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Mackenzie Chair of General Practice
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- l.d.ritchie@abdn.ac.uk
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Academic Primary Care
University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry
Polwarth Building Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
Tel: +44(0)1224 437264
l.d.ritchie@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Professor Sir Lewis Duthie Ritchie OBE FRSE
Qualifications:
BSc (Chemistry), MBChB, MD [University of Aberdeen]; MSc (Community Medicine) [University of Edinburgh]
Honours:
OBE, HM Queen's Birthday Honours 2001: For services to General Practice and Primary Care in Scotland
Knight Bachelor, New Year Honours 2011: For services to the NHS in Scotland
Postgraduate Prizes/Awards National and Regional:
1978: Kincardine Prize of the North East Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners (for contributions to the management of hypertension)
1991: John Perry Prize of the British Computer Society (for the application of computers to cardiovascular prevention)
1992: Ian Stokoe Memorial Award of the Royal College of General Practitioners UK (for increasing understanding of cardiovascular prevention in primary care)
1995: Blackwell Prize of the University of Aberdeen (for the book/monograph: Computers in Primary Care - Heinemann Medical 1984, 1986 (for contributions to scholarship and computing in medicine)
2003-04: President of the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
2004-07: Provost of the North East Scotland Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners
2007: Richard Scott Lectureship, University of Edinburgh (for academic primary care leadership)
2010: Provost Medal, North East Scotland Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners (for services to general practice)
2010: James Mackenzie Lectureship and Medal, Royal College of General Practitioners UK (for contributions to general practice and primary care) Lecture: 'Beyond the Numbers Game: the Call of Leadership'
2012: Fulton Lectureship, West of Scotland Faculty, Royal College of General Practitioners (for contributions to general practice)
2012: Stock Memorial Lecture, Port Health Authorities UK (for contributions to public health)
2014: DARE Lecture, Faculty of Public Health UK (for contributions to public health)
2015: Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow FRCPSG
2015: Honorary Membership of Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
2016: Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh FRSE
2017: Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (ad hominem) FRCSE
2018-19: President, Harveian Society of Edinburgh
International Awards
2007: Eric Elder Medal, Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP)
Present Posts
1992- James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice, University of Aberdeen
2014- Honorary/Visiting Professor of Primary Care and Public Health, University of the Highlands and Islands
2015- Honorary Professor of General Practice, University of Edinburgh.
2014- Honorary Consultant in Public Health, NHS Grampian
2015- Chair of the Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS)
Former Posts
1980-2017 General Practitioner, Peterhead Health Centre and Community Hospital
1984-2012 Principal and Senior Partner (2002-12), Peterhead Health Centre
1992-2007 Head of Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen
2012-14 Director of Public Health, NHS Grampian
1987-92 Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Grampian Health Board (Honorary Consultant, 1993-2012)
Book
1984 Computers in Primary Care, Heinemann Medical, first edition; 1986 second edition and Spanish translation (Ordenadores in Atencion Primaria)
NHS Leadership Contributions
1984-86 Book: Computers in Primary Care, which flagged the potential of computers in general practice to enhance patient care but also epidemiology and security/confidentality imperatives. Advocated data custodians, subsequently adopted as Caldicott Guardians
1993: Inaugural Professorial Lecture: General Practice Beyond the Numbers Game, considered the future of general practice and primary care, which pointed to a new balance between reactive and proactive care, primary and secondary care, and the need to embrace innovative technologies. Exploitation/innovation of evolving computing and information technology important to deliver optimal care in new ways - including remote consulting/working (telemedicine/telecare), multidisciplinary teams, the growing importance of a public health dimension to primary care. Preservation of the confidence, trust and engagement with the public key (co-production)
1995-96: Chair - Independent Review of the purpose and potential for community hospitals in Scotland. Recommended a new and widely accepted definition of their function and future role
1996-1998: Chair - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Lipids and the Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: SIGN 40. This led to a revision of the SIGN process, incorporating cost-effectiveness as well as clinical effectiveness in guideline development
1998-99: Independent Review of Primary and Intermediate Care Services in Mid-Argyll. Main recommendation was to establish a new community hospital and integrated, co-located primary and intermediate care service at Lochgilphead - since realised
1998-2001: Chair - Primary Care Research Implementation Group of the Chief Scientist Office. Imperative was to increase research investment in primary care. Outcomes: a four fold increase in CSO funding of primary care research in Scotland 1998-2001. Leadership of co-funding - secured from Scottish Government and other NHS bodies co-funding to establish the Scottish School of Primary Care (SSPC) in 1999, in order to enhance the capacity and leadership of primary care research in Scotland.
1999-2001: Chair - Introduction of the Meningococal C (Men C) Immunisation Programme in Scotland. Outcomes: Scotland achieved highest UK uptake rates for all subgroups immunised. In the final report a recommendation was made to create a secure and confidential electronic lifetime immunisation record for all individuals irrespective of locus delivery, which would safely be accessible for health professionals, at all times, to afford best protection and care of the whole populace
2000-03: Chair - Electronic Clinical Communications Implementation (ECCI) Group. Outcomes: The main work of the group; (1) established automatic downloading of laboratory test results undertaken by general practices throughout Scotland with direct incorporation into general practice electronic records; (2) Made possible and amplified direct electronic general practice to hospital out-patient appointment referrals
2001-02: Chair - Review of the functionality of the National General Practice Computer System in Scotland: GPASS (General Practice Administrative System Scotland). Report of required improvements: Promoting General Practice Computing in Scotland, allowed the system to continue in use for another ten years
2001-07: Chair - Biomedical and Therapeutic Research Committee of the Chief Scientist Scotland
2001-07: Non Executive Director of NHS 24; Vice Chair 2001-06; Chair (Interim) 2006-07
2003: Book chapter: Developing Primary Care in Scotland. In: Woods K, Carter D (eds). Scotland's Health and Health Services. The Nuffield Trust, TSO, London, 2003
2003-04: Chair - Introduction of the Adult Pneumococcal Immunisation Programme in Scotland. Final Report: Adult Pneumococcal Immunisation Programme in Scotland 2004
2004-07: Co-Chair - Steering Group all SIGN Cardiovascular Guidelines (SIGN 93-97). Incorporated guidance for the public as well as clinical guidelines
2005: Chair - Internal Review of the functionality and effectiveness of NHS 24, with external peer input
2006-07: Chair - NHS 24 Board (Interim)
2006-08: Chair - Review of the Seasonal Influenza Immunisation Programme in Scotland. Output: The Review Report made a number of recommendations to streamline more resilient vaccine procurement, to implement new models of delivery and to maximise vaccine uptake by health professionals and the public. Further impetus was given to the concept of a lifetime electronic immunisation record, first mooted during the intoduction of the MenC vaccine (1999-2001 - see above)
2007-09: Chair - Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Scotland Group: Chronic Medication Services Advisory Group. Report: Establishing Effective Therapeutic Partnerships, 2010
2007-15: Chair - Scottish Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee (SMASAC - Vice-Chair 1998-2007). Main output: Report - Promoting Professionalism and Excellence in Scottish Medicine (2009), which spawned the Scottish Clinical Leader Fellowship (SCLEF) scheme
2008-09: Chair - Prevention Group, Quality Improvement Scotland, Implementation of SIGN Cardiovascular Guidelines, 2007
2009-10: Chair - Delivery Group, National H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic Immunisation Programme. Final Report Published 2010.
2009-10: Chair - Scottish Good Practice Statement on ME-CFS, including patient guidance and summary clinical guidance. Three guidance documents published.
2011-13: Non-Executive Director Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS)
2012-14: Director of Public Health and Board Executive Director NHS Grampian. Three Annual Director of Public Health Reports published 2012, 2013, 2014
2013-15: Chair - Health Informatics Research Advisory Group (HIRAG) of the Chief Scientist Scotland. Report: A Health and Biomedical Informatics Research Strategy for Scotland, published 2015
2015: Chair - National Review of Out of Hours Primary Care Services in Scotland. Report: Pulling Together - Transforming Urgent Care for the People of Scotland, published 2015
2015-18: Chair - Steering Group revision of all six SIGN Scottish Cardiovascular Guidelines (SIGN 147-152), published 2016-18
2017: Chair - National Review of the Resilience of Public Holiday Services in Scotland, Report: Improving Health and Social Care Service Resilience over Public Holidays, published 2017
2017-19: Chair - Assurance and Advisory Group, NHS Tayside regarding addressing recurring annual financial deficits and transformation of care, commissioned by Scottish Government. Staging Report published 06/17, accepted in full by the Board of NHS Tayside. First progress report published 09/17; Second progress report published 01/18; Third progress report published 12/18; Fourth (final) progress report published 02/19
2018-20: Chair - External Review of Out of Hours Services in Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross, commissioned by NHS Highland. Report published 05/18, accepted in full by NHS Highland Board. Follow up reviews of progress 12/18 and 05/19 (another review planned in 2020)
2018-ongoing: Chair - Remote and Rural Working Group Implementation of the 2018 General Practice Contract in Scotland. Report: Shaping the Future Together, published 01/20
2019-20: Chair - Funding Group, Five-Year Integrated Pharmacy Degree Programme in Scotland on behalf of the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer
2019-ongoing: Chair - Independent Assurance of Primary Care Out of Hours Services in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GGC). Report submitted to Board Chair 12/19 and recommendations adopted by NHS GGC Board 02/20.
- Research
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Research Areas
Computing Science
Biomedical Sciences
Nutrition and Health
- Publications
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Selecting the most informative positive and negative controls for self-controlled case series (SCCS): Rationale, approach, and lessons from studies investigating the safety of COVID-19 vaccines
Journal of Global Health, vol. 14, 3037Contributions to Journals: Review articlesRationale and Design of SCOT-HEART 2 Trial: CT Angiography for the Prevention of Myocardial Infarction
JACC: Cardiovascular ImagingContributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.05.016
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Risk of winter hospitalisation and death from acute respiratory infections in Scotland: national retrospective cohort study
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 117, no. 7, pp. 232-246Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociation between antibody responses post-vaccination and severe COVID-19 outcomes in Scotland
npj Vaccines, vol. 9, no. 107, 107Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPrevalence and risk factors for long COVID among adults in Scotland using electronic health records: a national, retrospective, observational cohort study
EClinicalMedicine, vol. 71, 102590Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAllopurinol and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with ischaemic heart disease: the ALL-HEART RCT and economic evaluation
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), vol. 28, no. 18Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUndervaccination and severe COVID-19 outcomes: meta-analysis of national cohort studies in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
The Lancet, vol. 403, no. 10426, pp. 554-566Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCaveats in reporting of national vaccine uptake
Journal of Global Health, vol. 14, 03006Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDeveloping the EAVE III platform for future health crises
Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 1223-1225Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00626-6
Predictors of incomplete COVID-19 vaccine schedule among adults in Scotland: Two retrospective cohort analyses of the primary schedule and third dose
Vaccine, vol. 41, no. 40, pp. 5863-5876Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding and reporting odds ratios as rate-ratio estimates in case-control studies
Journal of Global Health, vol. 13, 04101Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConfirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Scottish neonates 2020–2022: a national, population-based cohort study
Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, vol. 108, no. 4, pp. F367–F372Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentifying Long Covid Using Electronic Health Records: A National Observational Cohort Study in Scotland
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4376992
Pregnancy outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in periods dominated by delta and omicron variants in Scotland: a population-based cohort study
The Lancet. Respiratory medicine, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 1129-1136Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination uptake, safety, effectiveness and waning in children and young people aged 12–17 years in Scotland
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, vol. 23, 100513Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImpact on emergency and elective hospital-based care in Scotland over the first 12 months of the pandemic: interrupted time-series analysis of national lockdowns
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 115, no. 11, pp. 429 - 438Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVaccine effectiveness of two-dose BNT162b2 against symptomatic and severe COVID-19 among adolescents in Brazil and Scotland over time: a test-negative case-control study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 1577-1586Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA population-based matched cohort study of early pregnancy outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection
Nature Communications, vol. 13, no. 1, 6124Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSevere COVID-19 outcomes after full vaccination of primary schedule and initial boosters: pooled analysis of national prospective cohort studies of 30 million individuals in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
The Lancet, vol. 400, no. 10360, pp. 1305-1320Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAllopurinol versus usual care in UK patients with ischaemic heart disease (ALL-HEART): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial
The Lancet, vol. 400, no. 10359, pp. 1195-1205Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCharacterising adults in Scotland who are not vaccinated against COVID-19
The Lancet, vol. 400, no. 10357, pp. 993-995Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01653-1
Second-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland
Nature Communications, vol. 13, 4800Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSeverity of omicron variant of concern and effectiveness of vaccine boosters against symptomatic disease in Scotland (EAVE II): a national cohort study with nested test-negative design
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 959-966Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExternal validation of the QCovid risk prediction algorithm for risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation and mortality in adults: national validation cohort study in Scotland
Thorax, vol. 77, no. 5, pp. 497-504Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRisk of serious COVID-19 outcomes among adults with asthma in Scotland: a national incident cohort study
The Lancet. Respiratory medicine, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 347-354Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations, incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 hospitalisations in Scotland in the Delta era
Journal of Global Health, vol. 12, 05008Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntegrating lived experiences of out-of-hours health services for people with palliative and end-of-life care needs with national datasets for people dying in Scotland in 2016: A mixed methods, multi-stage design
Palliative Medicine, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 478-488Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFirst dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccinations and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A pooled self-controlled case series study of 11.6 million individuals in England, Scotland, and Wales
PLoS Medicine, vol. 19, no. 2, e1003927Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRisk of COVID-19 hospital admission among children aged 5-17 years with asthma in Scotland: a national incident cohort study
The Lancet. Respiratory medicine, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 191-198Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociation between multimorbidity and mortality in a cohort of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in Scotland
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 115, no. 1, pp. 22-30Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTwo-dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protection against COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths over time: a retrospective, population-based cohort study in Scotland and Brazil
The Lancet, vol. 399, no. 10319, pp. 25-35Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNHS Scotland redesign of urgent care - second national staging report: April – September 2021
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 70 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsCOVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths after BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations in 2·57 million people in Scotland (EAVE II): a prospective cohort study
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 1439-1449Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImpact of COVID-19 lockdown on emergency asthma admissions and deaths: national interrupted time series analyses for Scotland and Wales
Thorax, vol. 76, no. 9, pp. 867-873Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216380
Predicted COVID-19 positive cases, hospitalisations, and deaths associated with the Delta variant of concern, June–July, 2021
The Lancet Digital Health, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. e539-e541Contributions to Journals: Comments and DebatesRisk Predictors and Symptom Features of Long COVID Within a Broad Primary Care Patient Population Including Both Tested and Untested Patients
Pragmatic and Observational Research, vol. 2021, no. 12, pp. 93-104Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEthnic and social inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes in Scotland: Protocol for early pandemic evaluation and enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II)
BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 8, e048852Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCohort Profile: Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II) Database
International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 1064-1074Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab028
Temporal trends and forecasting of COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths in Scotland using a national real-time patient-level data platform: a statistical modelling study
The Lancet Digital Health, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. e517-e525Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFirst-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland
Nature Medicine, vol. 27, pp. 1290-1297Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNHS Scotland redesign of urgent care - first national staging review report: 1 December 2020 – 31 March 2021
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 41 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsImpact of COVID-19 lockdown on the incidence and mortality of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: national interrupted time series analyses for Scotland and Wales
BMC medicine , vol. 19, 124Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterim findings from first-dose mass COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and COVID-19 hospital admissions in Scotland: a national prospective cohort study
The Lancet, vol. 397, no. 10285, pp. 1646-1657Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInforming the public health response to COVID-19: a systematic review of risk factors for disease, severity, and mortality
BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 21, 342Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffectiveness of First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccines Against Hospital Admissions in Scotland: National Prospective Cohort Study of 5.4 Million People
Working Papers: Working Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3789264
Earlier diagnosis of lung cancer in a randomised trial of an autoantibody blood test followed by imaging
European Respiratory Journal, vol. 57, no. 1, 2000670Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNHS Ayrshire and Arran Redesign of Urgent Care Pathfinder Programme: Rapid External Review
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 27 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsVaccine effectiveness of live attenuated and trivalent inactivated influenza vaccination in 2010/11 to 2015/16: The sive ii record linkage study
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 24, no. 67, pp. 1-92Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24670
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COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS): protocol for an observational study using linked Scottish national data
BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 11, e042813Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImpact of COVID-19 on accident and emergency attendances and emergency and planned hospital admissions in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 113, no. 11, pp. 444-453Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076820962447
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Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in People With Asthma: A National Test-Negative Design Case-Control Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 71, no. 7, pp. e94-e104Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz1086
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13583/1/Vasileiou_SeasonalInfluenzaVaccine_VOR.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13583/2/Vasileiou_et_al_Seasonal_Influenza_Clinical_Infectious_Diseases_vor.pdf
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Shaping the Future Together: Report of the Remote and Rural General Practice Working Group
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 66 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsEarly Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II): protocol for an observational study using linked Scottish national data
BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 6, e039097Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039097
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14753/1/e039097.full.pdf
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NHS Tayside Assurance and Advisory Group: final update
Scottish GovernmentBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsNHS Tayside Assurance and Advisory Group: third progress report
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 32 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSIGN publication no. 152: Cardiac arrhythmias in coronary heart disease
Edinburgh: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). 69 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE] https://www.sign.ac.uk/
Independent External View of Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross Out of Hours Services
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 29 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSIGN publication no. 151: Management of stable angina
Edinburgh: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). 76 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE] http://www.sign.ac.uk/
NHS Tayside Transformation Support Team: second progress report
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 40 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsImproving Health and Social Care Service - Resilience over Public Holidays: The Public Holiday Review Report
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 54 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsEfectiveness of influenza vaccines in Asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 1388-1395Contributions to Journals: Review articlesNHS Tayside Assurance and Advisory Group: first progress report
Scottish Government. 8 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSIGN publication no. 150: Cardiac rehabilitation
Edinburgh: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). 49 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE] https://www.sign.ac.uk/
NHS Tayside Assurance and Advisory Group: staging report of findings and recommendations
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 60 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsRandomized trial of switching from prescribed non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to prescribed celecoxib: the Standard care vs. Celecoxib Outcome Trial (SCOT)
European Heart Journal, vol. 38, no. 23, pp. 1843-1850Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw387
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8520/3/ehw387.pdf
SIGN publication no. 149: Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease
Edinburgh: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). 118 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE] http://www.sign.ac.uk/
Evaluating the effectiveness, impact and safety of live attenuated and seasonal inactivated influenza vaccination: protocol for the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Effectiveness II (SIVE II) study
BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 2, e014200Contributions to Journals: ArticlesData feedback and behavioural change intervention to improve primary care prescribing safety (EFIPPS): multicentre, three arm, cluster-randomised controlled trial
BMJ, vol. 354, i4079Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i4079
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7366/1/bmj.i4079.full.pdf
A cardiovascular disease policy model: part 2-preparing for economic evaluation and to assess health inequalities
Open Heart, vol. 3, no. 1, e000140Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSIGN publication no. 148: Acute coronary syndrome
Edinburgh: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). 66 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE] http://www.sign.ac.uk
Investigating the public's use of Scotland's primary care telephone advice service (NHS 24): a population-based cross-sectional study
The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 66, no. 646, pp. 337-346Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X684409
Effectiveness of influenza vaccination for preventing influenza-related complications in people with asthma: A systematic review protocol
BMJ Open, vol. 6, no. 3, e010133Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSIGN publication no. 147: Management of chronic heart failure
Edinburgh: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. 82 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE] https://www.sign.ac.uk/
Main Report of the National Review of Primary Care Out of Hours Services
Edinburgh: Scottish GovernmentBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsPulling together: transforming urgent care for the people of Scotland: The Report of the Independent Review of Primary Care Out of Hours Services
Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 206 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsEarly estimation of pandemic influenza Antiviral and Vaccine Effectiveness (EAVE): use of a unique community and laboratory national data-linked cohort study
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 79, pp. 1-32Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19790
Examining the role of Scotland’s telephone advice service (NHS 24) for managing health in the community: analysis of routinely collected NHS 24 data
BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 8, e007293Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffect of longer health service provider delays on stage at diagnosis and mortality in symptomatic breast cancer
Breast, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 248-255Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTrivalent inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness for the prevention of laboratory-confirmed influenza in a Scottish population 2000 to 2009
Eurosurveillance, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1-7Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA cardiovascular disease policy model that predicts life expectancy taking into account socioeconomic deprivation
Heart, vol. 101, no. 3, pp. 201-208Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2014-305637
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4435/1/201.full.pdf
Effective Feedback to Improve Primary Care Prescribing Safety (EFIPPS) a pragmatic three-arm cluster randomised trial: designing the intervention (ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01602705)
Implementation Science, vol. 9, 133Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-014-0133-9
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4018/1/Barnett_2014.pdf
Time from first presentation in primary care to treatment of symptomatic colorectal cancer: effect on disease stage and survival
British Journal of Cancer, vol. 111, no. 3, pp. 461-469Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.352
Reducing the time before consulting with symptoms of lung cancer: randomised controlled trial in primary care
The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 63, no. 606, pp. e47-e45Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13X660779
Reducing time before consulting with symptoms of lung cancer: randomised controlled trial
Family Medicine, vol. 45 , no. Supplement 1, pp. P23Contributions to Journals: AbstractsProtocol for the Effective Feedback to Improve Primary Care Prescribing Safety (EFIPPS) study: A cluster randomised controlled trial using ePrescribing data
BMJ Open, vol. 2, no. 6, e002359Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002359
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12740/1/Guthrie_et_al_BMJOpen_VOR.pdf
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Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer
The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 62, no. 602, pp. e605-e615Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp12X654579
Effectiveness of H1N1 vaccine for the prevention of pandemic influenza in Scotland, UK: a retrospective observational cohort study
Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 696-702Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70133-0
Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the Community (SIVE): protocol for a cohort study exploiting a unique national linked data set
BMJ Open, vol. 2, no. 2, e001019Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001019
Beyond the numbers game - the call of leadership: James Mackenzie Lecture 2010
The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 62, no. 594, pp. e64-e67Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp12X616472
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