Objectives To investigate the effectiveness of non-benzodiazepine hypnotics (Z drugs) and
associated placebo responses in adults and to evaluate potential moderators of effectiveness …

Rationale: Early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations
using telemonitoring of physiological variables might reduce the frequency of hospitalization. …

Background Health information technology (HIT) may be used to improve care for increasing
numbers of older people with long term conditions (LTCs) who make high demands on …

Background Insomnia is common leading to patients with sleep problems often presenting
to primary care services including general practice, community pharmacies and community …

Background There are an estimated 46.8 million people worldwide living with dementia in
2015, being cared for usually by family members or friends (informal caregivers). The …

Background Insomnia is a common psychological complaint. Cognitive behavioural therapy
for insomnia (CBT-I), although effective, is little used because of lack of trained providers. …

Background Refusal by the patient to travel after calling an emergency ambulance may lead
to a preventable waste of scarce resources if it can be shown that an alternative more …

An ethnographic study using overt non-participatory observation was used to investigate
confidentiality breaches in 13 GP practice reception and/or waiting areas in Lincolnshire. Staff …

Background While primary care systematically offers conventional cardiovascular risk
assessment, genetic tests for coronary heart disease (CHD) are increasingly commercially …

Background All general practitioners (GPs) are expected to have an appraisal from 2002
and the first cohort will experience revalidation in 2005. Although there is a link between …