Patient survey examining the experience of care of a hospital-based opt-out tobacco dependency treatment service (the CURE Project).

Introduction: Treating tobacco dependency in patients admitted to hospital is a key priority in the National Health Service long-term plan. This service evaluation assessed the perception, needs and experience of care within an opt-out hospital-based tobacco dependency treatment service (the Conversation, Understand, Replace, Experts and Evidence Base (CURE) team) in North-West England.

Methods: A survey was offered to all eligible patients between 1 July 2020 and 30 September 2020.

Understanding the enablers and barriers to implementing smoke-free NHS sites across acute care trusts in Greater Manchester: results of a hospital staff survey.

Introduction: The current study aims to identify enablers and barriers to implementing smoke-free NHS hospital grounds through a hospital staff survey.

Methods: Staff members from eight acute care NHS trusts in Greater Manchester were invited to complete a 15-minute web-based questionnaire.

Results: Five-hundred and eighty-eight participants completed the questionnaire.

Involvement of the SLIT/ROBO pathway in follicle development in the fetal ovary.

In humans and domestic mammals, pivotal processes in ovary development, including primordial follicle assembly, occur prenatally. These events are essential for determining fertility in adult life; however, they remain poorly understood at the mechanistic level. In mammals, the SLITs (SLIT1, SLIT2 and SLIT3) and their ROBO (ROBO1, ROBO2, ROBO3/RIG-1 and ROBO4/MAGIC ROBO) receptors regulate neural, leukocyte, vascular smooth muscle cell and endothelial cell migration.