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The repository contains the records of published and unpublished research authored by NHS staff working for the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and its partners.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

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- Corporate Services

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.

UK framework for basic epilepsy training and oromucosal midazolam administration.

Tittensor, Phil (Epilepsy & Behavior, Elsevier, 2021-07-09)

Background: UK wide Oromucosal Midazolam is used as an emergency treatment in community for seizures administered by family/carers with the right training. The Joint Epilepsy Council (JEC) UK which produced the training ...
Is a fasting testosterone level really necessary for the determination of androgen status in men?

Livingston, Mark (Clinica Chimica Acta, Elsevier, 2021-06-25)

Background: As circulating testosterone may be suppressed in the post-prandial state, it has been recommended that measurements are carried out with the patient fasted. Objectives: In this regard, we assessed the effect ...
Intravenous iron is non-inferior to oral iron regarding cell growth and iron metabolism in colorectal cancer associated with iron-deficiency anaemia

Mangalika, Manel; Worton, Natalie; Brookes, Matthew James (Scientific Reports, Springer Nature, 2021-11-01)

Oral iron promotes intestinal tumourigenesis in animal models. In humans, expression of iron transport proteins are altered in colorectal cancer. This study examined whether the route of iron therapy alters iron transport ...
Ranibizumab treatment in treatment-naive neovascular age-related macular degeneration: results from LUMINOUS, a Global Real-World Study.

Yang, Yit (Retina, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins., 2021-09-01)

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and treatment patterns of ranibizumab 0.5 mg in treatment-naive patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration enrolled in LUMINOUS study. Methods: This 5-year, ...
Zygomatic complex fractures in the emergency department: diagnosis and management.

Snee, Daryl (Emergency Nurse, RCN Publishing, 2021-07-07)

Falls, assaults, road traffic accidents and sporting injuries are some of the common causes of facial bone fractures. Fractures to the zygomatic complex, or cheekbone, are one of the most common fractures to the facial ...

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UK framework for basic epilepsy training and oromucosal midazolam administration.

Is a fasting testosterone level really necessary for the determination of androgen status in men?

Intravenous iron is non-inferior to oral iron regarding cell growth and iron metabolism in colorectal cancer associated with iron-deficiency anaemia

Ranibizumab treatment in treatment-naive neovascular age-related macular degeneration: results from LUMINOUS, a Global Real-World Study.

Zygomatic complex fractures in the emergency department: diagnosis and management.

Welcome to the RWT Staff Publications Repository

Communities in RWT Staff Repository

Recently Added

UK framework for basic epilepsy training and oromucosal midazolam administration. ﻿

Is a fasting testosterone level really necessary for the determination of androgen status in men? ﻿

Intravenous iron is non-inferior to oral iron regarding cell growth and iron metabolism in colorectal cancer associated with iron-deficiency anaemia ﻿

Ranibizumab treatment in treatment-naive neovascular age-related macular degeneration: results from LUMINOUS, a Global Real-World Study. ﻿

Zygomatic complex fractures in the emergency department: diagnosis and management. ﻿

UK framework for basic epilepsy training and oromucosal midazolam administration.

Is a fasting testosterone level really necessary for the determination of androgen status in men?

Intravenous iron is non-inferior to oral iron regarding cell growth and iron metabolism in colorectal cancer associated with iron-deficiency anaemia

Ranibizumab treatment in treatment-naive neovascular age-related macular degeneration: results from LUMINOUS, a Global Real-World Study.

Zygomatic complex fractures in the emergency department: diagnosis and management.