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Centralisation of specialist cancer surgery services in two areas of England: the RESPECT-21 mixed-methods evaluation Open

Naomi Fulop, Angus I. G. Ramsay, Cecilia Vindrola‐Padros, Caroline S. Clarke, Rachael Hunter , et al. · 2023

Background Centralising specialist cancer surgical services is an example of major system change. High-volume centres are recommended to improve specialist cancer surgery care and outcomes. Objective Our aim was to use a mixed-methods appr…

Does the process of developing products for knowledge mobilisation from healthcare research influence their uptake? A comparative case study Open

Charlotte A Sharp, Ruth Boaden, William G Dixon, Caroline Sanders · 2022

Contributors are representative, as long as they agree: How confirmation logic overrides effort to achieve synthesis in applied health research Open

Sarah Knowles, Pat Walkington, Jackie Flynn, Sarah Darley, Ruth Boaden , et al. · 2022

Introduction The paradox of representation in public involvement in research is well recognized, whereby public contributors are seen as either too naïve to meaningfully contribute or too knowledgeable to represent ‘the average patient’. G…

Scale-up of ABC care bundle for intracerebral haemorrhage across two hyperacute stroke units in one region in England: a mixed methods evaluation of a quality improvement project Open

Lisa Brunton, Camilla Sammut‐Powell, Emily Birleson, Ruth Boaden, Sarah Knowles , et al. · 2022

Background Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) accounts for 10%–15% of strokes in the UK, but is responsible for half of all annual global stroke deaths. The ABC bundle for ICH was developed and implemented at Salford Royal Hospital, and was a…

"Attending to History" in Major System Change in Healthcare in England: Specialist Cancer Surgery Service Reconfiguration Open

Catherine Perry, Ruth Boaden, Georgia Black, Caroline S. Clarke, Sarah Darley , et al. · 2022

Background: The reconfiguration of specialist hospital services, with service provision concentrated in a reduced number of sites, is one example of major system change (MSC) for which there is evidence of improved patient outcomes. This p…

Co-designing new tools for collecting, analysing and presenting patient experience data in NHS services: working in partnership with patients and carers Open

Nicola Small, Bie Nio Ong, Annmarie Lewis, Dawn Allen, Nigel Bagshaw , et al. · 2021

Recovering from COVID-19: The key issues Open

Ruth Boaden, David A. Powell, Duncan Shaw, Jennifer Bealt, Nathaniel O’Grady , et al. · 2020

Digital methods to enhance the usefulness of patient experience data in services for long-term conditions: the DEPEND mixed-methods study Open

Caroline Sanders, Papreen Nahar, Nicola Small, Damian Hodgson, Bie Nio Ong , et al. · 2020

Background Collecting NHS patient experience data is critical to ensure the delivery of high-quality services. Data are obtained from multiple sources, including service-specific surveys and widely used generic surveys. There are concerns …

Push, pull or co-produce? Open

Ruth Boaden · 2020

A dynamic capabilities view of improvement capability Open

Joy Furnival, Ruth Boaden, Kieran Walshe · 2019

Purpose Organisations within healthcare increasingly operate in rapidly changing environments and present wide variation in performance. It can be argued that this variation is influenced by the capability of an organisation to improve: it…

Pre-hospital stroke recognition in a UK centralised stroke system: a qualitative evaluation of current practice Open

Lisa Brunton, Ruth Boaden, Sarah Knowles, Christopher Ashton, Adrian Parry‐Jones · 2019

Background: A significant number of patients conveyed via ambulance to hyper acute stroke units (HASU) with suspected stroke have other diagnoses. This may delay treatment for non-stroke patients and cause burden to stroke teams. The Great…

Evaluation of reconfigurations of acute stroke services in different regions of England and lessons for implementation: a mixed-methods study Open

Naomi Fulop, Angus I. G. Ramsay, Rachael Hunter, Christopher McKevitt, Catherine Perry , et al. · 2019

Background Centralising acute stroke services is an example of major system change (MSC). ‘Hub and spoke’ systems, consisting of a reduced number of services providing acute stroke care over the first 72 hours following a stroke (hubs), wi…

Impact and sustainability of centralising acute stroke services in English metropolitan areas: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics and stroke national audit data Open

Stephen Morris, Angus Ramsay, Ruth Boaden, Rachael Hunter, Christopher McKevitt , et al. · 2019

Objectives To investigate whether further centralisation of acute stroke services in Greater Manchester in 2015 was associated with changes in outcomes and whether the effects of centralisation of acute stroke services in London in 2010 we…

The signal in the noise: Robust detection of performance “outliers” in health services Open

Nathan Proudlove, Mhorag Goff, Kieran Walshe, Ruth Boaden · 2018

To make the increasing amounts of data about the performance of public sector organisations digestible by decision makers, composite indicators are commonly constructed, from which a natural step is rankings and league tables. However, how…

Learning from the emergence of NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs): a systematic review of evaluations Open

Roman Kislov, Paul Wilson, Sarah Knowles, Ruth Boaden · 2018

Improving care for older people with long-term conditions and social care needs in Salford: the CLASSIC mixed-methods study, including RCT Open

Peter Bower, David Reeves, Matt Sutton, Karina Lovell, Amy Blakemore , et al. · 2018

Background The Salford Integrated Care Programme (SICP) was a large-scale transformation project to improve care for older people with long-term conditions and social care needs. We report an evaluation of the ability of the SICP to delive…

5 The art of compromise: co-production of evidence in applied health research Open

Roman Kislov, Paul Wilson, Sarah Knowles, Ruth Boaden · 2018

Objectives Co-production approaches, variously referred to as integrated knowledge translation, participatory research and co-design, provide an alternative to the traditional 'push' and 'pull' modes of translating research evidence into b…

Assessing improvement capability in healthcare organisations: a qualitative study of healthcare regulatory agencies in the UK Open

Joy Furnival, Ruth Boaden, Kieran Walshe · 2018

The UK regulatory agencies seek to assess improvement capability to predict performance trajectories, but out of eight dimensions of improvement capability, two dominate assessment. Furthermore, the definition and meaning of assessment ins…

Improvement capability and performance: a qualitative study of maternity services providers in the UK Open

Sarah Darley, Kieran Walshe, Ruth Boaden, Nathan Proudlove, Mhorag Goff · 2018

The improvement capability framework is a useful tool for healthcare organisations to assess, manage and develop their own improvement capabilities. We identified an interaction between performance and improvement capability; higher perfor…

Patient experience of centralized acute stroke care pathways Open

Catherine Perry, Iliatha Papachristou, Angus I. G. Ramsay, Ruth Boaden, Christopher McKevitt , et al. · 2018

Background In 2010, Greater Manchester ( GM ) and London centralized acute stroke care services into a reduced number of hyperacute stroke units, with local stroke units providing on‐going care nearer patients’ homes. Objective To explore …

The potential role of cost-utility analysis in the decision to implement major system change in acute stroke services in metropolitan areas in England Open

Rachael Hunter, Naomi Fulop, Ruth Boaden, Christopher McKevitt, Catherine Perry , et al. · 2018

Patient, carer and public involvement in major system change in acute stroke services: The construction of value Open

Christopher McKevitt, Angus Ramsay, Catherine Perry, Simon Turner, Ruth Boaden , et al. · 2018

Background Patient and public involvement is required where changes to care provided by the UK National Health Service are proposed. Yet involvement is characterized by ambiguity about its rationales, methods and impact. Aims To understand…

Emerging Hybridity: A Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Arrangements in the Four Countries of the UK Open

Joy Furnival, Ruth Boaden, Kieran Walshe · 2017

Healthcare regulation is one means of addressing quality challenges, and is carried out using compliance and deterrence approaches. This study in this chapter aims to understand emerging regulatory models through comparison in the United K…

ISQUA17-1226REGULATORY CONCEPTUALISATION AND ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT CAPABILITY IN THE UK Open

Joy Furnival, Kieran Walshe, Ruth Boaden · 2017

Conceptualizing and assessing improvement capability: a review Open

Joy Furnival, Ruth Boaden, Kieran Walshe · 2017

The assessment and development of improvement capability needs clearer and more consistent conceptual and terminological definition, used consistently across disciplines and sectors. There is scope to learn from existing instruments and fr…

Emerging hybridity: comparing UK healthcare regulatory arrangements Open

Joy Furnival, Kieran Walshe, Ruth Boaden · 2017

Purpose Healthcare regulation is one means to address quality challenges in healthcare systems and is carried out using compliance, deterrence and/or improvement approaches. The four countries of the UK provide an opportunity to explore an…

Reorganising specialist cancer surgery for the twenty-first century: a mixed methods evaluation (RESPECT-21) Open

Naomi Fulop, Angus I. G. Ramsay, Cecilia Vindrola‐Padros, Michael Aitchison, Ruth Boaden , et al. · 2016

This multi-site study will address gaps in the evidence on stakeholder preferences for centralisations of specialist cancer surgery and the processes, impact and cost-effectiveness of changes of this kind. With increasing drives to central…

The âdark sideâ of knowledge brokering Open

Roman Kislov, Paul Wilson, Ruth Boaden · 2016

Deploying knowledge brokers to bridge the âgapâ between researchers and practitioners continues to be seen as an unquestionable enabler of evidence-based practice and is often endorsed uncritically. We explore the âdark sideâ of kn…

Challenges, solutions and future directions in the evaluation of service innovations in health care and public health Open

Rosalind Raine, Ray Fitzpatrick, Helen Barratt, Gywn Bevan, Nick Black , et al. · 2016

Headline Evaluating service innovations in health care and public health requires flexibility, collaboration and pragmatism; this collection identifies robust, innovative and mixed methods to inform such evaluations.

An open letter to<i>The BMJ</i>editors on qualitative research Open

Trisha Greenhalgh, Ellen Annandale, Richard Ashcroft, James Barlow, Nick Black , et al. · 2016

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