Quality Prescribing Strategy for Respiratory: A Guide for Improvement 2024-2027
(2024)
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Anderson, D., Fardon, T., Mair, A., Korsah, P., Smith, G., Strath, A., McMahon, A., & Leitch, J. (2024). Quality Prescribing Strategy for Respiratory: A Guide for Improvement 2024-2027
Outputs (213)
Medication without harm: policy brief (2024)
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Galappatthy, P., Mair, A., & Dhingra-Kumar, N. (2024). Medication without harm: policy brief. Geneva: World Health Organization
Scottish Drug Checking Project summary (2024)
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Carver, H., Falzon, D., Aston, E., Craik, V., Masterson, W., & Parkes, T. (2024). Scottish Drug Checking Project summary. Corra Foundation
Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland (2024)
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Wojcik, G., Anderson, L., Johnston, L., Moffat, S., & Morrison, D. (2024). Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland. Environmental Standards ScotlandCommissioned literature review on the key causes, impacts and controls for anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in the environment that are relevant to Scotland. The review summarises what is currently known about the impact of AMR on the environment and... Read More about Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland.
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - quality prescribing strategy: improvement guide 2024 to 2027 (2024)
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Mair, A., Kennon, B., Chalmers, J., Smith, G., Strath, A., McMahon, A., & Leitch, J. (2024). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - quality prescribing strategy: improvement guide 2024 to 2027. Scottish GovernmentThis quality prescribing guide is intended to support clinicians across the multidisciplinary team and people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in shared decision-making and the effective use of medicines, and offers practical advice and options f... Read More about Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - quality prescribing strategy: improvement guide 2024 to 2027.
Global burden of preventable medication-related harm in health care: a systematic review (2023)
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Panagioti, M., Hodkinson, A., Planner, C., Dhingra, N., & Gupta, N. (2023). Global burden of preventable medication-related harm in health care: a systematic review. Geneva: World Health Organization
Individuals who lived alone or with an unpaid carer approaching the end of life at 2001 and 2011 census in Scotland (2023)
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Savinc, J., & Atherton, I. (2023). Individuals who lived alone or with an unpaid carer approaching the end of life at 2001 and 2011 census in Scotland. Scottish GovernmentThe census provides invaluable information on Scotland’s population and linking it to other data enables analysis of specific groups to inform policy. The following briefing provides key findings relating to the availability of carers at home for tho... Read More about Individuals who lived alone or with an unpaid carer approaching the end of life at 2001 and 2011 census in Scotland.
Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022 (2023)
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McKay, C., Stavert, J., McKay, E., King, M., & Zarins, A. Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022. Scottish COVID-19 Public InquiryReport commissioned by Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry to update previous research into strategic response of Scottish Government to COVID pandemic in relation to health and social care, particularly care and nursing homes, the provision of health a... Read More about Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022.
Medication safety for look-alike, sound-alike medicines (2023)
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Galappatthy, P., Mair, A., Dhingra-Kumar, N., Häkkinen-Wu, M., Taha, A., & Takanashi, F. (2023). Medication safety for look-alike, sound-alike medicines. Geneva: World Health Organization
Were people who died at home less likely to attend hospital at the end of life during the Covid pandemic? (2023)
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Savinc, J. (2023). Were people who died at home less likely to attend hospital at the end of life during the Covid pandemic?. Scottish Centre for Administrative Data ResearchThis work explores whether those approaching the end of life were less likely to go to hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic.