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New report raises concerns about the quality of care over baby twin deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/twins
A new study investigating the quality of care provided to women whose twin babies died has revealed that improvements in care may have made a difference to the outcome for the babies in over half (54%) of the pregnancies reviewed.
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Green-fingered students and staff unite to renovate Oadby Care Home gardens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/green-fingered-students-and-staff-unite-to-renovate-oadby-care-home-gardens
On Saturday 2 June, a group of green-fingered volunteers dedicated an afternoon to improving the gardens of the Aigburth Residential Care Home in Oadby.
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New Jiscmail mailing list for researchers of Queer Bibliography launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/29/new-jiscmail-mailing-list-for-researchers-of-queer-bibliography-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2023 The description provided is: QUEERBIB@jiscmail.ac.
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Global Health and Care Worker Policy Lab
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/26/global-health-and-care-worker-policy-lab/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2024 Created in April by the World Health Organization and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, this resource aims to provide free access to...
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Leicester academic brings attention to a lack of care for women after miscarriage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-brings-attention-to-a-lack-of-care-for-women-after-miscarriage
Dr Corinne Fowler from our School of Arts has recently spoken out about the mistreatment of women and the lack of communication after a miscarriage. In a recent article for the BBC, Corinne bravely discusses the trauma of her own experience, which happened thirteen years ago.
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Leicester researchers to evaluate training for health and adult social care staff in England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/oliver-mcgowan
Researchers from the University of Leicester are to investigate whether the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, introduced for health and adult social care staff following the death of autistic teenager Oliver McGowan is meeting the needs of people with a learning disability...
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Leicester’s Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope helps in groundbreaking discovery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-cryo-electron-microscope-cte
The Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope, based at the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, has provided a significant part of the data that enabled researchers to understand the structural basis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a head...
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Expedition 330: Louisville Seamount Trail
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2010-11/louisville
December 2010 – February 2011 In December 2010, an international team of scientists set sail on the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution for an eight-week IODP expedition to the Louisville Seamount chain.
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Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/researchers-show-bacteriophages-can-affect-melioidosis-disease-acquisition
Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition|An international research team including Leicester researchers has developed a mathematical model for monitoring and...
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University researchers publish new report evaluating efforts to improve person-centred care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-researchers-publish-new-report-evaluating-efforts-to-improve-person-centred-care
An independent evaluation report led by researchers from our University has been published, based on work funded by the Health Foundation and NHS England The report sets out the findings from a qualitative evaluation of the feasibility of using a tool called the Patient...