Dr Matthew J Booker

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• 2025

  Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: a mixed-methods realist evaluation.

  Booker, M. J., Voss, S., Harris, N., Hollingworth, W., Jeynes, N. S. H., Taylor, H. F., Garfield, K. M., Baxter, H. A., Benger, J., Gibson, A., Goodenough, T., Jagosh, J., Kirby, K., Liddiard, C., Proctor, A., Purdy, S., Schofield, B., Stott, H., Scrimgeour, G. & Walsh, N., 27 Feb 2025, In: Health and Social Care Delivery Research. 13, 6, p. 1-137 162 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • General Practice 100%
  • Cost Effectiveness Analysis 100%
  • Paramedic 100%
  • Primary Medical Care 23%
  • General Practitioner 7%

• Predictors of Persisting Symptoms after Concussion in Children Following a Traumatic Brain Injury: a longitudinal retrospective cohort study

  Wilson, R., Jackson, J., Birnie, K., Ijaz, S., Booker, M. J., Burrell, A., Haythornthwaite, G., Hong, J., Lyttle, M., Pocock, L. V., Scott, L. J., Williams, C. E. M., Wright, I., Savović, J., Mytton, J. & Redaniel, M. T., 5 Apr 2025, In: BMJ Paediatrics Open. 9, 1, 10 p., e003036.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Odds Ratio 100%
  • Confidence Interval 100%
  • Cohort Analysis 100%
  • Traumatic Brain Injury 100%
  • Retrospective Cohort Study 100%
• 2024

  How do primary care clinicians approach hospital admission decisions for people in the final year of life? A systematic review and narrative synthesis

  Davies, R. A., Booker, M. J., Ives, J. C. S. & Huntley, A. L., 23 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Palliative Medicine. 38, 8, p. 806-817 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Health Service 50%
  • Palliative Therapy 50%
  • Clinical Judgment 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Paramedic- or GP-consultations in primary care: prospective study comparing costs and outcomes

  Hollingworth, W., Jeynes, N. S. H., Taylor, H., Garfield, K. M., Voss, S. & Booker, M. J., 4 Nov 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of General Practice Open.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • Paramedic 100%
  • Healthcare 100%
  • General Practice 91%
  • Quality of Life 50%

• Understanding paramedic work in general practice in the UK: A rapid realist synthesis

  Stott, H., Goodenough, T., Jagosh, J., Gibson, A., Harris, N., Liddiard, C., Proctor, A., Schofield, B., Walsh, N., Booker, M. J. & Voss, S., 23 Jan 2024, In: BMC Primary Care . 25, 1, 32.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Initial Program 100%
  • General Practice 100%
  • Paramedic 100%
  • Workforce 100%
  • Leadership 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• ‘JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW’: Textual trajectories in emergency medical dispatch

  Angouri, J., Ting, S., Booker, M. J., Rawlinson, D., Nadeem, L. & Rees, N., 12 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Discourse and Society. 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Sociolinguistics 100%
  • Decision Making 100%
• 2023

  Cross Cultural Adaptation and its Impact on Research in Emergency Care

  Roberts, T., Carlton, E., Booker, M. J., Voss, S., Vaillancourt, S., Jafar, A. & Benger, J., 1 Jun 2023, In: Emergency Medicine Journal. 40, 6, p. 396-403 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Emergency Care 100%
  • Patient-Reported Outcome 100%
  • Medical Research 50%
  • Emergency Care Practitioner 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  117 Downloads (Pure)

• Exploring Medical Students’ Self-Reported Confidence and Willingness Administering Basic Life Support (BLS) Following Peer-Led Training in the Context of COVID-19

  Mears, W., Rylance, A., King, O., Allsop, S. & Booker, M. J., 27 Nov 2023, In: International Journal of First Aid Education. 6, 1, p. 81-94

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Medical Student 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  • Basic Life Support 100%
  • Student Attitude 100%
  • Likert Scale 100%

• GP roles in emergency medical services: a systematic mapping review and narrative synthesis

  Burrell, A., Scrimgeour, G. & Booker, M. J., 30 May 2023, In: British Journal of General Practice Open. 7, 2, BJGPO.2023.0002.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • General Practitioner 100%
  • Narrative 100%
  • Triage 100%
  • Emergency Department 50%
  • Patient Acuity 25%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Impact Of Peer-Led Basic Life Support Training On Student Confidence Performing Real-Life Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Before, During And After Covid-19 Restrictions. Oral Presentation: Short communication online 42.2 (6428) delivered at AMEE conference Wednesday 30th August 08:45-09:00

  Rylance, A., Mears, W., King, O., Hewitt, D., Allsop, S. & Booker, M. J., 30 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) p. 358-9. 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Abstract › peer-review

  • Medical Student 100%
  • Student Attitude 100%
  • School Curriculum 100%
  • Likert Scale 100%
  • Resuscitation 100%

• Prompt identification of struggling candidates in near peer-led basic life support training: piloting an online performance scoring system

  Gillam, L., Crawshaw, B., Booker, M. J. & Allsop, S., 2 May 2023, In: BMC Medical Education. 23, 1, p. 303 1 p., 303.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Progression 100%
  • Linear Trend 100%
  • Mean Score 100%
  • Highlight Candidate 100%
  • Medical Student 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2022

  How to save a life: Creating video resources to support safe CPR delivery during COVID-19: Poster presentation at ASME 2022, Aberdeen 5-7 July 2022

  Lewes, R., Hewitt, D., Hudson, E., Booker, M. J. & Allsop, S., 2022, (Accepted/In press).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Poster › peer-review

  Open Access

  • COVID-19 100%
  • Resuscitation 100%
  • Pandemic 100%
  • Basic Life Support 71%
  • Survival Rate 50%

• Mental health and help seeking among trauma-exposed emergency service staff: a qualitative evidence synthesis

  Auth, N., Booker, M. J., Wild, J. & Riley, R., 2 Feb 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 2, 16 p., e047814.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mental Health 100%
  • Injury 100%
  • Triage 100%
  • Qualitative Study 33%
  • Stressors 33%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  136 Downloads (Pure)

• Potential for paramedic roles in Irish General Practice: a qualitative study of stakeholders perspectives

  Barry, T., Batt, A., Agarwal, G., Booker, M. J., Casey, M. & McCombe, G., 12 Aug 2022, In: HRB Open Research. 5, 40, 23 p., 13545.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • General Practice 100%
  • Paramedic 100%
  • General Practitioner 36%
  • Primary Medical Care 9%
  • Health Care Policy 9%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  177 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Antibiotic prescribing in UK out-of-hours primary care services: a realist-informed scoping review of training and guidelines for healthcare professionals

  Gomes Alves, P., Hayward, G., Leydon, G., Barnes, R. K., Woods, C. J., Webb, J. C., Booker, M. J., Ireton, H., Latter, S., Little, P., Moore, M., Nicholls, C. L. & Stevenson, F., 30 Jun 2021, In: British Journal of General Practice Open. 5, 3, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • Health Care Personnel 100%
  • Clinical Guideline 100%
  • Practice Guideline 100%
  • Antibiotics 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  59 Downloads (Pure)

• Factors affecting the documentation of spoken safety-netting advice in routine GP consultations: a cross-sectional study

  Edwards, P. J., Bennett-Britton, I., Ridd, M. J., Booker, M. J. & Barnes, R. K., Nov 2021, In: British Journal of General Practice. 71, 712, p. E869-E876

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Cross-Sectional Study 100%
  • Medical Record 100%
  • Netting 100%
  • Logistic Regression Analysis 50%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  82 Downloads (Pure)

• Paramedics working in general practice: a scoping review

  Xi, D., McCombe, G., Agarwal, G., Booker, M. J., Cullen, W., Bury, G. & Barry, T., 1 Apr 2021, In: HRB Open Research. 4, 34, 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Chronic Disorder 100%
  • Ageing Population 100%
  • Empirics 100%
  • Scientific Literature 100%
  • Health Outcomes 100%
  590 Downloads (Pure)

• Regression discontinuity analysis for pharmacovigilance: statin example reflected trial findings showing little evidence of harm

  Scott, L. J., Redaniel, M. T., Booker, M. J., Payne, R. A. & Tilling, K. M., 12 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 141, p. 121-131 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Pharmacovigilance 100%
  • Statin (Protein) 100%
  • QRISK Score 100%
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitor 66%
  • Adverse Outcome 66%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  62 Downloads (Pure)

• What factors are associated with ambulance use for non-emergency problems in children? A systematic mapping review and qualitative synthesis

  Proctor, A. N., Baxter, H. A. & Booker, M. J., 28 Sept 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 10 p., e049443.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • PsycINFO 100%
  • Socioeconomic Status 100%
  • CINAHL 100%
  • Data Extraction 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  65 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Does health and social care provision for the community dwelling older population help to reduce unplanned secondary care, support timely discharge and improve patient well-being? A mixed method meta-review of systematic reviews

  Dawson, S., Kunonga, P., Beyer, F., Spiers, G., Booker, M. J., McDonald, R., Cameron, A. M., Craig, D., Hanratty, B., Salisbury, C. & Huntley, A. L., 30 Jul 2020, In: F1000Research. 9, 12 p., 857.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article (Academic Journal)

  Open Access

  File

  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Secondary Care 100%
  • Community Health 20%
  • Health Care Outcome 20%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  193 Downloads (Pure)

• Exploring how paramedics are deployed in general practice and the perceived benefits and drawbacks: a mixed methods scoping study

  Schofield, B., Voss, S., Proctor, A. N., Benger, J., Coates, D., Kirby, K., Purdy, S. & Booker, M. J., 13 May 2020, In: British Journal of General Practice Open. 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • UK 100%
  • Literature Reviews 100%
  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 100%
  • Personnel 100%
  • Service Delivery 100%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  246 Downloads (Pure)

• Identifying and supporting struggling candidates in peer-led basic life support teaching

  Gillam, L., Crawshaw, B., Fullick, J. J., Booker, M. J., Rowe, M. & Allsop, S., 7 Sept 2020.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Abstract › peer-review

  • Training Course 100%
  • Occupational Career 100%
  • Medical Student 100%
  • Repeated Measures Design 100%
  • SPSS Statistics 100%
• 2019

  Ambulance use for ‘primary care’ problems : an ethnographic study of seeking and providing help in a UK ambulance service

  Booker, M. J., Purdy, S., Barnes, R. & Shaw, A. R. G., 10 Oct 2019, In: BMJ Open. 9, 10, 11 p., e033037.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • Health Practitioner 20%
  • Health Care Personnel 20%
  • Ambulance 20%
  • Nutrition Policy 20%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  280 Downloads (Pure)

• Ethnographic methods for researching acute healthcare encounters: a systemic review (the EMERALd review): PROSPERO 2019 CRD42019145590

  Booker, M. J., McKelvie, S. & Glogowska, M., 3 Sept 2019, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• Models of paramedic involvement in general practice

  Booker, M. J. & Voss, S., 1 Oct 2019, In: British Journal of General Practice Open. 69, 687, p. 477-478

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • General Practice 100%
  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • Paramedic 100%
  • Health Care Personnel 33%
  • House Call 33%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  36 Downloads (Pure)

• Realist Evaluation of Paramedics Deployed in General Practice: The 'READY Paramedics' Study

  Booker, M., Voss, S., Schofield, B., Proctor, A., Kirby, K. & Benger, J., 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Abstract › peer-review

  • Realist Evaluation 100%
  • Key Stakeholder 100%
  • General Practice 100%
  • Paramedic 100%
  • General Medicine 100%

• What factors are associated with ambulance use for non-emergency problems in children? A systematic mapping review and qualitative synthesis. PROSPERO CRD42019160395

  Booker, M. J. & Proctor, A., 4 Dec 2019, PROSPERO : National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access
• 2018

  'Primary care sensitive' situations that result in an ambulance attendance: a Conversation Analytic study of UK emergency 999 call recordings

  Booker, M., Shaw, A. R. G., Purdy, S. & Barnes, R., Nov 2018, In: BMJ Open. 8, 11, 15 p., e023727.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Telephone Call 100%
  • Medical Emergency 100%
  • Care Management 100%
  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • UK 100%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  299 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding antibiotic prescribing patterns in out-of-hours primary care

  Barnes, R., Leydon, G., Stevenson, F., Woods, C. J., Booker, M., Hayward, G., Stuart, B., Little, P., Moore, M., Gomes Alves, P. & Webb, J., 13 Nov 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Abstract › peer-review

  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • Primary Health Care 100%
  • Physician 50%
  • House Call 50%
  • Literature Review 50%
• 2017

  Prizewinning 999 Abstracts 2017: Best Poster: Exploring why ‘primary care’ problems end up receiving ambulance treatment: early findings from a pre-hospital ethnographic study

  Booker, M., Barnes, R., Heawood, A. & Purdy, S., 23 Oct 2017, Emergency Medical Journal. BMJ Publishing Group, Vol. 34. p. e13

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

  Open Access

• Seeking ambulance treatment for ‘primary care’ problems: a qualitative systematic review of patient, carer and professional perspectives

  Booker, M., Purdy, S. & Shaw, A. R. G., 3 Aug 2017, In: BMJ Open. 7, 8, 12 p., e016832.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Ambulance 66%
  • Urgent Care 66%
  • Information System 33%
  42 Citations (Scopus)

  420 Downloads (Pure)

• The role of first aid education to support people attending urgent care services

  Mytton, J., Booker, M., Baxter, H., Bowen, L. & Davies, B., 24 Aug 2017, British Red Cross.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• 2015

  Understanding why ambulances are called for primary care problems: a systematic mapping review (abstract): Highest Quality Research - Prizewinning abstracts selected through the 999 EMS Research Forum peer review process and presented at the Quality Improvement and Innovation Research in Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2015

  Booker, M., Feb 2015, In: Emergency Medicine Journal. 32, 6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Why do patients with 'primary care sensitive' problems access ambulance services? A systematic mapping review of the literature

  Booker, M., Shaw, A. & Purdy, S., May 2015, In: BMJ Open. 5, e007726

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  89 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Assessment of Children in the URgent Care Environment (ACURE) Project: A decision model for out-of-hours education

  Booker, M. J., 2014, (Accepted/In press) In: Education for Primary Care.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2013

  Exploring emergency ambulance use for 'primary care sensitive' problems: results and reflections from a qualitative study

  Booker, M. J., Dec 2013, Primary Health Care Research and Development. Cambridge University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• Patients who call emergency ambulances for primary care problems: a qualitative study of the decision-making process

  Booker, M. J., Simmonds, R. L. & Purdy, S., 27 Mar 2013, In: Emergency Medicine Journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Primary Medical Care 100%
  • Ambulance 100%
  • Urgent Care 100%
  • Sampling 16%
  • Triage 16%
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• The next generation of substance misuse expertise: an innovate GP speciality scholarship in the Severn Deanery

  Booker, M. J. & Vose, M., Nov 2013, In: Education for Primary Care.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2012

  Patients who call emergency ambulances for 'primary care' problems: how are decisions made?

  Booker, M. J., Dec 2012, Primary Health Care Research and Development. S1 ed. Cambridge University Press, Vol. 13. p. S1-152

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• The assessment of substance misusers

  Booker, M. J., 2012, In: InnovAiT. 5, 7, p. 375-383

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• The primary care management of substance misusers

  Booker, M. J., 2012, In: InnovAiT. 5, 7, p. 384-392

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2011

  Complications of aclohol use

  Booker, M. J., 2011, In: InnovAiT. 4, 11, p. 651-657

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Testicular Pain

  Booker, M. J., 2011, In: InnovAiT. p. 495-502

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2009

  Documentation of radiographic findings by non-radiologists: an audit

  Jones, T., Booker, M. J., Hobbins, S. & Dawkins, D., 2009, In: European Journal of Radiography. 1, p. 48-51

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Stevens-Johnson Syndrome triggered by a chemical hair relaxer

  Booker, M. J., 2009, In: Cases Journal. 2, p. 7748

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2008

  Aseptic meningitis in a patient taking etanercept for rheumatoid arthritis: a case report

  Booker, M. J., Flint, J. & Saravana, S., 2008, In: Cases Journal. 1, p. 364

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Neurocysticercosis as a first presentation of tonic-clonic seizures

  Booker, M. J., Snelson, C. & Dodd, L., 2008, In: Cases Journal. 1, p. 104

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Pain management in sickle cell disease

  Booker, M. J., Blethyn, K., Wright, C. & Greenfield, S., 2006, In: Chronic Illness. 2, p. 39-50

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  35 Citations (Scopus)