Salford Royal Hospital

From the world of action to the world of words: reflections on transitioning from military service to mental healthcare

Purpose The transition from active military service to employment within mental healthcare remains an underexplored area of research. This article aims to describe the lived experience of a former British Army serviceman who transitioned into a career in mental health and to iden...

Endoscopic spine surgery across the pediatric pathological spectrum: A systematic review of indications, techniques, and outcomes

Background: Full endoscopic and biportal endoscopic techniques are well established in adult spine surgery, but their extension to pediatric patients has been described mainly in case reports and small series. No prior systematic review has mapped this literature across the full...

Dysphagia care processes on acute stroke wards: an ethnographic study of barriers and facilitators relevant to stroke‐associated pneumonia

Introduction Dysphagia is associated with increased risk of stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP). The multifactorial pathophysiology of SAP and the interplay of care processes make it challenging to unpack which components are associated with risk of SAP. The aim of the research was...

Using the WHO Hospital Emergency Unit Assessment Tool to assess changes in Emergency Care Capacity in a United Kingdom Major Trauma Centre

Abstract Background We reviewed a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) in the UK over an Emergency Department (ED) transition using the World Health Organization (WHO) Hospital Emergency Unit Assessment Tool (HEAT). HEAT has previously been used in low- and middle-income countries. This is...

A qualitative study exploring how an Emergency Medicine leadership programme was received in Ghana

Introduction Emergency Medicine (EM) is a developing specialty in several West African countries, where practitioners are increasingly assuming leadership roles despite limited training. The EM Leaders programme, originally designed for the UK context, offers leadership training...

Frontotemporal dementia with right temporal predominance: a clinical comparison with left-predominant FTD

BACKGROUND: The right-temporal variant of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is well characterised. Whether it should be considered a distinct clinical entity, separate from other syndromes of FTD, remains an open question. The study addressed the issue through a retrospective compari...