unDerstandIng the cauSes of mediCation errOrs and adVerse drug evEnts for patients with mental illness in community caRe (DISCOVER): a qualitative study by Matthew J. Ayre, Penny J. Lewis, Penny J. Lewis, Penny J. Lewis, Denham L. Phipps, Denham L. Phipps, Richard N. Keers, Richard N. Keers, Richard N. Keers

“…Better understanding of the factors that contribute to errors can support the development of theory-driven improvement interventions.MethodsRemote qualitative semi-structured interviews with 26 community-based healthcare professionals in England and Wales were undertaken between June–November 2022. …”
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Evaluación de la demanda energética de edificios no residenciales en Escocia = Energy demand benchmarking of non-domestic buildings in Scotland by Julien Chetboula, Céline Garnier, Julio Bros-Williamson

“…Benchmarks can generally be found at UK scale, although often restricted to England and Wales. This paper aims to provide benchmarks for the Scottish non-domestic building stock as part of the City of Edinburgh Council estate. …”
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The incidence and impact of ‘Tandem Neurotrauma’ by Xiaoyu Yang, Benjamin M. Davies, Jonathan P. Coles, David K. Menon, Daniel J. Stubbs, Aref-Ali Gharooni, Wunna Aung, Michelle L. Starkey, Douglas Hay, Fahim Anwar, Ivan S. Timofeev, Adel Helmy, Virginia F.J. Newcombe, Mark R.N. Kotter, Peter J.A. Hutchinson

“…Materials and methods: Data from 167,793 patients in the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) registry collected in England and Wales between 2008 and 2018 were analysed. …”
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Ordenação de populações em amplas classes de nível de saúde, segundo um indicador abrangente definido por uma função discriminante linear Ranking of populations in broad classes of... by Neil Ferreira Novo, Yára Juliano, Elias Rodrigues de Paiva, Walter Leser

“…Critical analysis of results as shown that the formula: Z = 2895/IMR + 2060/BR + 1000/MRIPD, can be used as a comprehensve indicator allowing the ranking of countries in broad classes of health levels, as follows: A - 737 or more; Denmark and Sweden; B - 637 |- 737: Australia, Netherland, England and Wales, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway and Switzerland; C - 537 |- 637: Federal Republic of Germany, Canada, Scotland, Finland and Japan; D - 437 |- 537: Austria, Belgium, United States, France, Northern Ireland, Italy and New Zealand; E - 337 |- 437: Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel and Singapore; F - 237 |- 337: Barbados, Costa Rica, Yugoslavia, Poland, Portugal and Romania; G - 137 |- 237: Chile, Guyana, Mauritius, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay; H - < 137: Egygt, Guatemala and Mexico.…”
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Lessons learned and lessons missed: impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on all-cause mortality in 40 industrialised countries and US states prior to mass vac... by Young-Ho Khang, Colin D. Mathers, Majid Ezzati, James E. Bennett, Martin McKee, Vasilis Kontis, Theo Rashid, Robbie M. Parks, Perviz Asaria, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Michel Guillot, Bin Zhou

“…Mid-February to the end of May 2020 accounted for over half of excess deaths in Scotland, Spain, England and Wales, Canada, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands and Cyprus, whereas mid-September 2020 to mid-February 2021 accounted for >90% of excess deaths in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia, Montenegro, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. …”
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HEALTH: laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy versus second-generation endometrial ablation for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding: study protocol for a randomised control... by Kevin Cooper, Kirsty McCormack, Suzanne Breeman, Jessica Wood, Neil W. Scott, Justin Clark, Jed Hawe, Robert Hawthorn, Kevin Phillips, Angela Hyde, Alison McDonald, Mark Forrest, Samantha Wileman, Graham Scotland, John Norrie, Siladitya Bhattacharya, for the HEALTH Study Group

“…Abstract Background Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common problem affecting approximately 1.5 million women in England and Wales with a major impact on their physical, emotional, social and material quality of life. …”
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Scalable modEls of Community rehAbilitation for Individuals Recovering From COVID:19 reLated illnEss: A Longitudinal Service Evaluation Protocol—“SeaCole Cohort Evaluation” by Benjamin Kelly, Benjamin Kelly, Aidan Innes, Aidan Innes, Marc Holl, Laura Mould, Laura Mould, Susan Powell, Susan Powell, Danielle Burns, Patrick Doherty, Greg Whyte, James King, Davina Deniszczyc

“…Despite this, there is currently no evidence-based guideline available in England and Wales that addresses the identification, timing and nature of effective interventions to manage the morbidity associated following COVID-19. …”
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Exploring the health and sociodemographic characteristics of people seeking advice with claiming universal credit: a cross-sectional analysis of UK citizens advice data, 2017–2021... by Heather Brown, Huasheng Xiang, Mandy Cheetham, Steph Morris, Marcia Gibson, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Luke Aaron Munford, David Taylor-Robinson, Hannah Finney, Victoria Bartle, Andrew J Baxter, Sophie Wickham, Peter Craig, Clare Bambra

“…Methods Co-developed with Citizens Advice Newcastle and Citizens Advice Northumberland we performed longitudinal analysis of national data from Citizens Advice for England and Wales on the health (mental health and limiting long term conditions) and socio-demographic of 1,003,411 observations for people seeking advice with claiming UC over four financial years (2017/18 to 2020/21). …”
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A climate-conditioned catastrophe risk model for UK flooding by P. D. Bates, P. D. Bates, J. Savage, O. Wing, O. Wing, N. Quinn, C. Sampson, J. Neal, J. Neal, A. Smith

“…Validation against historical national return period flood maps yielded critical success index values of 0.65 and 0.76 for England and Wales, respectively, and maximum water levels for the Carlisle 2005 flood were replicated to a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.41 m without calibration. …”
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Hospital resource utilization in a national cohort of functionally single ventricle patients undergoing surgical treatmentCentral MessagePerspective by Dan-Mihai Dorobantu, MD, Qi Huang, PhD, Ferran Espuny Pujol, PhD, Katherine L. Brown, MD, MPH, Rodney C. Franklin, MD, FRCP, Maria Pufulete, PhD, Deborah A. Lawlor, PhD, MSc, MBChB, Sonya Crowe, PhD, Christina Pagel, PhD, Serban C. Stoica, MD, FRCS

“…Methods: All patients with functionally single ventricles treated between 2000 and 2017 in England and Wales were linked to hospital and outpatient records using data from the Linking AUdit and National datasets in Congenital HEart Services project. …”
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Impact on alcohol selection and online purchasing of changing the proportion of available non-alcoholic versus alcoholic drinks: A randomised controlled trial. by Natasha Clarke, Anna K M Blackwell, Jennifer Ferrar, Katie De-Loyde, Mark A Pilling, Marcus R Munafò, Theresa M Marteau, Gareth J Hollands

“…<h4>Methods and results</h4>Adults (n = 737) residing in England and Wales who regularly purchased alcohol online were recruited between March and July 2021. …”
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Trends in Arbitrability by Beata Kozubovska

“…Beata has been awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law from King's College, London University, a Practice Diploma in International Joint Ventures from College of Law of England and Wales, also was awarded the Certificate in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration by the International Academy for Arbitration Law in Paris.…”
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Effect of competing mortality risks on predictive performance of the QRISK3 cardiovascular risk prediction tool in older people and those with comorbidity: external validation popu... by Shona Livingstone, MSc, Daniel R Morales, PhD, Peter T Donnan, ProfPhD, Katherine Payne, ProfPhD, Alexander J Thompson, PhD, Ji-Hee Youn, PhD, Bruce Guthrie, ProfPhD

“…Summary: Background: Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is guided by risk-prediction tools, but these rarely account for the risk of dying from other conditions (ie, competing mortality risk). In England and Wales, the recommended risk-prediction tool is QRISK2, and a new version (QRISK3) has been derived and internally validated. …”
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Surgery versus cast immobilisation for adults with a bicortical fracture of the scaphoid waist (SWIFFT): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised superiority trial by Dias, J, Brealey, S, Fairhurst, C, Amirfeyz, R, Bhowal, B, Blewitt, N, Brewster, M, Brown, D, Choudhary, S, Coapes, C, Cook, L, Costa, ML, Nicholl, J, Davis, T, Dismascio, L, Giddins, G, Hedley, H, Hewitt, C, Hinde, S, Hobby, J, Hodgson, S, Jefferson, L, Jeyapalan, K, Johnston, P, Jones, J, Keding, A, Leighton, P, Logan, A, Mason, W, McAndrew, A, McNab, I, Muir, L, Northgraves, M, Palmer, J, Poulter, R, Rahimtoola, Z, Rangan, A, Richards, S, Richardson, G, Stuart, P, Taub, N, Tavakkolizadeh, A, Tew, G, Thompson, J, Torgerson, D, Warwick, D

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> This pragmatic, parallel-group, multicentre, open-label, two-arm, randomised superiority trial included adults (aged 16 years or older) who presented to orthopaedic departments of 31 hospitals in England and Wales with a clear bicortical fracture of the scaphoid waist on radiographs. …”

The investigation and management of metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty patients by Matharu, G

“…</p> <p>Two large retrospective observational studies were performed involving MoMHA revision procedures recorded in the National Joint Registry for England and Wales. Contrary to previous observations, patients revised for ARMD had half the risk of re-revision and death compared with matched patients undergoing non-ARMD revision surgery (such as for fracture, loosening, and infection). …”

Platelet-rich plasma injection for adults with acute Achilles tendon rupture: the PATH-2 RCT by Alsousou, J, Keene, D, Harrison, P, Hulley, P, Wagland, S, Thompson, J, Byrne, C, Schlüssel, M, O'Connor, H, Dutton, S, Lamb, S, Willett, K

“…<br/><br/> <strong>Setting</strong> This trial was set in trauma and orthopaedic surgery departments in 19 NHS hospitals in England and Wales. <br/><br/> <strong>Participants</strong> Adults with acute ATR presenting within 12 days of injury to be treated non-surgically were eligible. …”

Multi-tier archetypes to characterise British landscapes, farmland and farming practices by Cecily E D Goodwin, Luca Bütikofer, Jack H Hatfield, Paul M Evans, James M Bullock, Jonathan Storkey, Andrew Mead, Goetz M Richter, Peter A Henrys, Richard F Pywell, John W Redhead

“…Tier 3 archetypes are built at national levels for England and Wales and focus on socioeconomic and agro-ecological characteristics within farmland-dominated landscapes, characterising differences in farm management. …”
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Colistimethate sodium powder and tobramycin powder for inhalation for the treatment of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in cystic fibrosis: systematic review and econo... by P Tappenden, S Harnan, L Uttley, M Mildred, C Carroll, A Cantrell

“…In 2010, CF was recorded as the cause of 103 deaths in England and Wales. Objective: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of colistimethate sodium dry powder for inhalation (DPI) (Colobreathe®, Forest Laboratories) and tobramycin DPI (TOBI Podhaler®, Novartis Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in CF. …”
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Coercion in mental health: a trial of the effectiveness of community treatment orders and an investigation of informal coercion in community mental health care by Tom Burns, Jorun Rugkåsa, Ksenija Yeeles, Jocelyn Catty

“…Community compulsion was introduced in England and Wales as community treatment orders (CTOs) in 2008, despite equivocal evidence of effectiveness. …”
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Beta-blockers or Placebo for Primary Prophylaxis (BOPPP) of oesophageal varices: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Vishal C. Patel, Mark J. McPhail, Ruhama Uddin, Hassan Jafari, Vanessa Lawrence, Clair Le Boutillier, James Shearer, Nahel Yaziji, Angela Cape, Haroon Ahmed, Christopher Ward, Peter Walsh, Kevin Besly, Ane Zamalloa, Joanna Kelly, BOPPP study group, Ben Carter

“…Methods/design The BOPPP trial is a pragmatic, multicentre, placebo-controlled, triple-blinded, randomised controlled trial (RCT) in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Patients aged 18 years or older with cirrhosis and small oesophageal varices that have never bled will be recruited, subject to exclusion criteria. …”
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