Economic policiesQuality of careEnglish NHSSurgical outcomesHealth policyHospital competition generally improves surgical quality of care.Competition impacts effectiveness and access dimensions differently.Socioeconomic equity in healthcare is not undermined by competition.Market concentration can influence hospital ...
If you are awaiting a decision on an application for a UK visa, tracking the progress of your application can be crucial to planning ahead, especially where you are time-pressured for a decision. The following guide looks at how UK visa applicants can ch
The ability to communicate in writing has been one of the earliest and most significant achievements of human civilisation. Indeed, the Egyptians first used postal systems in 2000BC. Since the invention of printing in the fifteenth century, written communication enables us to disseminate ideas and i...
Surgical/medical masks – these disposable masks are usually made from three layers of material. They help to stop large droplets infected with Covid-19 from spreading, for example, if they are coughed or sneezed out by the wearer. They also help to stop droplets from others getting to the ...
2023 [Available from: https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/policies-standards-legislation/research-transparency/informing-participants/communicating-study-findings-participants-guidance/. Partridge AH, Wong JS, Knudsen K, Gelman R, Sampson E, Gadd M, et al. Offering participants ...
Flags of the member states of the EU How to prepare for and implement the upcoming MDR – Dos and don'ts Gert Bos, Head of Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, BSI Erik Vollebregt, Partner at Axon Lawyers How to prepare for and implement the upcoming MDR – Dos and don'ts Introduction In...
3. Flexible working policies Flexible working can make all the difference when you are trying to find a balance between work-life and home-life. Whether it’s more control over where you work, at what time or for how long, the flexibility can help you to balance essential activities at ho...
As Edgerton and Roberts (2014: 206) write, one analogy often used to understand the interrelation of capital, habitus, practice and field is of a card game, where the game itself is the field of interaction, the cards held by each player represent their stocks of capitals, the approach the...
Yet, in all these policies, it is unclearexactly howaccess to data will empower people. This lack of clarity makes it almost impossible to evaluate (and therefore criticise and improve) how effectively the digital health interventions promoted by these myriad strategies ‘empower’ people to take ...
reduction policies that are compatible with respecting people’s self-medication rights. The hope is that by illustrating how these safeguards could work together, we will have a better idea of how they might protect people from unwanted harms without interfering with their rights to self-medicate....