Paola Dey

TL;DR: Outcomes were independent of patient age, sex or stroke severity, but appeared to be better in stroke units based in a discrete ward, and there was no indication that organised stroke unit care resulted in a longer hospital stay.

TL;DR: Assessment of randomised trials that recruited patients with stroke in hospital to receive either conventional care or any ESD service intervention that provided rehabilitation and support in a community setting found that appropriately resourced ESD services provided for a selected group of stroke patients can reduce long-term dependency and admission to institutional care as well as shortening hospital stays.

TL;DR: One stop clinics may not be justified in terms of a reduction in short term anxiety according to the cost to the NHS and the impact on anxiety at 3 weeks and 3 months after diagnosis.

TL;DR: The management of patients presenting with low back pain to primary care was mostly unchanged by an outreach educational strategy to promote greater adherence to RCGP guidelines among GPs, but an increase in referral to physiotherapy or educational programmes followed the provision of a triage service.

TL;DR: In a randomized controlled trial, an intensive promotional campaign failed to increase the uptake of vaccination against influenza among health care workers.