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- Just a week left to put health centre stage. Hoey, Richard // Pulse;4/28/2010, Vol. 70 Issue 14, p16
In this article the author stresses the need for politicians in Great Britain to focus on the issue of public health and address the ongoing debate over the National Health Service (NHS).
- What do we know about how to do audit and feedback? Pitfalls in applying evidence from a systematic review. Foy, R; Eccles, MP; Jamtvedt, G; Young, J; Grimshaw, JM; Baker, R // BMC Health Services Research;2005, Vol. 5, p50
Background: Improving the quality of health care requires a range of evidence-based activities. Audit and feedback is commonly used as a quality improvement tool in the UK National Health Service [NHS]. We set out to assess whether current guidance and systematic review evidence can sufficiently...
- Why patients miss primary care appointments: involving patients in research. Maggs, Christopher; Langley, Carole // Primary Health Care;Mar2008, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p34
The article discusses how and why health personnel involved patients when developing a research proposal to understand why some patients miss appointments in primary care. A number of studies which have attempted to explain why this should be the case have pointed to characteristics such as...
- General practitioners with a special interest in respiratory medicine: national survey of UK primary care organisations. Pinnock, Hilary; Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan; Price, David; Sheikh, Aziz // BMC Health Services Research;2005, Vol. 5, p40
Background: To meet the universally recognised challenge of caring for people with long-term diseases many healthcare cultures are encouraging family physicians to develop specialist skills. We aimed to determine the major factors influencing the appointment of respiratory General Practitioners...
- MISSED SURGICAL OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENTS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY. Thai Vu; Gilfillan, Margaret; Al-Mishlab, Talib // Ambulatory Surgery;Apr2007 Supplement, Vol. 13, p346
The article presents a study on the impact of missed surgical outpatient appointments on the National Health Service in Great Britain. It found 177 missed appointments out of 1782 total booked appointments from June to August 2003. Also, it explored the need to reduce non-attendance to maximize...
- VOICES. Dennis, Sharon // Nursing Standard;1/16/2008, Vol. 22 Issue 19, p26
The author offers her insights regarding the nursing profession as the British National Health Service (NHS) celebrates its 60th anniversary. She believes that there has been an improvement in the nursing practice in the past 60 years including the increasing roles that they have in the health...
- Patients as a virtue. Pratt, Alex // Director (00123242);Dec2007, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p18
This article discusses the state of the public health sector in Great Britain. The author criticizes the National Health Service (NHS) for its failure to provide quality health care services to patients. He said that the attitude of some public physicians are also less than satisfactory as most...
- The language of health. Ainsworth, Steve // Practice Nurse;1/30/2009, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p31
The author comments on the plan to translate the NHS Constitution in Great Britain to other languages. The author is questioning whether translating the document to other languages is good value for money. He asserted that is it not an explicit demand of any legislation, such as the Race...
- Practice nurse salaries are falling behind. Campbell, Bernie // Practice Nurse;3/27/2009, Vol. 37 Issue 6, p5
The author reflects on the salaries of British practice nurse salaries. He suggests that the pay for nurses in general practice and of practice nurses is falling behind colleagues in Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS). He argues that the British government needs to provide incentives...
