducing the causes of error and harm, to limited success, often because patient safety theories have been poorly applied. ‘Resilient...

Overuse of unnecessary or harmful care is a worldwide problem and it is estimated that 30% of care provided has little or no benefit to the patient. Although progress has...

Tackling antibiotic resistance is a major global health challenge. Overusing antibiotics in healthcare leads to drug resistance, meaning these vital medicines stop working. Most antibiotics are prescribed in primary care...

Healthcare staff adapt to challenges faced when delivering healthcare using workarounds. Sometimes, safety standards, the very thing used to routinely mitigate risk in healthcare, are the obstacles which staff choose...

The benefits for health and social care organisations and for researchers of involving patients and staff in research are well established. The benefits for health and social care staff –...