Spotlight on Mental Health Emergencies: CaHRU’s Insights from the 999EMS Conference

CaHRU presented at the 999EMS Research Conference, Newcastle, 2025, highlighting the complexities of mental health service delivery by the Ambulance Service. 999 calls are not confined to chest pain or major trauma. A growing prevalence relates to mental health crises, Continue reading Spotlight on Mental Health Emergencies: CaHRU’s Insights from the 999EMS Conference

improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): A realist informed intervention development and feasibility study

The problem Each year in England approximately 86,000 children and young people under 18 years of age are transported by ambulance to emergency departments with acute pain. Acute pain is pain lasting less than 12 weeks. The acute pain may Continue reading improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): A realist informed intervention development and feasibility study

CaHRU-RCGP collaboration wins RCGP Research Paper of The Year in Medical Education for the third time

Members of the CaHRU in collaboration with RCGP examinations were awarded in 2024 the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research Paper of the Year 2023, Category 3: Medical Education, for their paper, ‘Academic performance of ethnic minority versus White Continue reading CaHRU-RCGP collaboration wins RCGP Research Paper of The Year in Medical Education for the third time

CaHRU presents at the Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Conference, Bristol, 3 – 5 July 2024

Members of the CaHRU team, including Prof Niro Siriwardena, Dr Gupteswar Patel, and Dr Joseph Akanuwe, together with a BMedSci student from Lincoln Medical School, Taliha Samar, attended the Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Conference held in Bristol on Continue reading CaHRU presents at the Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Conference, Bristol, 3 – 5 July 2024

Multiple Symptoms Study 3 – developing and testing a complex intervention in primary care

On Wednesday 19th June 2024, Professor Chris Burton gave the latest Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar on the topic of complex intervention trials in primary care. Around 2% of adults have multiple persistent physical symptoms (such as pain, fatigue, Continue reading Multiple Symptoms Study 3 – developing and testing a complex intervention in primary care