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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ann-Marie Streeton, Fleur Kitsell, Munichan Kung, Myint Oo, Vicki Rowse, Viki Wadd, Harriet Shere
Summary: The Improving Global Health programme focuses on developing leadership capacity within the NHS through quality improvement projects in low-income and middle-income countries, attracting women and minority ethnic groups into leadership roles. The programme ensures mutual learning and development through long-standing healthcare partnerships.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Elisabeth Mahase
Summary: A scheme initially designed to assist retired doctors in the COVID-19 pandemic has been repurposed to address the staffing crisis faced by refugees and the NHS.
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Geography
Johanna Thomas-Maude
Summary: This paper examines the complexities of international medical migration using the case of New Zealand, drawing on mobility justice and the capabilities approach. While more than 40% of the medical workforce in New Zealand is trained overseas, overseas-trained doctors face greater barriers to registration, resulting in underutilization of their knowledge, experience, and capabilities.
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kanchan Marcus, Farah Purwaningrum, Stephanie Short
Summary: This study highlights the experiences of overseas-trained doctors working in rural and remote areas of Australia, showing both the benefits and challenges they face such as cultural competence and lack of career development opportunities. It points to the importance of improving communication and coordination between doctors, policymakers, and employers for more effective health workforce governance.
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF RURAL HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Camila Covian, Mariana Rios, Roslye Berrios-Rojas, Susan M. Bueno, Alexis M. Kalergis
Summary: Vaccines play a crucial role in protecting humans from various pathogens and can induce trained immunity, providing non-specific memory against a wide range of pathogens. Recombinant BCG vaccines have shown potential in combating respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus by simultaneously inducing specific adaptive immunity and non-specific trained immunity, offering broader protection against pathogenic viruses.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Claire Duddy, Geoff Wong, E. W. Gadsby, Janet Krska, Vivienne Hibberd
Summary: The NHS Health Check program aims to identify individuals at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases among the adult population in England. This study aims to understand how the program works in different settings and for different groups in order to recommend improvements for maximizing outcomes. The research will involve a realist review and a survey of LA public health teams, with the goal of developing recommendations to improve the delivery of the NHS Health Check in various settings and for different groups.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
L. Tanner, R. P. W. Kenny, M. Still, J. Ling, F. Pearson, K. Thompson, R. Bhardwaj-Gosling
Summary: This study provides an updated review of the NHS Health Check programme, showing that it is associated with increased detection of cardiovascular disease risk factors and diagnoses. Women, individuals aged >= 60 years, and those from more socioeconomically advantaged backgrounds are more likely to participate in the programme.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Marie Williams, Louise Thomson, Elizabeth Butcher, Richard Morriss, Kamlesh Khunti, Chris Packham
Summary: The uptake of NHS Health Checks in prison settings is limited due to poor accessibility to healthcare departments, stigma, and fear. Participants generally lack awareness and have common misconceptions regarding the health check program. Ways to increase uptake include group-based approaches and improved healthcare accessibility.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mustafa Jalal, Schaida Schirwani, Karna Dev Bardhan
Summary: Overseas doctors are less likely to be aware of the need for medico-legal cover and less likely to join an MDO compared to UK graduates. Efforts should be made to reduce this gap and increase awareness among newly arrived overseas doctors.
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Eleanor Cornford, Shan Cheung, Mike Press, Olive Kearins, Sian Taylor-Phillips
Summary: The study found that the performance of breast screening professionals is related to the number of mammograms examined per year. With increasing volume, the recall rate decreases and the positive predictive value increases, while the cancer detection rate remains stable. There is also some impact on performance based on the different occupational groups of readers.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Joanna Dobbin, Adrienne Milner, Alexander Dobbin, Jessica Potter
Summary: This research highlights the disproportionate impact of NHS charging policies on migrant women, particularly undocumented women, in England. Women are invoiced higher amounts, and almost half of the patients are of reproductive age. Urgent treatment costs the most, but only a few trusts provided data on urgency.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Abigail Campbell, Helena Waggett, Morag Armer, Jo Jacomelli, Jonothan J. Earnshaw
Summary: This study describes the development of a quality assurance process for the National Health Service Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme and found that sound infrastructure is crucial for the success of local providers. Recommendations for improvement efforts were identified based on the analysis of the first round of quality assurance visit reports.
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Cell Biology
Anaisa V. Ferreira, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, Vasiliki Matzaraki, Sarantos Kostidis, Juan Carlos Alarcon-Barrera, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Simone J. C. F. M. Moorlag, Vera P. Mourits, Boris Novakovic, Martin A. Giera, Mihai G. Netea, Jorge Dominguez-Andres
Summary: The innate immune system displays heterologous memory characteristics, with stronger responses to a secondary challenge, known as trained immunity. Glutathione metabolism plays a role in the induction of trained immunity and may have implications for human diseases.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Madeleine C. Ward, Karen Crinall, Rebecca McDonald, William Crinall, James Aridas, Cheryl Leung, Danielle Quittner, Ryan J. Hodges, Daniel L. Rolnik
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of a professional development programme on the well-being of obstetrics and gynaecology doctors working during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed a significant improvement in well-being scores and a shift in workplace culture as a result of the programme.
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Microbiology
Priya Debisarun, Katharina Goessling, Ozlem Bulut, Gizem Kilic, Martijn Zoodsma, Zhaoli Liu, Marina Oldenburg, Nadine Ruechel, Bowen Zhang, Cheng-Jian Xu, Patrick Struycken, Valerie A. C. M. N. Koeken, Jorge Dominguez-Andres, Simone J. C. F. M. Moorlag, Esther Taks, Philipp Ostermann, Lisa Mueller, Heiner Schaal, Ortwin Adams, Arndt G. Borkhardt, Jaap L. ten Oever, Reinout van Crevel, Yang L. Li, Mihai Netea
Summary: Influenza vaccination has been shown to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection by decreasing systemic inflammation and reprogramming immune cells to fight against SARS-CoV-2. This suggests potential benefits of influenza vaccination against COVID-19, calling for future randomized trials to test this possibility.
