The NHS Health Check is a preventive programme in the UK designed to screen for cardiovascular risk and to aid in primary disease prevention. Despite its widespread implementation, the effectiveness of the NHS Health Check for longer-term disease prevention is unclear. In this study, we measured ...
Influences on NHS Health Check behaviours: a systematic review Background National Health Checks were introduced in the English National Health Service (NHS) in 2009 to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks and events. Following Public Health England's (PHE's) 2017 Digital review, NHS Health ...
Article posted by Coliseum, August 2nd, 2021 The Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur (UK) will be trialing the use of the National Health Service (NHS) COVID Pass to verify the vaccination or COVID status of supporters attending its men’s and women’s matches against its peer team Ars...
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on the working lives of healthcare workers (HCWs), but the extent to which their well-being and mental health have been affected remains unclear. This longitudinal cohort study aims to recruit a cohort of NHS healthcare workers, ...
Sensely is currently developing COVID-specific virtual tools and plans to begin supporting NHS coronavirus vaccination efforts with customised virtual assistant technologies in early 2021. Sensely CEO Adam Odessky said: “During the pandemic, more people than ever are getting flu shots — but that pl...
Public Health England confirmed in 2015 that their concerns were valid: External review into North Lancashire and South Cumbria Breast Screening Programme Litigation continued about the gagging. A recent case is that of Mr Shyam Kumar, who was doubly harmed both as a trust and a Care Quality Com...
By drawing on 92 studies, we completed the first realist review to focus specifically on the usage of data in primary care commissioning. The resulting 30 CMOs and programme theory offer a novel perspective on the contexts that can facilitate and hinder the usage of data: although commissioners ...
The mental health of healthcare professionals is reaching a breaking point, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated current mental health issues to unprecedented levels. Whilst some research has been carried out on the barriers that doctors face when s
Comparing screening based on the NHS Health Check and Polypill Prevention Programmes in the primary prevention of heart attacks and strokes Objective: To compare the NHS Health Check Programme with the Polypill Prevention Programme in the primary prevention of heart attacks and strokes. Design:... NJ...
Cardiovascular healthCluster analysisIn male prisoners > 35years, a score of > 10 on the PHQ-9 over diagnoses depressive episodes but a score of >10 on the GAD-7 may detect cases of GAD more efficiently. Further research utilising standardised psychiatric interviews is required to determine ...