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Alun Surgey
Researcher at Bangor University
Publications - 8
Citations - 31
Alun Surgey is an academic researcher from Bangor University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Referral & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 4 publications receiving 16 citations.
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General medical services by non-medical health professionals: a systematic quantitative review of economic evaluations in primary care.
TL;DR: There was some limited evidence that nurse-led care for common minor health problems was cost-effective compared with GP care, and that pharmacy-led services for the medicines management of coronary heart disease and chronic pain were not.
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ThinkCancer! The multi-method development of a complex behaviour change intervention to improve the early diagnosis of cancer in primary care
Alun Surgey,Stefanie Disbeschl,Ruth Lewis,Julia Hiscock,Sadia Nafees,Rebecca-Jane Law,Jessica L Roberts,Annie Hendry,Zoe Hoare,Nia Goulden,Marian Andrei Stanciu,Andrew Carson-Stevens,Stephanie Smits,Katherine Emma Brain,Rhiannon Tudor Edwards,Nefyn Williams,Richard D Neal,Clare Wilkinson +17 more
TL;DR: The multi-method process to design a complex intervention to improve the timely diagnosis of symptomatic cancer, guided by the Behaviour Change Wheel framework using a multi-step process is reported.
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Variation in suspected cancer referral pathways across the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership: a comparative analysis
Charlotte Lynch,Samantha Harrison,Jon Emery,Catherine Clelland,L.Kim Dorman,Claire Collins,May-Lill Johansen,Ross Lawrenson,Alun Surgey,David Weller,Dorte Ejg Jarbøl,Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam,Brian Nicholson +12 more
TL;DR: Several key areas of variation were identified: inflexibility of referral pathways, lack of a managed route for non-specific symptoms, primary care practitioner decision-making autonomy, direct access to investigations and use of emergency routes.
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Protocol for a Feasibility study incorporating a Randomised Pilot Trial with an Embedded Process Evaluation and Feasibility Economic Analysis of ThinkCancer!: A primary care intervention to expedite cancer diagnosis in Wales
Stefanie Disbeschl,Alun Surgey,Jessica L Roberts,Annie Hendry,Ruth Lewis,Nia Goulden,Zoe Hoare,Nefyn Williams,Bethany Fern Anthony,Rhiannon Tudor Edwards,Rebecca-Jane Law,Julia Hiscock,Andrew Carson-Stevens,Richard D Neal,Clare Wilkinson +14 more
TL;DR: This study will allow us to test and further develop a novel evidenced-based complex intervention aimed at general practice teams to expedite the diagnosis of cancer in primary care and inform the future design of a full-scale definitive phase III trial.
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Variation in suspected cancer referral pathways in primary care: comparative analysis across the International Benchmarking Cancer Partnership
Charlotte Lynch,Samantha Harrison,J. Emery,Catherine Clelland,L.Kim Dorman,Claire Collins,May-Lill Johansen,Ross Lawrenson,Alun Surgey,David Weller,Dorte Ejg Jarbøl,Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam,Brian Nicholson +12 more
TL;DR: Analysing the differences in referral processes can prompt further research to better understand the impact of variation on the timeliness of diagnoses and cancer outcomes.