Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR)
Sheffield Evidence Synthesis Centre
Outputs
Publications
Interventions to minimise hospital winter pressures related to discharge planning and integrated care
Cantrell A, Chambers D, Booth A (2024) 'Interventions to minimise hospital winter pressures related to discharge planning and integrated care: a rapid mapping review of UK evidence', NIHR Journals Library (31)
Signposting services for people with health and care needs
Cantrell A, Chambers D, Booth A (2024) 'Signposting services for people with health and care needs: a rapid realist review', NIHR Journals Library (26)
Pharmacist-led primary care interventions to promote medicines optimisation and reduce overprescribing
Chambers D, Preston L, Clowes M, Cantrell A, Goyder E (2024) 'Pharmacist- led primary care interventions to promote medicines optimisation and reduce overprescribing: a systematic review of UK studies and initiatives', BMJ Open (14)
Child and adolescent mental health services
Cantrell A, Sworn K, Chambers D, Booth A, Taylor Buck E & Weich S, (2024) Factors within the clinical encounter that impact upon risk assessment within child and adolescent mental health services: a rapid realist synthesis. Health Soc Care Deliv Res 2024;12(1)
Winter pressures
Cantrell, A, Chambers, D, Booth, A, (2023) What Interventions have been used in the UK in response to Winter Pressures? Mapping review of Studies/Initiatives relating to Discharge Planning and/or Integrated Care, medRxiv.
Access to social care
Booth, A, Hock, E, Preston, L and Uttley, L (2021) Diversity and inequalities of access in social care – Social care access for BAME/LGBT populations. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library.
Distance to emergency care
Chambers, D, Cantrell, A, Baxter, S and Turner, J (2020) 'Effects of service changes affecting distance/time to access urgent and emergency care facilities on patient outcomes: A systematic review', BMC Medicine, 18, p. 117.
Reducing avoidable hospital admissions
Chambers, D, Cantrell, A and Booth, A (2020) Implementation of interventions to reduce preventable hospital admissions for cardiovascular or respiratory conditions: An evidence map and realist synthesis. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library.
Digital health
Chambers, D, Cantrell, A J, Johnson, M, Preston, L, Baxter, S K, Booth, A and Turner, J (2019) 'Digital and online symptom checkers and health assessment/triage services for urgent health problems: Systematic review', BMJ Open, 9(8).
Congenital heart disease
Turner, J, Preston, L, Booth, A, O'Keeffe, C, Campbell, F, Jesurasa, A, Cooper K and Goyder, E (2014) What evidence is there for a relationship between organisational features and patient outcomes in congenital heart disease services? A rapid review. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library.
Preston, L, Turner, J, Booth, A, O'Keeffe, C, Campbell, F, Jesurasa, A, Cooper K and Goyder E (2015) 'Is there a relationship between surgical case volume and mortality in congenital heart disease services? A rapid evidence review', BMJ Open, 5(12).
Group clinics
Booth, A, Cantrell, A, Preston, L, Chambers, D and Goyder, E (2015) What is the evidence for the effectiveness, appropriateness and feasibility of group clinics for patients with chronic conditions? A systematic review. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library.
Urgent care
Coster, J E, Turner, J K, Bradbury, D and Cantrell, A (2017) 'Why do people choose emergency and urgent care services? A rapid review utilising a systematic literature search and narrative synthesis', Academic Emergency Medicine, 24 (9).
Turner, J, Coster, J, Chambers, D, Cantrell, A, Phung, V H, Knowles, E, Bradbury, D and Goyder, E (2015) What evidence is there on the effectiveness of different models of delivering urgent care? A rapid review. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library.
Diagnostic services
Chambers, D, Booth, A, Baxter, S K, Johnson, M, Dickinson, K C and Goyder E C (2016) Evidence for models of diagnostic service provision in the community: Literature mapping exercise and focused rapid reviews. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library.
Contact tracing
Baxter, S, Goyder, E, Chambers, D, Johnson, M, Preston, L and Booth, A (2017) Interventions to improve contact tracing for tuberculosis in specific groups and in wider populations: An evidence synthesis. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library.
Care of older people
Turner, J, Coster, J, Chambers, D, Cantrell, A, Phung, V H, Knowles, E, Bradbury, D and Goyder, E (2015) What evidence is there on the effectiveness of different models of delivering urgent care? A rapid review. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library.
Lessons learnt
Chambers, D, Booth, A, Rodgers, M, Preston, L, Dalton, J, Goyder, E, Thomas, S, Parker, G, Street, A and Eastwood, A (2019) 'Evidence to support delivery of effective health services: a responsive programme of rapid evidence synthesis', Evidence & Policy.
Chambers, D, Booth, A, Rodgers, M, Preston, L, Baxter, S, Dalton, J, Thomas, S, Johnson, M, Goyder, E, Parker, G, Street, A and Eastwood, A (2017) NIHR HS&DR evidence synthesis centres: Achievements and learning from the first three-year programme, 2014–2017. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library.
Conferences
2024
HSR UK Conference, Oxford, July
Presentation
Implementation of pharmacist-led primary care interventions to promote medicines optimisation and reduce overprescribing: a systematic review of UK studies and initiatives
Duncan Chambers, Louise Preston, Mark Clowes, Anna Cantrell, Elizabeth C Goyder
How might Discharge Planning/Integrated Care help in relieving Winter Pressures? A Mapping Review
Anna Cantrell, Duncan Chambers, Andrew Booth
2023
HSR UK Conference, Birmingham, July
Presentation
How might Discharge Planning/Integrated Care help in relieving Winter Pressures? A Mapping Review
Anna Cantrell, Duncan Chambers, Andrew Booth
2022
HSR UK Conference, Sheffield, July
Poster/short presentation
Diagnostic ultrasound services in primary care or community settings: an updated systematic review and citation analysis.
Duncan Chambers, Andrew Booth, Susan Baxter, Elizabeth C Goyder.
2021
HSR UK Conference, July
Presentation
Supporting evidence-based decision-making in health services research: experience from two responsive evidence synthesis programmes.
Duncan Chambers, Anna Cantrell, Andrew Booth
2020
HSRUK Conference, online, July
Poster/short presentation
Joining up health and social care policy: Implications for evidence identification from a rapid review of safeguarding.
Anna Cantrell, Andrew Booth, Duncan Chambers.
HSRUK Conference, online, July
Poster/short presentation
The importance of diverse search methods for a rapid review of evidence on the distance to emergency care facilities.
Anna Cantrell, Andrew Booth, Duncan Chambers.
2019
HPPN Conference, Oxford, September
Presentation
Alexa, should I see a doctor? Policy implications of a systematic review of digital and online symptom checkers.
Duncan Chambers, Liddy Goyder, Anna Cantrell, Louise Preston, Susan K Baxter, Andrew Booth, Janette Turner.
HPPN presentation slides (PDF, 384KB)
HSRUK Conference, Manchester, July
Workshop
Public involvement in evidence synthesis of health services research: Experience of the Sheffield HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre.
Duncan Chambers, Susan Baxter, Louise Preston, Anna Cantrell, Maxine Johnson, Elizabeth Goyder, Andrew Booth.
HSRUK 2019 presentation slides (PDF, 282KB)
2018
HSR UK Conference, Nottingham, July
Poster presentation
Interventions to reduce preventable hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions: UK data from a systematic mapping review.
Duncan Chambers, Anna Cantrell, Andrew Booth, Elizabeth C Goyder, SCHARR, the University of Sheffield.
HSRUK 2018 poster avoidable admissions (PDF, 319KB)
2017
Society for Social Medicine, Manchester, September
Workshop
Reviewing evidence to support decision-making on changes in service delivery and organisation: Practical approaches and challenges.
Elizabeth Goyder and Duncan Chambers (Sheffield) Alison Eastwood and Mark Rogers (York).
Presentation SSM workshop 2017 (PDF, 526KB)
HSRUK Symposium, Nottingham, July
Workshop
Responding to the Health Services and Delivery agenda: Lessons learnt.
Andrew Booth, Mark Rodgers (York) and Duncan Chambers.
Presentation HSRUK workshop 2017 (PDF, 588KB)
2016
Society for Social Medicine, York, September
Poster presentation
Limitations of internet searching for understanding the commissioning and delivery of health services: Findings from a systematic review of diagnostic ultrasound services.
Duncan Chambers, Andrew Booth, Susan K Baxter, Maxine Johnson, Elizabeth Goyder.
SSM 2016 poster (PDF, 227KB)
Rapid and responsive evidence synthesis
Workshop
Alison Eastwood (York), Elizabeth C Goyder, Mark Rogers (York) and Duncan Chambers.
SSM workshop 2016 (PDF, 1.1MB)
HSRUK Symposium, Nottingham, July
Poster presentations
Diagnostic ultrasound services in primary care and community settings: A rapid systematic review and evidence map.
Duncan Chambers, Andrew Booth, Susan K Baxter, Maxine Johnson, Elizabeth Goyder.
Poster 1 (PDF, 377KB)
Models of diagnostic service provision in the community: Limited evidence and its implications for health services.
Duncan Chambers, Andrew Booth, Susan K Baxter, Maxine Johnson, Elizabeth Goyder.
Poster 2 (PDF, 370KB)
European Emergency Medical Services Congress, Copenhagen
Poster presentation
Why do people access emergency and urgent care and how do they choose which service to access? A rapid evidence review.
Janette Turner, Joanne Coster, Daniel Bradbury.
EMS 2016 poster (PDF, 527KB)
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