Environmental impact of an acid-forming alum shale waste rock legacy site in Norway.

Alum shale formations in Scandinavia are generally enriched in uranium (U) and, when exposed to air and water, may produce acidic rock drainage (ARD), releasing potentially harmful elements into the environment. Taraldrud is a legacy site in southeast Norway where approx. 51 000 m of alum shale was deposited in the 1980s-1990s.

Predictors of care home resident conveyance to hospital or referral to community pathways by a regional ambulance service attending medical emergencies: a retrospective cross sectional study.

Background: Care home residents are at higher risk compared with community dwelling elders for medical emergencies, often resulting in ambulance attendance and conveyance to hospital. We aimed to determine the factors predicting care home resident conveyance to hospital or referral to community pathways by an ambulance service.

Methods: We used a retrospective cross-sectional study design analysing routine data from electronic clinical records from East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS).

Testing and refining an approach to identifying health and social care needs in probation.

We piloted an approach to identifying the health and social care needs of people on probation using a survey consisting of validated screening tools and key additional questions. We share findings from our analysis of the sample data, showing that there is a high complexity of needs in this population, with 65.4% of participants reporting at least one unmet need.

Non-gastrointestinal symptom burden following colorectal cancer treatment-a systematic review.

Background: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Improvements in screening and treatment have allowed for earlier detection and longer survival. However, treatments, which may involve surgery, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, often lead to patients developing both gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal symptoms that can persist long term.