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2024-03-29T12:10:39Z
2024-03-29T12:10:39Z
Back into the light: The unveiling of Chester Royal Infirmary’s stained-glass windows at the University of Chester
Griffiths, Sarah
Chatterton, Claire
http://hdl.handle.net/10034/628406
2024-01-06T03:40:01Z
2023-12-01T00:00:00Z
Back into the light: The unveiling of Chester Royal Infirmary’s stained-glass windows at the University of Chester
Griffiths, Sarah; Chatterton, Claire
On 7 June 2023, the University of Chester’s Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society (FHMS) Historical Society hosted an event at the University’s Wheeler Building, when four stained glass windows from the former Chester Royal Infirmary were unveiled in their new home
2023-12-01T00:00:00Z
The Influence of COVID-19 Disease on Pre-Analytical Blood Sample Haemolysis Rates in Three Acute Medical Units: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Makhumula-Nkhoma, Nellie
Teggert, Andrew K.
Young, John, S.
http://hdl.handle.net/10034/627806
2023-05-23T01:44:25Z
2023-04-18T00:00:00Z
The Influence of COVID-19 Disease on Pre-Analytical Blood Sample Haemolysis Rates in Three Acute Medical Units: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Makhumula-Nkhoma, Nellie; Teggert, Andrew K.; Young, John, S.
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted delivery of health services. The aim of our study was to determine the impact of COVID-19 disease on pre-analytical blood sample haemolysis by modelling the daily haemolysis rates variations pre and post COVID-19 infections. Ethics approval was obtained prior to study commencing.
Interrupted Time Series data analysis was conducted on UK National Health Service Acute Admissions Unit 25-month (1 February 2019 to 28 February 2021) biochemistry (total and haemolysed) blood sample dataset. Interruption was set on 23 March 2021, the start of the first UK lockdown. Daily haemolysis rate (% samples haemolysed) data were fitted with a spline curve to determine influence of haemolysis rates on short or medium-term temporal trends.
Linear regression was performed so as to determine long-term temporal trends pre- and post-intervention.
There were 32,316 biochemistry blood sample results: 19,058 pre and 13,258 (342 days) from the post-intervention period. Overall median daily haemolysis rate was 7.3% (range: 0-30.6%), 7.7% pre-intervention versus 6.5% post-intervention (p<0.0001). The proportion of haemolysis cases negatively correlated with the number of samples processed (rho=0.09; p=0.01). The pre-intervention slope was -1.70 %.y-1, y intercept 9.04%; post-intervention slope was -1.88%.y-1, y intercept was 10.2%; with no difference in either the slope (p=0.87) or intercept (p=0.16).
There was no association between short-term variation in haemolysis rates with changes in practice due to COVID-19 disease and the disease itself. The negative correlation between haemolysis rate and the number of samples processed highlights the importance of continued venepuncture practice to facilitate haemolysis rate reduction.
2023-04-18T00:00:00Z
Macclesfield Baths and Washhouses and its patrons in the nineteenth century
Griffiths, Sarah
http://hdl.handle.net/10034/624680
2021-11-17T16:16:18Z
2021-12-31T00:00:00Z
Macclesfield Baths and Washhouses and its patrons in the nineteenth century
Griffiths, Sarah
The East Cheshire market town of Macclesfield had grown to become the leading centre of the English silk industry by the mid nineteenth century and this resulted in severe pressure on the town’s inadequate services. One element of the national campaign to improve sanitary conditions in urban areas was the public baths and washhouses movement from the 1840s, which resulted in the Public Baths and Wash-houses Acts in 1846 and 1847. Macclesfield’s Baths and Washhouses opened in January 1850 and it was one of the first provincial towns after Liverpool to provide such facilities. This article will therefore explore the national baths and washhouses movement, the impact of industrialisation on living conditions in Macclesfield, the history of the town’s Baths and Washhouses in the nineteenth century, the people active in its development and the range of motives which may have encouraged their support for this early addition to the public services for inhabitants.
2021-12-31T00:00:00Z
The Fall of the House of Wynnstay: The 1885 Election in East Denbighshire
Peters, Lisa
http://hdl.handle.net/10034/624437
2022-12-01T01:34:07Z
2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
The Fall of the House of Wynnstay: The 1885 Election in East Denbighshire
Peters, Lisa
This article discusses the 1885 election in East Denbighshire when the Williams-Wynn family of Wynnstay lost the parliamentary seat that the family had represented for over 170 years. The election took place amidst the backdrop of legislative changes to corrupt practices, the electorate, and changing constituency boundaries. Conservative and Liberal party organisation in East Denbighshire is discussed.
This is the author's accepted version of an article published in ©Welsh History Review/Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru, 2021
2021-06-01T00:00:00Z