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The repository contains the records of published and unpublished research authored by NHS staff working for the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and its partners. The repository is managed by the Library and Knowledge Services of the Trust and supported by the Non-Medical Research Leads Network Group and the Research and Development Directorate.

If you are a member of RWT staff and you would like to submit an item to the repository, please fill in this online form.

If you have a list of publications you'd like to submit, please e-mail the repository rwh-tr.rwtrepository@nhs.net admin team.

For more information contact the library on 01902 695322 or email or take a look at our website. You will also find guidance on the webpage about publishing your work.

Select a community to browse its collections.

00- All RWT Publications by Year

This community lists all the RWT research outputs, collated by year of publication/issue.

01- Division 1 Surgical Division

This community includes all the groups within the surgical division as of April 2020. Including: Critical Care Services; Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Services; Surgical and Patient Services; Ophthalmology; Womens and Neonatal Group; Trauma and Orthopaedics Group; Head and Neck Group.

02- Division 2 Emergency and Medical Services Division

This community includes all the groups within the emergency and medical services division as of April 2020. Including: patient access group; rehabilitation and ambulatory group; medical group; emergency services group; oncology and haematology group.

03- Division 3 Community, Childrens and Support Services Division

This community includes all the groups within the community, childrens and support division as of April 2020. Including: childrens young people and sexual health; adult community and primary care services; diagnostics; pharmacy; therapies and ambulatory care group.

04- Division 4 Corporate Services

This community includes all the groups within the Division 4 as of May 2021. Including Service efficiency and delivery team; Emergency planning team; Corporate outpatients and Cancer tracking and improvement team.

05- Generic Cross Organisation Services

This community includes all those departments that provide generic clinical services across the trust, for example nursing and infection prevention.

06- Departments

This community includes all the non-clinical departments within the trust, for example education and training, library services, finance and governance.

07- Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering

This community includes radiation protection and safety, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, bone densitometry, radiotherapy, medical electronics, medical engineering, surgical instruments and computing.

08- Black Country Pathology Services

Set up in October 2018, the BCPS is a partnership of neighbouring trusts in providing pathology services across the Black Country. The four partners are: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust; The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust; The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.

09- NIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands

The NIHR CRN West Midlands covers the areas of Shropshire, Staffordshire, County of the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. The network is hosted by the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

10- Honorary Contracts

Much of the research which takes place at the RWT is a collaborative effort between staff and researchers who work for the our partners in Higher Education. These partners have their own research repositories.

11- COVID-19

Articles published by RWT staff are included within this collection.

12- Public Health

Included in this collection are general articles relating to public health.

13- Research and Study Support Publications

This includes articles published on all aspects of research design, study support, writing for publication, publishing and evidence-based practice.

Improving 30-day mortality after PEG tube placement in England from 2007 to 2019: a retrospective national cohort analysis of 87,862 patients.

Steed, Helen (Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Elsevier., 2022-12-01)

Background and aims: PEG has been associated with poor case selection and high mortality. We examined indications, 30-day mortality, and 7-day adverse events in a national cohort undergoing PEG tube insertion. Methods: ...
The academic impact of 20 years of Irish Otolaryngology Society Conferences.

Patil, Anish (Surgeon, Elsevier., 2022-12-01)

Background: & Purpose: The Irish Otolaryngology Society (IOS) conference takes place annually. This conference allows surgeons and surgical trainees from Ireland and abroad an opportunity to showcase research ideas from ...
Guilt, shame and negative emotion in undergraduate medical education: is there a role for Balint groups?

Greenlees, George; Archer, Laura (Medical Humanities, BMJ Publishing Group., 2022-12-01)

Balint groups are a structured discussion which explores non-clinical aspects of the doctor–patient relationship. In this commentary piece we describe our experience of a Balint group for final-year medical students in a ...
Global disparities in the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: results from an international online survey study.

Gupta, Latika (Rheumatology, Oxford University Press, 2023-05-25)

Objectives: We aimed to explore current practice and interregional differences in the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). We triangulated these observations considering countries' Gross National Income ...
Seasonal mortality trends for hospitalised patients with acute kidney injury across England.

Peracha, Javeria (BMC Nephrology, Springer Nature., 2023-05-24)

Background: Incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) is known to peak in winter months. This is likely influenced by seasonality of commonly associated acute illnesses. We set out to assess seasonal mortality trends for ...

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Improving 30-day mortality after PEG tube placement in England from 2007 to 2019: a retrospective national cohort analysis of 87,862 patients.

The academic impact of 20 years of Irish Otolaryngology Society Conferences.

Guilt, shame and negative emotion in undergraduate medical education: is there a role for Balint groups?

Global disparities in the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: results from an international online survey study.

Seasonal mortality trends for hospitalised patients with acute kidney injury across England.

Welcome to the RWT Staff Publications Repository

Communities in RWT Staff Repository

Recently Added

Improving 30-day mortality after PEG tube placement in England from 2007 to 2019: a retrospective national cohort analysis of 87,862 patients. ﻿

The academic impact of 20 years of Irish Otolaryngology Society Conferences. ﻿

Guilt, shame and negative emotion in undergraduate medical education: is there a role for Balint groups? ﻿

Global disparities in the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: results from an international online survey study. ﻿

Seasonal mortality trends for hospitalised patients with acute kidney injury across England. ﻿

Improving 30-day mortality after PEG tube placement in England from 2007 to 2019: a retrospective national cohort analysis of 87,862 patients.

The academic impact of 20 years of Irish Otolaryngology Society Conferences.

Guilt, shame and negative emotion in undergraduate medical education: is there a role for Balint groups?

Global disparities in the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: results from an international online survey study.

Seasonal mortality trends for hospitalised patients with acute kidney injury across England.