Originally a component of No. 82 Wing, No. 1 OCU became an independent unit at Amberley in April 1968, its focus being the provision of operationally ready pilots for service with No. 2 Squadron in the Vietnam War.
In order to ensure intervention fidelity, experienced clinicians in the research team were closely involved in the set up and provision of interventions at the pilot stage.
Also, a recent program in South Africa has piloted provision of ART for longer periods with good results [ 27].
Which brings us to the one major proposal that still, formally at least, remains alive – the plan to pilot the provision of local news on ITV in Scotland, Wales and north-east England via so-called independently financed news consortiums (IFNCs).
Another study, the European cancer health indicators project [ 29] has, within five fields of indicators, one on 'treatment & clinical aspects', suggesting that international indicators should include delay in cancer treatment (pilot studies), provision of radiotherapy and CT equipment, compliance with best oncology practice and percentage patients receiving palliative radiotherapy.
In those three research sites that were piloting universal provision of free HS vitamins for pregnant women, midwives were able to hand vitamins directly to women rather than sending them to a collection point.
A unique aspect of our pilot was the provision of cellular phones to enrollees in need.
(Report) Where information about a service was disseminated online, pilot services suggested provision of information within, or linked from, a website already used by the target audience, such as the local PCT, hospital or genetics department websites.
Expected impact of the project is the reduction of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among vulnerable pregnant drug addicted women in selected pilot cities through provision of support to the government and civil society organizations to develop and implement effective HIV prevention, treatment and care services for drug addicted pregnant women and their children.
An important lesson from the current pilot was that provision of two LED machines was sufficient to make a difference in a hospital with fewer than 400 annual admissions for jaundice, but failed to have an impact in a hospital with over 800 annual admissions for jaundice.
