Munro, J.F., Nicholl, J.P., Brazier, J.E., Davey, R., Cochrane, T.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the cost effectiveness of a community based exercise programme as a population wide public health intervention for older adults. DESIGN: Pragmatic, cluster randomised community...
Munro, J.F., Nicholl, J.P., Brazier, J.E., Davey, R., Cochrane, T.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the cost effectiveness of a community based exercise programme as a population wide public health intervention for older adults. DESIGN: Pragmatic, cluster randomised community...
Munro, J.F., Nicholl, J.P., Brazier, J.E., Davey, R., Cochrane, T.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the cost effectiveness of a community based exercise programme as a population wide public health intervention for older adults. DESIGN: Pragmatic, cluster randomised community...
Nurses’ views of using computerized decision support software in NHS Direct (2004)
O’Cathain, A., Sampson, F.C., Munro, J.F., Thomas, K.J., Nicholl, J.P.
Background. Nurses working in NHS Direct, the 24-hour telephone advice line in England, use computerized decision support software to recommend to callers the most appropriate service to contact, or...
Nurses’ views of using computerized decision support software in NHS Direct (2004)
O’Cathain, A., Sampson, F.C., Munro, J.F., Thomas, K.J., Nicholl, J.P.
Background. Nurses working in NHS Direct, the 24-hour telephone advice line in England, use computerized decision support software to recommend to callers the most appropriate service to contact, or...
Nurses’ views of using computerized decision support software in NHS Direct (2004)
O’Cathain, A., Sampson, F.C., Munro, J.F., Thomas, K.J., Nicholl, J.P.
Background. Nurses working in NHS Direct, the 24-hour telephone advice line in England, use computerized decision support software to recommend to callers the most appropriate service to contact, or...
Integrating community pharmacy and NHS Direct — pharmacists' views (2002)
Knowles, E., Munro, J.F., O'Caithain, A., Nicholl, J.P.
AIM:To establish the views of community pharmacists on NHS Direct and its forthcoming integration with community pharmacy. DESIGN: Postal questionnaire survey. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: Pharmacists...
Integrating community pharmacy and NHS Direct — pharmacists' views (2002)
Knowles, E., Munro, J.F., O'Caithain, A., Nicholl, J.P.
AIM:To establish the views of community pharmacists on NHS Direct and its forthcoming integration with community pharmacy. DESIGN: Postal questionnaire survey. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: Pharmacists...
Integrating community pharmacy and NHS Direct — pharmacists' views (2002)
Knowles, E., Munro, J.F., O'Caithain, A., Nicholl, J.P.
AIM:To establish the views of community pharmacists on NHS Direct and its forthcoming integration with community pharmacy. DESIGN: Postal questionnaire survey. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: Pharmacists...
How helpful is NHS Direct? Postal survey of callers (2000)
O'Cathain, A., Munro, J.F., Nicholl, J.P., Knowles, E.
NHS Direct, the new 24 hour telephone advice line staffed by nurses, was established to “provide easier and faster information for people about health, illness and the NHS so that they are better...
How helpful is NHS Direct? Postal survey of callers (2000)
O'Cathain, A., Munro, J.F., Nicholl, J.P., Knowles, E.
NHS Direct, the new 24 hour telephone advice line staffed by nurses, was established to “provide easier and faster information for people about health, illness and the NHS so that they are better...
How helpful is NHS Direct? Postal survey of callers (2000)
O'Cathain, A., Munro, J.F., Nicholl, J.P., Knowles, E.
NHS Direct, the new 24 hour telephone advice line staffed by nurses, was established to “provide easier and faster information for people about health, illness and the NHS so that they are better...
Access to complementary medicine via general practice.
Thomas, K J, Nicholl, J P, Fall, M
BACKGROUND: The popularity of complementary medicine continues to be asserted by the professional associations and umbrella organisations of these therapies. Within conventional medicine there are...
Case against targeting long term non-attenders in general practice for a health check.
Thomas, K J, Nicholl, J P, Fall, M, Lowy, A, Williams, B T
A study was undertaken to describe the consequences of implementing that part of the 1990 contract for general practitioners which requires them to offer health checks to all patients aged 16-74...
Differences in durations of stay for surgery in the NHS and private sector in England and Wales.
Williams, B T, Nicholl, J P, Thomas, K J, Knowelden, J
Median durations of stay in England and Wales for eight "marker" operations were consistently shorter for patients in pay beds in the National Health Service than for patients in independent acute...
Provision of first contact care out of hours in four urban areas in England.
Williams, B T, Dixon, R A, Nicholl, J P
In a typical two week period in 1984 in three urban areas with general practitioner deputising services roughly 40% of first contact patient encounters out of hours were with hospital accident and...
Access to complementary medicine via general practice.
Thomas, K J, Nicholl, J P, Fall, M
BACKGROUND: The popularity of complementary medicine continues to be asserted by the professional associations and umbrella organisations of these therapies. Within conventional medicine there are...
Case against targeting long term non-attenders in general practice for a health check.
Thomas, K J, Nicholl, J P, Fall, M, Lowy, A, Williams, B T
A study was undertaken to describe the consequences of implementing that part of the 1990 contract for general practitioners which requires them to offer health checks to all patients aged 16-74...
Differences in durations of stay for surgery in the NHS and private sector in England and Wales.
Williams, B T, Nicholl, J P, Thomas, K J, Knowelden, J
Median durations of stay in England and Wales for eight "marker" operations were consistently shorter for patients in pay beds in the National Health Service than for patients in independent acute...
Provision of first contact care out of hours in four urban areas in England.
Williams, B T, Dixon, R A, Nicholl, J P
In a typical two week period in 1984 in three urban areas with general practitioner deputising services roughly 40% of first contact patient encounters out of hours were with hospital accident and...
Comparison of the activity of short stay independent hospitals in England and Wales, 1981 and 1986.
Nicholl, J. P., Beeby, N. R., Williams, B. T.
From a sample of 19,000 treatment episodes at 183 of the 193 independent hospitals with operating facilities in England and Wales that were open during 1986 it is estimated that 404,000 inpatients...
Role of the private sector in elective surgery in England and Wales, 1986.
Nicholl, J. P., Beeby, N. R., Williams, B. T.
From a sample of 19,000 treatment episodes at 183 of the 193 independent hospitals with operating facilities in England and Wales that were open in 1986 it is estimated that 287,000 residents of...
Nicholl, J P, Ross, B, Milner, P C, Brazier, J E, Westlake, L, Kohler, B, ...
The relative cost effectiveness of adjuvant urso and chenodeoxycholic acid treatment in extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) has been assessed as part of a pragmatic randomised controlled...
Why does domiciliary oxygen consumption vary from area to area?
Williams, B. T., Meechan, D. F., Nicholl, J. P.
Home oxygen therapy is used mainly for chronic respiratory disease. Differences in the gross quantities of oxygen supplied for home use in eight areas in 1982 reflected differences in the...
The epidemiology of sports and exercise related injury in the United Kingdom.
Nicholl, J P, Coleman, P, Williams, B T
A national study of exercise related morbidity (ERM) in England and Wales was carried out using a postal questionnaire sent to 28,857 adults aged 16-45 years. The questionnaire asked about regular...
Pilot study of the epidemiology of sports injuries and exercise-related morbidity.
Nicholl, J P, Coleman, P, Williams, B T
In the pilot phase of a national study of the incidence of exercise-related morbidity (ERM), funded by the Sports Council, a questionnaire about recent participation in 'active sports and other...
Effects of subsidising bus travel on the occurrence of road traffic casualties.
Nicholl, J P, Freeman, M R, Williams, B T
Between 1975 and 1 April 1986, public transport by bus in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, England, was increasingly subsidised. Trends in road traffic accident casualties between 1974 and...
Variation in demand for accident and emergency departments in England from 1974 to 1985.
Milner, P C, Nicholl, J P, Williams, B T
Over the period 1974-85 the range of mean annual new attendance rates at Accident and Emergency departments among English health districts was 36-673 per 1000 residents. The socio-economic diversity...
Epidemiology of babies dying at different ages from the sudden infant death syndrome.
An analysis of data from the United Kingdom multicentre study of postneonatal mortality has been made to assess whether there are causally distinct groups of babies dying from the Sudden Infant Death...
Williams, B. T., Nicholl, J. P.
OBJECTIVE--To describe and quantify the patients and clinical activities of independent short stay hospitals. DESIGN--Retrospective survey of hospital records for sampled periods of one financial...
Effects of London helicopter emergency medical service on survival after trauma.
Nicholl, J. P., Brazier, J. E., Snooks, H. A.
OBJECTIVE--To assess the effect of the London helicopter emergency medical service on survival after trauma. DESIGN--Prospective comparison of outcomes in cohorts of seriously injured patients...