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THE PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE AND THEIR ROLE IN TODAY’S POLITICAL AGENDA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM [PDF]
The article focuses on the National Health Service and its role in British social and politi- cal life. The author highlights the symbolic meaning of NHS for several generations of UK citizens and political leaders, which determines its primacy for all ...
Elena M. Kharitonova
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Funding the NHS: Is the NHS sustainable? [PDF]
Abstract The survival of the NHS lies largely in the hands of government, and this article suggests steps that it should take to deal with pressures on the NHS in terms of funding, managing efficiency, and demands. Changes to the system of funding may be unfeasible, but management could be improved by research to allow greater ...
A, Harrison, J, Dixon, B, New, K, Judge
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Background: Moral injury is defined as the strong emotional and cognitive reactions following events which clash with someone’s moral code, values or expectations.
Siobhan Hegarty +13 more
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Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant service loss across the NHS, and ophthalmology is one of the greatest affected specialties. We attempt to quantify the impact of the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic on a paediatric ophthalmology
Megan Wood +4 more
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A Board Level Intervention to Develop Organisation-Wide Quality Improvement Strategies: Cost-Consequences Analysis in 15 Healthcare Organisations [PDF]
BackgroundHospital boards have statutory responsibility for upholding the quality of care in their organisations. International research on quality in hospitals resulted in a research-based guide to help senior hospital leaders develop and implement ...
Estela Capelas Barbosa +7 more
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There has been much discussion on the kind of workforce needed to deliver the NHS of the 21st century. It should, therefore, be surprising that the UK's largest health and care workforce has so far been overlooked by these discussions. However, if you look at the job descriptions for these workers, it is easy to see that, for them, being forgotten is ...
Alex, Fox, Nigel, Sparrow, Jo, Webber
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Introducing a day-case arthroplasty pathway significantly reduces overall length of stay
Aims: Day-case arthroplasty is gaining popularity in Europe. We report outcomes from the first 12 months following implementation of a day-case pathway for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) in an NHS hospital ...
Paul Saunders +5 more
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Background Youth violence intervention programmes involving the embedding of youth workers in NHS emergency departments to help young people (broadly aged between 11 and 24 years) improve the quality of their lives following their attendance at an ...
Appleby John +7 more
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Background: Decommissioning – defined as the planned process of removing, reducing or replacing health-care services – is an important component of current reforms in the NHS.
Iestyn Williams +5 more
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Background: There is compelling evidence to suggest that some (or even many) NHS staff feel unable to speak up, and that even when they do, their organisation may respond inappropriately.
Russell Mannion +6 more
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