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The repository contains the records of published and unpublished research authored by NHS staff working for the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and its partners.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.

Exploration of the representation of the allied health professions in senior leadership positions in the UK National Health Service.

Eddison, Nicola; Leask, Millar (BMJ Leader, BJM Leader, 2023-08-24)

Background Allied health professionals (AHPs) are an important group within the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK and make up a large portion of the workforce. Investment in AHP leadership is believed to lead to ...
An exploratory cost-effectiveness analysis of a novel tissue valve compared with mechanical valves for surgical aortic valve replacement in subgroups of people aged 55–64 and 65+ with aortic stenosis in the UK.

Nikolaidis, Nicolas (Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Taylor and Francis., 2023-08-28)

Objective Exploratory analysis to conceptualize and evaluate the potential cost-effectiveness and economic drivers of using a novel tissue valve compared with mechanical heart valves for surgical aortic valve replacement ...
Skin is a window to one’s inner world.

Eleftheriadou, Viktoria (British Association of Dermatology, Oxford Academic, 2023-08-25)

No Abstract found
Streamlining prolonged jaundice clinic referrals.

Ruth, Nicola; Brown, K; Moore, Helen (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust., 2023-04-25)

The prolonged jaundice clinic process puts unnecessary strain both on new parents and the neonatal department, this journey can be vastly improved by moving to a community-led service.
Impact of education and positioning aids on the prevalence of head shape deformities in preterm infants.

Xanthidis, Charlotte (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust., 2023-04-25)

The use of head positioning aids alongside education and therapy support can have a big impact on reducing the prevalence of adverse head shapes in preterm infants. These results are being used to support wider implementation ...

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Exploration of the representation of the allied health professions in senior leadership positions in the UK National Health Service.

An exploratory cost-effectiveness analysis of a novel tissue valve compared with mechanical valves for surgical aortic valve replacement in subgroups of people aged 55–64 and 65+ with aortic stenosis in the UK.

Skin is a window to one’s inner world.

Streamlining prolonged jaundice clinic referrals.

Impact of education and positioning aids on the prevalence of head shape deformities in preterm infants.

Welcome to the RWT Staff Publications Repository

Communities in RWT Staff Repository

Recently Added

Exploration of the representation of the allied health professions in senior leadership positions in the UK National Health Service. ﻿

An exploratory cost-effectiveness analysis of a novel tissue valve compared with mechanical valves for surgical aortic valve replacement in subgroups of people aged 55–64 and 65+ with aortic stenosis in the UK. ﻿

Skin is a window to one’s inner world. ﻿

Streamlining prolonged jaundice clinic referrals. ﻿

Impact of education and positioning aids on the prevalence of head shape deformities in preterm infants. ﻿

Exploration of the representation of the allied health professions in senior leadership positions in the UK National Health Service.

An exploratory cost-effectiveness analysis of a novel tissue valve compared with mechanical valves for surgical aortic valve replacement in subgroups of people aged 55–64 and 65+ with aortic stenosis in the UK.

Skin is a window to one’s inner world.

Streamlining prolonged jaundice clinic referrals.

Impact of education and positioning aids on the prevalence of head shape deformities in preterm infants.