A Study of Universal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA Testing Among Residents and Staff in a Large Group of Care Homes in South London.

Background: Care homes have experienced a high number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related deaths among residents since the onset of the pandemic. However, up to May 2020, there has been a lack of information about the extent of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among residents and staff in care homes and limited testing in this setting.

Methods: Combined nose and throat swab testing for SARS-CoV-2 RNA was carried out in 2455 residents and staff across 37 care homes in the London Borough of Bromley across a 3-week period.

A building concern? The health needs of families in temporary accommodation.

Background: The number of families living in temporary accommodation in the UK is increasing. International evidence suggests that family homelessness contributes to poor mental health outcomes for both child and parent/carer, yet there is no routine way of understanding these health impacts at a local area level.

Methods: A homeless health needs audit was adapted to include questions about family health and completed in survey form by 33 people living in temporary accommodation in the London Borough of Bromley.

Evaluation of a type 2 diabetes prevention program using a commercial weight management provider for non-diabetic hyperglycemic patients referred by primary care in the UK.

Objectives: To determine if a diabetes prevention program (DPP) delivered by a commercial weight management provider using a UK primary care referral pathway could reduce the progression to type 2 diabetes (T2D) in those diagnosed with non-diabetic hyperglycemia (NDH-being at high risk of developing T2D).

Research Design: This is a quasi-experimental translational research study.

Methods: 14 primary care practices identified, recruited and referred patients with NDH (fasting plasma glucose ≥5.

Childhood chest illness and the rate of decline of adult lung function between ages 35 and 45 years.

Rationale: There is an association between childhood chest illness and impairment of adult ventilatory function. It has not yet been established whether respiratory illness in childhood predisposes to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by accelerating the decline in adult lung function.

Objectives: To determine the effects of childhood chest illness and smoking on the rate of decline of adult ventilatory function from the age of 35 to 45 yr in a large, nationally representative sample of British adults.