Connected Communities | Learning lessons from person-centred community-based support services' implementation: a mixed-methods study protocol.

Background: Person-centred community-based support services (PCCBSS) are an array of non-clinical services provided by organisations such as NHS Trusts, voluntary sector organisations, or local authorities.All PCCBSS involve an individual (variously known as a 'social prescriber', 'link worker', 'signposter', 'navigator', 'connector' or 'neighbourhood coach') who talks with a service user before directing them to a range of relevant community sources of social, emotional, and practical support.Despite much recent investment in social prescribing, and its increased prominence within the policy context across England, little is understood about how PCCBSS are implemented.

Association Between Digital Front Doors and Social Care Use for Community-Dwelling Adults in England: Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Requests for public social care support can be made through an online portal. These digital "front doors" can help people navigate complex social care systems and access services. These systems can be set up in different ways, but there is little evidence about the impact of alternative arrangements.

Desktop 3D printers in the workplace: use, emissions, controls, and health.

Desktop three-dimensional (3D) printers are used in businesses, schools, and colleges, and are generally of an unenclosed design which may give rise to injuries or inhalation exposure to emissions of small particles (<1 µm) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The aim of this work was to explore the health risks related to the use of desktop 3D printers in workplaces in the United Kingdom. A digital survey on the use of desktop 3D printers was completed voluntarily and anonymously between February and June 2023, receiving 146 responses.

Quality of life outcomes for informal carers of long-term care service users in Austria, England and Finland.

Purpose: The provision and funding of long-term care (LTC) for older people varies between European countries. Despite differences, there is limited information about the comparative performance of LTC systems in Europe. In this study, we compared quality of life (QoL) of informal carers of home care service users in Austria, England and Finland.