Professor Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
Professor in Health Economics

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Founding director of health economics research at Bangor University. Co-director of the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME) at Bangor University.
In a global analysis of bibliometrics in health economics (1975-2022), Rhiannon was listed among the most important authors in health economics. She was ranked in the top five most collaborative authors, with Bangor University in the top 10 most collaborative institutions in health economics. See: Barbu, L. Global trends in the scientific research of the health economics: a bibliometric analysis from 1975 to 2022. Health Econ Rev 13, 31 (2023).
Telephone: +44 (0) 1248 383 712
E-mail: r.t.edwards@bangor.ac.uk
Address: Room 103, Ardudwy, Normal Site, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2PZ
X (formerly known as Twitter): @ProfRTEdwards
- 2025
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A cost-consequence analysis of a community-based rehabilitation programme following hip fracture (Fracture in the Elderly Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation—FEMuR III)
Doungsong, P., Davies, J., Ezeofor, V., Haf Spencer, L., Williams, N. & Edwards, R. T., 26 Mar 2025, In: Osteoporosis International.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A protocol for mobilising novel finance models for collaborative health promotion and disease prevention initiatives: taking a smart capacitating investment approach in the Invest4Health project
Lane, J., Edwards, R. T., Whiteley, H., Davies, J., Babarczy, B., Rutten-van Mölken, M., Oruganti, V., Costongs, C., Jani, A., Wordsworth, S., Maassen, A., Tsiachristas , A., Stavenow, B., van Vliet, J., Wright, S., Papartyte, L., Camaradou, J. & Koleva-Kolarova, R., 23 Jan 2025, In: Frontiers in Public Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hip fracture rehabilitation in hospital and community settings: A rapid review of the evidence
Haf Spencer, L., Doungsong, P., Albustami, M., Dorkenoo, S., Williams, N. & Edwards, R. T., 16 Jan 2025.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Use of patient-centred outcome measures alongside the personal wheelchair budget process in NHS England: A mixed methods approach to exploring the staff and service user experience of using the WATCh and WATCh-Ad
Tuersley, L., Quaye, N. A., Pisavadia, K., Edwards, R. T. & Bray, N., 10 Jan 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 1, p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the effects of the World Health Organization's online intervention ‘iSupport’ to reduce depression and distress in dementia carers: a multi-centre six-month randomised controlled trial in the UK
Windle, G., Flynn, G., Hoare, Z., Goulden, N., Masterson Algar, P., Edwards, R. T., Anthony, B., Kurana, S., Spector, A., Hughes, G., Proctor, D., Ismail, F., Jackson, K., Egan, K. & Stott, J., Jan 2025, In: Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 48, 101125.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2024
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Evaluating the Well-Being Benefits and Social Value of Volunteer Gardening: Health Economics Meets Behavioral Science: Behavioral Sciences
Whiteley, H., Parkinson, J., Hartfiel, N., Makanjuola, A., Lloyd-Williams, H., Lawrence, C. & Edwards, R. T., 21 Dec 2024, In: Behavioral Science. 14, 12, 1233.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Individually Tailored, Home-Based Supervised Exercise Programme for People with Early Dementia: An RCT-informed Health Economic Evaluation
Ezeofor, V., Hartfiel, N., Doungsong, P., Goldberg, S., van der Wardt, V., Howe, L., Gladman, J., Harwood, R. H. & Edwards, R. T., 11 Dec 2024.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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The cost-effectiveness of life after stroke services and the impact of these services on health and social care resource use: a rapid review
Pisavadia, K., Anthony, B., Davies, J., Roberts, S., Granger, R., Spencer, L. H., Gillen, E., Hounsome, J., Noyes, J., Fitzsimmons, D. & Edwards, R. T., 22 Nov 2024, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Acceptability of identification and management of perinatal anxiety: a qualitative interview study with postnatal women
Meades, R., Moran, P., Hutton, U., Khan, R., Maxwell, M., Cheyne, H., Delicate, A., Shakespeare, J., Hollins, K., Pisavadia, K., Doungsong, P., Edwards, R. T., Sinesi, A. & Ayers, S., 7 Nov 2024, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 12, p. 1466150 11 p., 1466150.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What is the most effective method of delivering Making Every Contact Count training? A rapid review
Batten, L., Hammond, G., England, C., Jarrom, D., Gillen, E., Davies, J., Edwards, R. T., Edwards, A., Cooper, A. & Lewis, R., 21 Oct 2024, Health and Care Research Wales. 55 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
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The clinical and cost-effectiveness of interventions for preventing continence issues resulting from birth trauma: a rapid review
Anthony, B., Davies, J., Pisavadia, K., Roberts, S., Spencer, L. H., Gillen, E., Hounsome, J., Noyes, J., Hughes, D., Fitzsimmons, D., Edwards, R. T., Edwards, A., Cooper, A. & Lewis, R., 9 Sept 2024, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Dying Well
Stringer, C., Winrow, E., Pisavadia, K., Lawrence, C. & Edwards, R. T., 5 Sept 2024, Health Economics of Well-being and Well-becoming across the Life-course. Tudor Edwards, R. & Lawrence, C. (eds.). United States of America: Oxford: OUP, p. 317 341 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of vitrectomy surgery for primary idiopathic epiretinal membranes (iERMs): a systematic review
Doungsong, P., To Kwong, H., Hartfiel, N., Sandinha, D. T., Steel, P. D. & Edwards, R. T., 7 Aug 2024, NIHR PROSPERO (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews).Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
‘ThinkCancer!’ – Randomised feasibility trial of a novel practice-based early cancer diagnosis intervention
Disbeschl, S., Hendry, A., Surgey, A., Walker, D., Goulden, N., Anthony, B., Neal, R., Williams, N., Hoare, Z., Hiscock, J., Edwards, R. T., Lewis, R. & Wilkinson, C., 3 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BJGP open.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Engaging Care Leavers: Care-leaver's Engagement with Multi-agency Services. An Evidence Informed Good Practice Toolkit
Davies, C. T., Prendergast, L., Seddon, D., Hartfiel, N. & Edwards, R. T., May 2024, 2 ed. Prifysgol Bangor University. 40 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
- Unpublished
Cyllid a mynediad at ofal hosbis yng Nghymru
Spencer, L., Davies, J., Pisavadia, K. & Edwards, R. T., 24 Apr 2024, (Unpublished) 34 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Funding and access to hospice care in Wales
Spencer, L., Davies, J., Pisavadia, K. & Edwards, R. T., 24 Apr 2024, 36 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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RCT-based Social Return on Investment (SROI) of a Home Exercise Program for People With Early Dementia Comparing In-Person and Blended Delivery Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Doungsong, P., Hartfiel, N. & Edwards, R. T., 23 Apr 2024, In: INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 61, p. 469580241246468Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Barriers and enablers to care-leavers engagement with multi-agency support: A scoping review
Prendergast, L., Davies, C. T., Seddon, D., Hartfiel, N. & Edwards, R. T., Apr 2024, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 159, 107501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The costs and cost-effectiveness of different service models of palliatice care, focusing on end of life care: A rapid review
Spencer, L., Anthony, B., Davies, J., Pisavadia, K., Gillen, E., Noyes, J., Fitzsimmons, D., Lewis, R., Cooper, A., Hughes, D., Edwards, R. T. & Edwards, A., 7 Mar 2024, MedRxiv, 118 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Randomised controlled trial of adjunctive triamcinolone acetonide in eyes undergoing vitreoretinal surgery following open globe trauma: The ASCOT study
Casswell, E. J., Cro, S., Cornelius, V. R. C., Banerjee, P. J., Zvobgo, T. M. Z., Edwards, R. T., Ezeofor, V., Anthony, B. & Shahid, S. M., Mar 2024, In: British Journal of Ophthalmology. 108, 3, p. 440-448Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of health economics in the Stand Together trial: evaluating the cost-effectiveness of KiVa in UK primary schools
Whiteley, H. & Edwards, R. T., Mar 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Health economic evaluations of preventative care for perinatal anxiety and associated disorders: a rapid review
Pisavadia, K., Spencer, L., Tuersley, L., Coates, R., Ayers, S. & Edwards, R. T., 27 Feb 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 2, p. e068941 68941.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Gwasanaethau deintyddol ac anghydroddoldebau iechyd yng Nghymru.
Spencer, L., Ezeofor, V., Lloyd-Williams, H., Pisavadia, K., Harrington, K., Cope, A., Hughes, A., Fitzsimmons, D. & Edwards, R. T., 19 Feb 2024, Gwerddon Fach.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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The Diagnostic Pathway Experiences of People Living with Rare Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: A Cross-Sectional Mixed Methods Study Using Qualitative and Economic Analyses
Davies Abbott, I., Anthony, B., Jackson, K., Windle, G. & Edwards, R. T., 16 Feb 2024, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21, 2, 231.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Supporting social connection for people living with dementia: lessons from the findings of the TRIO study
Prendergast, L., Toms, G., Seddon, D., Jones, C., Anthony, B. & Edwards, R. T., 8 Feb 2024, In: Working with Older People. 28, 1, p. 9-19 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prognostic factors for a change in eye health or vision: A rapid review
Hammond, G., Needham-Taylor, A., Bromham, N., Gillen, E., Searchfield, L., Lewis, R., Cooper, A., Edwards, A., Edwards, R. T. & Davies, J., 18 Jan 2024, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Wellness in work - supporting people in work and assisting people to return to the workforce: An economic evidence review.
Edwards, R. T., Spencer, L., Anthony, B., Davies, J., Pisavadia, K., Makanjuola, A., Lloyd-Williams, H., Fitzsimmons, D., Collins, B., Charles, J., Lewis, R., Cooper, A., Barutcu, S. & McKibben, M.-A., 17 Jan 2024, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
- E-pub ahead of print
Development of a value-based scoring system for the MobQoL-7D: a novel tool for measuring quality-adjusted life years in the context of mobility impairment
Bray, N., Tudor Edwards, R. & Schneider, P., 11 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conducting large‐scale mixed‐method research on harm and abuse prevention with children under 12: Learning from a UK feasibility study
Winrow, E. & Edwards, R. T., Jan 2024, In: Children and Society. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effects and costs of an anti-bullying programme (KiVa) in UK primary schools: a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial
Bowes, L., Babu, M., Badger, J., Broome, M., Cannings-John, R., Clarkson, S., Coulman, E., Edwards, R. T., Ford, T., Hastings, R. P., Hayes, R., Lugg-Widger, F., Owen-Jones, E., Patterson, P., Segrott, J., Sydenham, M., Townson, J., Watkins, R. C., Whiteley, H., Williams, M., the Stand Together Team & Hutchings, J., 2024, In: Psychological Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
- E-pub ahead of print
The social value and financial benefits of providing preventive and timely counselling to people with sight loss in Wales, UK
Anthony, B., Hartfiel, N. & Edwards, R. T., 20 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 10 p., 12721.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A rapid review exploring the effectiveness of artificial intelligence for cancer diagnosis
Wale, A., Shaw, H., Ayres, T., Okolie, C., Edwards, R. T., Davies, J., Lewis, R., Cooper, A. & Edwards, A., 9 Nov 2023, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Better Living with Non‑memory‑led Dementia: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of a web‑based caregiver educational programme
Suárez‑González, A., John, A., Brotherhood, E., Camic, P., McKee‐Jackson, R., Melville , M., Sullivan, M. P., Edwards, R. T., Windle, G., Crutch, S., Hoare, Z. & Stott, J., 11 Oct 2023, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9, 1, 13 p., 172.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What are the most effective interventions to support children and young people bereaved by suicide in the family: a rapid review
Mann, M., Kisleva, M., Searchfield, L., Mazzaschi, F., Jones, R., Lifford, K., Weightman, A., John, A., Lewis, R., Edwards, R. T., Davies, J., Cooper, A. & Edwards, A., 25 Sept 2023, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Review of the Pupil Development Grant: Final Report
Tiesteel, E., Hughes, C., Sultana, F., Grigorie, A., Whiteley, H., Edwards, R. T., Lynch, L., Egan, D. & Sibieta, L., 6 Sept 2023, Welsh Government. 152 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Promoting Activity, Independence, and Stability in Early Dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trial
Harwood, R. H., Goldberg, S. E., Brand, A., Wardt, V. V. D., Booth, V., Lorito, C. D., Hoare, Z., Hancox, J., Bajwa, R., Burgon, C., Howe, L., Cowley, A., Bramley, T., Long, A., Lock, J., Tucker, R., Adams, E. J., O’Brien, R., Kearney, F., Kowalewska, K., Godfrey, M., Dunlop, M., Junaid, K., Thacker, S., Duff, C., Welsh, T., Haddon-Silver, A., Gladman, J., Logan, P., Pollock, K., Vedhara, K., Hood, V., Nair, R. D., Smith, H., Tudor-Edwards, R., Hartfiel, N., Ezeofor, V., Vickers, R., Orrell, M. & Masud, T., 29 Aug 2023, In: BMJ. 382, e074787.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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RCT-based Social Return on Investment (SROI) of a home exercise programme for people with early dementia comparing in-person and blended delivery before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Doungsong, P., Edwards, R. T. & Hartfiel, N., 25 Aug 2023, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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A study to explore the feasibility of using a social return on investment approach to evaluate short breaks
Toms, G., Stringer, C., Prendergast, L., Seddon, D., Anthony, B. & Edwards, R. T., 24 Aug 2023, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 2023, 11 p., 4699751.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Single-centre, single-blinded, randomised, parallel group, feasibility study protocol investigating if mandibular advancement device treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea can reduce nocturnal gastro-oesophageal reflux (MAD-Reflux trial)
O'Toole, S., Moazzez, R., Wojewodka, G., Zeki, S., Jafari, J., Brand, A., Hoare, Z., Scott, S., Doungsong, P., Ezeofor, V., Edwards, R. T., Drakatos, P. & Steier, J., 24 Aug 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 8, p. e076661 e076661.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prospects and Aspirations for Workforce Training and Education in Social Prescribing.
Makanjuola, A., Lynch, M., Spencer, L. & Edwards, R. T., 9 Aug 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 16, 12 p., 6549.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social Return on Investment of Nature-Based Activities for Adults with Mental Wellbeing Challenges
Hartfiel, N., Gittins, H., Morrison, V., Wynne-Jones, S., Edwards, R. T. & Dandy, N., 2 Aug 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 15, 13 p., 6500.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measuring Mental Health in a Cost-of-Living Crisis: a rapid review
England, C., Jarrom, D., Washington, J., Hasler, E., Batten, L., Lewis, R., Edwards, R. T., Davies, J., Collins, B., Cooper, A. & Edwards, A., 24 Jul 2023, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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A randomised controlled trial of adjunctive triamcinolone acetonide in eyes undergoing vitreoretinal surgery for open globe trauma - the ASCOT study
Charteris, D. G., Cro, S., Casswell, E. J., Edwards, R. T., Ezeofor, V., Anthony, B., Bunce, C., Elizabeth, R., Kelly, J., Murphy, C., Banerjee, P. J. & Cornelius, V. R., 1 Jul 2023, In: Health Technology Assessment. 27, 12, p. 1-50Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘It was just – everything was normal’: outcomes for people living with dementia, their unpaid carers, and paid carers in a Shared Lives day support service
Prendergast, L., Toms, G., Seddon, D., Edwards, R. T., Anthony, B. & Jones, C., Jul 2023, In: Aging and Mental Health. 27, 7, p. 1282-1290Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What is the forecasted prevalence and incidence of long-term conditions in Wales: a rapid evidence map
Edwards, D., Csontos, J., Gillen, E., Hutchinson, G., Sha'aban, A., Carrier, J., Lewis, R., Edwards, R. T., Davies, J., Collins, B., Cooper, A. & Edwards, A., 25 Jun 2023, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Prevention of Poor Physical and Mental Health through the Green Social Prescribing Opening Doors to the Outdoors Programme: A Social Return on Investment Analysis
Makanjuola, A., Lynch, M., Hartfiel, N., Cuthbert , A. & Edwards, R. T., 12 Jun 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 12, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social Return on Investment of Social Prescribing via a Diabetes Technician for Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Progression
Skinner, A., Hartfiel, N., Lynch, M., Jones, A. W. & Edwards, R. T., 7 Jun 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 12, 6074.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the cost-effectiveness of a complex universal anti-bullying programme in UK primary schools: methodological challenges of evaluating the Stand Together pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Whiteley, H. & Edwards, R. T., Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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What is the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions in reducing the harms for children and young people who have been exposed to domestic violence or abuse: a rapid review.
Spencer, L., Hendry, A., Makanjuola, A., Pisavadia, K., Davies, J., Albustami, M., Anthony, B., Wilkinson, C., Fitzsimmons, D., Hughes, D., Edwards, R. T., Lewis, R., Cooper, A. & Edwards, A., 10 May 2023, 79 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report