Defining 'liaison haematology' in the UK: a modified Delphi study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to generate a consensus definition for the work informally referred to as 'liaison haematology', by UK health professionals within haematology, including a list of tasks and routes by which requests are received. The objective was to help inform current workloads and future job plans.

Design: A modified Delphi study using focus groups sought to reach consensus on a definition and scope of work for 'liaison haematology'.

Prospective parents' views on reproductive genetic carrier screening: "You know better, you do better".

Reproductive genetic carrier screening (RGCS) allows screening for hundreds of autosomal recessive and X-linked conditions. Multiple clinical professional bodies recommend that RGCS be offered to all prospective parents. There is some research into attitudes to targeted carrier screening for conditions common in specific populations.

Revising the reproductive story: psychosocial and reproductive impacts 12 months after reproductive genetic carrier screening.

The responsible implementation of reproductive genetic carrier screening (RGCS) involves understanding the long-term psychosocial and reproductive impacts of results. This mixed-methods study examined these impacts within 'Mackenzie's Mission', an Australia-wide study that offered couple-based RGCS for >1280 genes to 10,000 reproductive couples. Data from participant surveys completed at enrolment and 12 months post-result were analysed.

Application of mobile health (mHealth) in the field of eye care: A scoping review of interventions used by individuals and health services to communicate.

Mobile health (mhealth) has the potential to become a powerful tool to support healthcare delivery in various ways, but there is a gap in the understanding on the impact of mHealth interventions used in eyecare. The aim of this scoping review is to collate, synthesise and describe the types of mHealth interventions in eye care. We searched MEDLINE, Embase and Global Health on 2 March 2021, July 13th 2023 and August 8th 2024 for any mHealth intervention that is available within an eyecare service and involves communication between patients and health professionals.

Parliamentarizing war: explaining legislative votes on Canadian military deployments.

The parliamentarization of military deployments is a burgeoning area of study but has tended to neglect the peculiar cases of legislatures deprived of any war powers. This article contributes to this literature by examining the curious case of Canada. Since Canadian governments are not required to secure parliamentary support to deploy the military, it analyzes why they occasionally have and increasingly do.