Vaccination reduces the risks related to infectious disease, especially among more vulnerable
groups, such as older adults. The vaccines available to older adults in the UK through the …

A lesson identified from the COVID-19 pandemic is that we need to extend existing best
practice for intervention development. In particular, we need to integrate (a) state-of-the-art …

Aim: Rapid intervention development, implementation and evaluation is required for
emergency public health contexts, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. A novel Agile Co-…

Background and Aims Recovery outcomes for opioid substitution treatment are poorer than
those for alcohol and other drugs. In order to understand why this is and to synthesise the …

Background and Aims 75% of people with cirrhosis are diagnosed during an emergency
admission to hospital, at which point mortality is 1 in 6. Cirrhosis prevalence is <1% in the …

Introduction Increased access to sexual health testing amongst men-who-have-sex-with-men
(MSM), people from African and Caribbean heritage communities and young people (16–…

Background Primary care can be an appropriate setting to address opioid analgesic
dependence among patients with chronic non-cancer pain. This study evaluated the South …

Introduction Approximately 25% of people infected with HIV are undiagnosed. Late diagnosis
occurs in up to 50% and has negative consequences for patients, public health and the …

Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at greater risk of developing bacterial skin
and soft tissue infections (SSTI) than the general population. UK prevention interventions …

There is no public human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme for boys in the UK.
As men who have sex with men (MSM) may be at greater risk for HPV-associated cancers, …