Capacity for the management of kidney failure in the International Society of Nephrology Oceania and South East Asia (OSEA) region: report from the 2023 ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA)
The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) region of Oceania and South East Asia (OSEA) is a mix of high- and low-income countries, with diversity in population demographics and densities. Three iterations of the ISN-Global Kidney Health Atlas (GKHA) have been conducted, aiming to deliver in-depth assessments of global kidney care across the spectrum from early detection of CKD to treatment of kidney failure. This paper reports the findings of the latest ISN-GKHA in relation to kidney-care capacity in the OSEA region. (Source: Kidney International Supplements)
Source: Kidney International Supplements - April 1, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Anna Francis, Marina Wainstein, Georgina Irish, Muhammad Iqbal Abdul Hafidz, Titi Chen, Yeoungjee Cho, Htay Htay, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Rowena Lalji, Brendon L. Neuen, Emily See, Anim Shah, Brendan Smyth, Somkanya Tungsanga, Andrea Viecelli, Emily K. Ye Tags: ISN Public Affairs Source Type: research
155 Advanced Practice Clinical technologist contouring GTV volumes for radical lung radiotherapy
Radical radiotherapy (RR) is a curative treatment for lung cancer. In the UK, contouring of gross tumour volume (GTV) is mostly (99.4% of the time) performed by consultant clinical oncologists (CO) with the remaining 0.6% by clinical site specialist radiographers (CSSR). RR has increased over the past decade. In the Northern Ireland Cancer Centre (NICC) there has been an exponential rise, with 124 patients in 2013 and 236 in 2022. This increased workload has put strain on the radiotherapy workforce, including those hitherto involved in GTV contouring (CO, their trainees and CSSR). (Source: Lung Cancer)
Source: Lung Cancer - April 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sarah Louise Black, Catherine Nelson, Jonathan McAleese, Gerry G Hanna, Cathryn Crockett, Karen Tumelty, Gerard Walls, Jolyne O'Hare, Linda Young, Pat O'Shea Tags: Radiotherapy Source Type: research
68 How do family members experience coroner or procurator fiscal involvement following a mesothelioma death?
A death caused by known or suspected mesothelioma in England, Wales and Northern Ireland must, by law, be referred to a coroner for an inquest. In Scotland, the equivalent is referral to the Procurator Fiscal for a Fatal Accident Enquiry. Practice following a mesothelioma death varies across the UK. (Source: Lung Cancer)
Source: Lung Cancer - April 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bethany Taylor, Clare Gardiner, Sarah Hargreaves, Angela Tod Tags: Mesothelioma Source Type: research
54 A population-based review of early-onset lung cancer patients in Northern Ireland
Early-onset lung cancer ( (Source: Lung Cancer)
Source: Lung Cancer - April 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ashleigh Russell, Dharmesh Valand, Laura McGarry, Megan Ryan, Roisin Connon, Paula Scullin, Lynn Campbell Tags: Diagnosis and Staging Source Type: research
2 The role of cellular pathology departments in the improvement of turnaround times for lung adenocarcinoma biomarker testing
We report a 2-year service evaluation and improvement project at Barts Health NHS Trust (BHT; North Thames GMSA) partnered with Amgen UK& Ireland, which has delivered significant improvements in the key performance indicators (KPIs) of TATs, DNA quality and test inadequate rates. (Source: Lung Cancer)
Source: Lung Cancer - April 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Madhuri V Warren, Taiba Farooque, Stephen Rodgers, Marianne Grantham, Leigh Williams, Richard Jenkins, Deborah Bennett, Tracey Cole, Adam Januszewski, J Louise Jones, Konstantinos Giaslakiotis Tags: Basic Science Source Type: research
Appraisal of hydatidiform mole incidence and registration rates in Ireland following the establishment of a National Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Registry
CONCLUSIONS: Our study reveals increased HM incidence rates both locally and nationally compared with previous Irish studies. The higher local PHM incidence may reflect more limited access to ploidy analysis in other pathology laboratories nationally. Significantly, almost half of the women with diagnosed or suspected HM were not registered with the National GTD Centre.PMID:38555103 | DOI:10.1136/jcp-2023-209270 (Source: Cancer Control)
Source: Cancer Control - March 30, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Caroline M Joyce Craig Wakefield Daphne Chen-Maxwell Susan Dineen Caitriona Kenneally Paul Downey Catherine Duffy Keelin O'Donoghue John Coulter Brendan Fitzgerald Source Type: research
“Whose safeguarding is it anyway?” service user engagement in safeguarding processes
This study aims to highlight that it is both possible and desirable to engage fully with service users using a range of simple communication tools. For this to be implemented as routine practice in services providing support for people with intellectual disabilities, authentic leadership is required. Services will need to devote time, human resources and will need champions to get on board with the necessary culture shift.Qualitative research examined peoples’ “lived experiences” and knowledge of safeguarding. Focus groups were used with thematic analysis highlighting common themes throughout, as guided by Braun and ...
Source: The Journal of Adult Protection - March 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah Mahon Laura O'Neill Rachel Boland Source Type: research
Pandemic policymaking affecting older adult volunteers during and after the COVID-19 public health crisis in the four nations of the UK
This study aims to critically examine the effects of COVID-19 social discourses and policy decisions specifically on older adult volunteers in the UK, comparing the responses and their effects in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, providing perspectives on effects of policy changes designed to reduce risk of infection as a result of COVID-19, specifically on volunteer involvement of and for older adults, and understand, from the perspectives of volunteer managers, how COVID-19 restrictions had impacted older people’s volunteering and situating this within statutory public health policies.The study uses a crit...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - March 29, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jurgen Grotz Lindsay Armstrong Heather Edwards Aileen Jones Michael Locke Laurel Smith Ewen Speed Linda Birt Source Type: research
Family Talk versus usual services in improving child and family psychosocial functioning in families with parental mental illness: a randomised controlled trial and cost analysis
ConclusionThe findings from this study, which was conducted within the context of a national programme to introduce family-focused practice in Ireland, demonstrate that FT is a low-cost intervention that improved child and family psychosocial functioning across different mental health disorders within routine adult, child and primary care mental health services. The findings contribute to the growing evidence base for FT, and provide a robust basis to inform practice and policy development for families with parental mental illness both in Ireland and elsewhere.Clinical trial registrationhttps://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN1336585...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - March 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Factors that enable or hinder the rebuilding of the therapeutic relationship following an episode of physical restraint in acute forensic services
Commentary on: Moyles J, Hunter A, Grealish A. Forensic mental health nurses’ experiences of rebuilding the therapeutic relationship after an episode of physical restraint in forensic services in Ireland: A qualitative study. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2023 May 26. doi: 10.1111/inm.13176. Epub ahead of print. Implications for practice and research Ensuring routine postrestraint-focused clinical supervision, experiential training for forensic mental health nurses involved in rebuilding therapeutic relationships postphysical restraint, effective debriefing and positive role modelling from senior staff is needed. Studies o...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 28, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Askola, R., Lantta, T. Tags: Mental health Source Type: research
The Profile and Characteristics of Young People Accessing Recently Implemented Community Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (F:CAMHS) in Northern Ireland
This study adds to the growing international literature around the needs of forensically involved youth and helps to inform future service development and provision. (Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma)
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 28, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Delays in Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis (DIMES): protocol for a multicentre, observational study of multiple sclerosis diagnostic pathways in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a leading cause of non-traumatic disability in young adults. Accumulating evidence indicates early diagnosis and early treatment improves long-term outcomes. However, the MS diagnost... (Source: BMC Neurology)
Source: BMC Neurology - March 28, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Ashvin Kuri, David E. Henshall, Daoud Chaudhry, Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi, Qiqi Zhang, Joela Mathews, Alison Thomson, David Rog, Jeremy Hobart and Ruth Dobson Tags: Study Protocol Source Type: research
Real-World Analysis of the Clinical and Economic Impact of the 21-Gene Recurrence Score (RS) in Invasive Lobular Early-Stage Breast Carcinoma in Ireland
Conclusions: The use of this test resulted in a 75% reduction in chemotherapy and a significant cost savings in our publicly funded health system.PMID:38534931 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030098 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lynda M McSorley Mehala Tharmabala Fathiya Al Rahbi Fergus Keane Denis Evoy James G Geraghty Jane Rothwell Damian P McCartan Megan Greally Miriam O'Connor Deirdre O'Mahony Maccon Keane Michael John Kennedy Seamus O'Reilly Steve J Millen John P Crown Cathe Source Type: research
Real-World Analysis of the Clinical and Economic Impact of the 21-Gene Recurrence Score (RS) in Invasive Lobular Early-Stage Breast Carcinoma in Ireland
Conclusions: The use of this test resulted in a 75% reduction in chemotherapy and a significant cost savings in our publicly funded health system.PMID:38534931 | PMC:PMC10969553 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030098 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lynda M McSorley Mehala Tharmabala Fathiya Al Rahbi Fergus Keane Denis Evoy James G Geraghty Jane Rothwell Damian P McCartan Megan Greally Miriam O'Connor Deirdre O'Mahony Maccon Keane Michael John Kennedy Seamus O'Reilly Steve J Millen John P Crown Cathe Source Type: research
