Heartlands Hospital

Analysing patient experiences: a comparison of qualitative thematic analysis and collaborative arts-based enquiry methodologies in the case of living with a progressive lung condition

Arts-based health research is gaining traction for its ability to enhance participation, elicit diverse data, and engage audiences. While content-based qualitative analysis approaches are well established and valued for their structured, auditable processes, the analytical founda...

Rituximab therapy achieves comparable remission to cyclophosphamide in ANCA-associated vasculitis with severe KIDNEY involvement

Abstract Introduction The RAVE/RITUXIVAS trials established rituximab (RTX) therapy in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). However, RAVE excluded patients with severe renal involvement (creatinine > 354 µmol/L). Whilst RITUXIVAS did not, treatment included RTX with 2 cyclophosphami...

National multi-specialty robotic surgery training curriculum and implementation for UK surgical residents: a delphi consensus

Abstract Robotic-assisted surgery is now established across multiple surgical specialties in the United Kingdom, yet training for surgical residents remains variable, resource-dependent, and insufficiently standardised at national level. This study sought multispecialty expert co...