Water shortage in West Yorkshire has serious health implications

On-scene times for trauma patients in West Yorkshire.

OBJECTIVE To assess whether length of time on-scene in patients with major injury was associated with severity of injury or with abnormal on-scene physiology. METHODS A retrospective analysis of a convenience sample of patients in whom prehospital on-scene times were entered onto the regional major trauma database. On-scene times of patients were analysed to assess whether ultimate injury sev...

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Oral and pharyngeal cancer in the North-west and West Yorkshire regions of England, and occupation.

Patients with oral or pharyngeal cancer in the two main textile regions of England were matched for age and sex with patients having cancers not known to be associated with textile work. Data were recorded on age, sex, cancer site, and smoking, chewing and drinking habits together with dental and occupational history. There were 102 and 61 matched pairs of males and 52 and 60 matched pairs of f...

Prehospital deaths in the Yorkshire Health Region.

OBJECTIVES To estimate the proportion of prehospital deaths in a British population of trauma victims which may be preventable, and to investigate the effect of death at the scene and death in transit on potential survivorship. METHODS Blinded review, by four specialists with an interest in trauma, of necropsy results and details of age, sex, and mechanism of injury for prehospital trauma dea...

Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority

The vision Phil Molyneux, the Chief Information Officer at the Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority (SHA), and his senior management team, have always been great believers in breaking down the barriers between departments and different care settings, so that patient information can be shared effectively across local regions. The team has been tirelessly sorting out the architectu...