Research
Below are some diverse examples of the projects in which the SAPPHIRE team is involved. For more projects and research interests, see individual ‘people’ profiles.
PremPath: Improving the optimisation and stabilisation of the preterm infant
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- 2023-2025
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- Contact: Nicola Mackintosh
Patient safety
PHAST: Peripheral arterial disease, High blood pressure and Aneurysm Screening Trial
- National Institute of Health Research Programme Grant for Applied Research
- 2020—2028
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- Contact: Natalie Armstrong
RESPOND: Rescue for Emergency Surgery Patients Observed to uNdergo acute Deterioration)
- National Institute for Health Research
- 2020—2025
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- Contact: Nicola Mackintosh
PHOSP: UK evaluation of NHS support post-hospitalisation for COVID-19 to inform service development and achieve holistic, integrated, equitable and cost-effective services
- National Institute of Health Research Policy Research Programme
- 2021—2022
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- Contact: Natalie Armstrong
DAVINCI: Developing a visual identification method for people with cognitive impairment in institutional settings
- THIS Institute
- 2020—2021
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- Contact: Carolyn Tarrant
HiSLAC: An evaluation of the impact of High-Intensity Specialist-Led Acute Care on emergency admissions to NHS hospitals at weekends
- National Institute of Health Research
- 2014—2020
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- Contact: Carolyn Tarrant
Enabling safety culture development practices across maternity and neonatal services
- NHS England/Improvement
- 2021
- Contact: Nicola Mackintosh
PASS: Qualitative research to support the development of antibiotic stewardship interventions across the healthcare economy in the UK
- ESRC/Joint Research Councils' Tackling AMR Initiative
- 2017—2020
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- Contact: Carolyn Tarrant
Red flags and symptom checkers for self-diagnosis in maternity
- SANDS (Stillbirth And Neonatal Death charity)
- 2019-2020
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- Contact: Nicola Mackintosh
Evaluation of the NHS Safety Thermometer programme
- NHS England (via Haelo)
- 2013—2015
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- Contact: Natalie Armstrong