Entries by George Charlesworth

Dental general anaesthetic pre-assessments completed by a specialist – does it change patient outcomes? A UK-based study.

18 May 2020 in , /by

Employees from City Health Care Partnership have published an article in the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. The paper explores the outcome of dental assessments compled by a Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry after a referral for an exodontia (extraction) dental general anaesthetics by the patients’ General Dental Practitioner. Six hundred and fourty-two sets of notes […]

Barriers to Help-Seeking in Suicidal Men: A Systematic Literature Review

31 January 2020 in , /by

Employees at NAViGO CIC, in collaboration with the University of Hull and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, have undertaken a systematic literature review exploring barriers to help-seeking in suicidal men. 522 papers were identified from a search of Web of Science and PsycINFO, and 7 full-text, qualitative papers were included in the review. Four reoccurring […]

Effective Management of Long-term Conditions in Remand Prisons: exploring treatment decisions in the first month of imprisonment

1 October 2019 in , /by

Clinical Research Director for the Transform Research Alliance, Dr Nat Wright, and other members of staff at Spectrum Community Health CIC have published a report pertaining to the management of long-term conditions in remand prisons. This research project entailed extracting data from the records of 1,126 prisoners across four prisons, of which 78% were male, […]

Detecting Risk of Radicalisation: cross-sectional survey of GP confidence and competence

29 July 2019 in , /by

Key lines The research published today strengthens our understanding of GP’s confidence in and knowledge of Prevent. It highlights positive messages such as: most GPs recognise Prevent as part of their safeguarding duties and those who had completed Prevent training were more confident with the referral process. The results will contribute to the design of […]

Deep Vein Thromboses in Injecting Drug Users: Meanings, Bodily Experiences, and Stigma

19 July 2019 in , /by

Clinical Research Director for the Transform Research Alliance, Dr Nat Wright, has co-authored a new paper, published in Qualitative Health Research. The article, published in May 2019, explores meanings and experiences of Deep Vein Thromboses in injecting drug users. Following 19 interviews, themes were report pertaining to meaning, bodily experience and stigma. The most pertinent […]

Dental general anaesthetic pre-assessments completed by a specialist – does it change patient outcomes? A UK-based study.

19 July 2019 in , /by

Employees from City Health Care Partnership have published an article in the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. The paper explores the outcome of dental assessments compled by a Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry after a referral for an exodontia (extraction) dental general anaesthetics by the patients’ General Dental Practitioner. Six hundred and fourty-two sets of notes […]

Assessing the Predictability of Self-harm in a high-risk Adult Prisoner Population

24 January 2019 in , /by

Transform Research Alliance Clinical Research Director – Dr Nat Wright – has co-authored a paper pertaining to self-harm and predictability in prisoners. This research explored the pre-existing measurement tools for assessing future self-harm behaviours in prisoners undergoing ACCT (Assessment, Care in Custody, Teamwork) monitoring. Five instruments were administered across prisoners and a 6-month follow-up determined […]

Supporting Research Readiness in Social Enterprise Health Services

12 November 2018 in , /by

This paper, authored by 6 members of the Transform Research Alliance ; Nat Wright (Clinical Research Director), Linda Harris (TRA Chair), Andrew Burnell (Trustee from City Health Care Partnership), Sue Pender (City Health Care Partnership), Pip Hearty (Spectrum CIC) and George Charlesworth (TRA Co-ordinator), was published in BMC Health Services Research in 2017. This research […]