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EST Research Snapshot EvidSynthTeam
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Welcome to this Research Snapshot series from the Evidence Synthesis Team, who are based within University of Exeter Medical School. We discuss recent projects, publications and all things evidence!
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Episode 3: Reducing the Length of Hospital Stay for Older Adults Admitted for Planned Treatment
Hear about the findings from the latest systematic review conducted by the Exeter HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre. This review focused on evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions intending to reduce the length of time older adults needed to spend in hospital after being admitted overnight for planned treatment.
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What are people’s views of the Nearest Relative provisions of the Mental Health Act? A rapid review
This podcast presents the findings of the latest review conducted by the Exeter HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre.
The review focuses on the experiences of service users, carers and professionals of the 'Nearest Relative' provisions of the Mental Health Act.
In this podcast, Liz Shaw (Systematic Reviewer) talks about why this review is important and what the existing evidence tells us.
Our findings contributed towards the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act.
To read our full report, please visit: http://bit.ly/NearestRelativereview
Alternatively, you can visit our project webpage: http://bit.ly/MHAreview
If you’d like to hear more about other work being carried out within our team, please visit our website: http://bit.ly/HSDRESC -
EST Research Snapshot Ep1
In the first episode of the series, Dr Michael Nunns gives an overview of the team’s recent paper, available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4749