scholarly journals Best Practice Standards for the delivery of NHS Infection Services in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
pp. 100095
Author(s):  
Natasha VDV Ratnaraja ◽  
Angharad P Davies ◽  
Bridget L Atkins ◽  
Rishi Dhillon ◽  
Nikunj Mahida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Practice Standards

The Welsh Eating Disorder Service Review 2018, Scottish Eating Disorder Service Review 2021 and recommendations of best practice in comorbid eating disorders and diabetes

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910452110138
Author(s):  
Jacinta Tan ◽  
Gemma Johns
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Service Development ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Scottish Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Service Change

Background: Diabetes and eating disorders are frequently comorbid. This particular comorbidity is not only often poorly recognised, but is difficult to treat and has a high mortality. Method: In this article, we will briefly review the relationship between diabetes and eating disorders. We will review the current NICE and other guidance and reports concerning both diabetes and eating disorders in the United Kingdom. We will then describe the recommendations of the 2018 Welsh Government Eating Disorder Service Review and the 2021 the Scottish Government Eating Disorder Service Review regarding diabetes and eating disorders, which will lead to service change. Conclusions: We conclude that this is a relatively underdeveloped but important area where there needs to be further service development and more collaboration between diabetes and eating disorder services.

Developing a Framework for the Visualisation of Learning Analytics in UK Higher Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 249-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Halliday ◽  
Mark Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Access Points ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Uk Higher Education

Learning analytics has vast potential as a tool to further unlock the effectiveness of education in a digital age. The amount of data that can be gathered from varying access points can provide new insight and knowledge into how learners are interacting with course materials, learning systems and even fellow classmates. Research and experimentation is uncovering forms of best practice and possible factors on which to centre the analysis of students in an effective way, however learning analytics has yet to be comprehensively implemented country-wide in the United Kingdom.

The Response to Acquired Brain Injury in the United Kingdom: A Comparative Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-125
Author(s):  
Sophie Vivien Foster ◽  
Charles Edmund Degeneffe
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
The United States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Comparative Review ◽  
The Us ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
History Of

Background and ObjectiveThis article compares the policy, care systems, and legislation surrounding acquired brain injury (ABI) in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). Consistent with their shared histories, many similarities in terms of culture, language, and politics, and their history of cooperative relations in military and diplomatic efforts, the US and UK have taken similar approaches toward meeting the needs of persons with ABI and their family caregivers. However, important distinctions exist.Method and FindingsThrough a comprehensive narrative review, the article describes both common as well as distinct aspects of the system of ABI services from acute care through to long-term community rehabilitation.ConclusionsThe article concludes by discussing areas of potential collaboration in research, services, policy, and training to advance best practice approaches in both nations.

scholarly journals NATIONAL DATABASE OF METAL IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM & INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachma Puspitasari ◽  
Raldi Koestoer
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
National Database ◽  
Success Story ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
The Uk

The ocean is a source of mega-biodiversity that is supposed to perform optimally for current and future generations. The health of the ocean must be evaluated by measuring heavy metals in sediment because they can be accumulated and stored in long term. This metal can be released and absorbed by an organism, and affect the ecological risk and human health. The purpose of this article is to share viewpoints and those in a comparative study in terms of the metal database of both countries, the UK and Indonesia. The methodology used in this paper is critical review and analysis to compare a success story about compiling metal data into a national database in the United Kingdom (UK). Indonesia already has an open public access database issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. The further step is to strengthen collaboration between research institutes, universities, and government to assign a Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) to collect, analyze and report the data to a national depository. This database will be worthwhile to describe the pollution status in Indonesia and basic data for best practice decisions. 

scholarly journals A comparison of government communication of climate change in Hong Kong and United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma JS Ferranti ◽  
Joanna Ho Yan Wong ◽  
Surindar Dhesi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Practice Elements ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Climate Change Information ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Different Characteristics

AbstractAs leaders of civil society, governments have a prime responsibility to communicate climate change information in order to motivate their citizens to mitigate and adapt. This study compares the approaches of the United Kingdom (UK) and Hong Kong (HK) governments. Although different in size and population, the UK and HK have similar climate change agendas to communicate to similarly educated and prosperous populations. The study finds that whilst both governments use similar means: policy, education, campaigns, internet and social media, these have different characteristics, with different emphases in their climate change message. The UK’s top-down approach is more prominent in its legally binding policy and well-defined programmes for adaptation and risk assessment. HK has more effectively embedded climate change education across the school curricula, and has a more centralized and consistently branded campaign, with widespread use of visual language to connect the public to the problem. HK frames climate change as a science-society problem, and has a greater focus on self-responsibility and bottom-up behavioral change. Thus, the UK and HK governments have polarized approaches to motivating their citizens into climate action. Moving forwards, both governments should consider best practice elements of the other to develop their communication of climate change.

scholarly journals EP.FRI.763 Impact of COVID-19 on the rates of emergency laparotomies at an acute general hospital in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis Wright ◽  
Simon Kirkham ◽  
Alex Millward ◽  
Robert MacAdam
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Emergency Laparotomy ◽  
Single Centre ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
National Emergency

Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to analyse if the COVID-19 pandemic had any effect on the number of emergency laparotomies performed each month at a single NHS Foundation Trust. Methods This single-centre retrospective observational study included all patients that underwent an emergency laparotomy that was registered as part of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) at Whiston Hospital in Merseyside, UK, between January 2019 and October 2020. The rates recorded throughout March and April 2020 (COVID) were then compared to the preceding 12 months until the first COVID death was recorded in the UK on March 5th, and the 6 months following the initial national lockdown. Results The number of emergency laparotomies performed each month declined from an average of 14.7 (95% CI 13.2 – 16.1) in the preceding 12 months to 5 during COVID (95% CI 5 – 5); a decrease of 65.9%. Following the easing of lockdown rules in early May, this decline was partly reversed with an average of 9.7 (95% CI 8.9 – 10.5) performed each month until October 2020, reflecting a 34.1% reduction from the pre-COVID baseline. The percentage of patients that achieved the NELA best practice tariffs also fell during COVID to 71% from an average of 79.3% (95% CI 76.0 – 82.7) due to fewer high risk laparotomies being admitted to Critical Care post-operatively. Conclusions During the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency laparotomy rates fell and have only partially recovered to pre-pandemic rates. Post-operative admission to critical care for high risk laparotomies also declined during this period. 

Developing a Framework for the Visualisation of Learning Analytics in UK Higher Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 119-142
Author(s):  
Jack Halliday ◽  
Mark Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Access Points ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Uk Higher Education

Learning analytics has vast potential as a tool to further unlock the effectiveness of education in a digital age. The amount of data that can be gathered from varying access points can provide new insight and knowledge into how learners are interacting with course materials, learning systems and even fellow classmates. Research and experimentation is uncovering forms of best practice and possible factors on which to centre the analysis of students in an effective way, however learning analytics has yet to be comprehensively implemented country-wide in the United Kingdom.

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