Background Ensuring patient safety is vital in primary care. One mechanism to increase
patient safety is through a practice known as safety netting. Safety netting is widely …

Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a largely asymptomatic condition of
diminished renal function, which may not be detected until advanced stages without …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption and change to
the organisation of primary care, including for people experiencing homelessness who may …

Background Previous studies have reported how often safety-netting is documented in
medical records, but it is not known how this compares with what is verbalised and what …

Background Providing safety-netting advice (SNA) in out-of-hours (OOH) primary care is a
recognised standard of safe care, but it is not known how frequently this occurs in practice …

Background Uncoded chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with poorer quality of
care. Aim To ascertain the proportion and determinants of CKD, which have not been …

Background Decline in kidney function can result in adverse health outcomes. The Oxford
Renal Cohort Study has detailed baseline assessments from 884 participants≥ 60 years of …

Background Striking the right balance between early cancer diagnosis and the risk of
excessive testing for low-risk symptoms is of paramount importance. Patient-centred care …

Background Safety netting is recommended in a variety of clinical settings, yet there are no
tools to record clinician safety-netting communication behaviours. Aim To develop and …

Background Safety netting in primary care may help diagnose cancer earlier, but it is unclear
what the format and content of an acceptable safety-netting intervention would be. This …