Bradford and District Local Association

Public Health Policy and Experience of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in Pune, India

Background Prior experience and the persisting threat of influenza pandemic indicate the need for global and local preparedness and public health response capacity. The pandemic of 2009 highlighted the importance of such planning and the value of prior efforts at all levels. Our review of the public health response to this pandemic in Pune, India, considers the challenges of integrating global ...

Elastic Initial and Post-local Buckling of Profiled through Girders

An experiment investigating the elastic local buckling response of trough girders composed of thin profiled steel sheeting has been undertaken Beam tests were performed to promote initial local buckling in a region of constant moment in the elastic range of structural response. The results of the experiments were compared with an elastic complex semi-analytical finite strip method of analysis, ...

A reassuring presence: An evaluation of Bradford District Hospice at Home service

BACKGROUND Within the United Kingdom, a developing role for primary care services in cancer and palliative care has resulted in an increase in palliative home care teams. The provision of professional care in the home setting seeks to provide necessary services and enhanced choice for patients whose preference is to die at home.A mismatch between patient preference for home death and the actual...

Meet Ealing District Local Association

The role of audit in demonstrating quality in tissue viability services

Kathryn Vowden is a Nurse Consultant, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bradford; Peter Vowden is Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Professor of Wound Healing Research, University of Bradford Tissue viability services are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that they provide value for money and a quality...