The way the National Health Service is set up in England (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be dealt with in future posts) can be complex but it is relatively simple once you understand how each department works. As the structure is now you have theDepartment of Health(DoH), led ...
Objective To examine the impact of the publication of clinical outcomes data on NHS Trusts in Scotland to inform the development of similar schemes elsewhere. Design Case studies including semistructured interviews and a review of background statistics. Setting Eight Scottish NHS acute trusts. ...
Forty-eight (76%) questionnaires were received from units in England, six (10%) from Scotland, five (8%) from Northern Ireland and two (3%) from Wales; two (3%) responses were received from units in North America. Most responders were either consultant neonatologists (48%), nursing staff...
I heard care.data mentioned five different times over the two-day event in different projects as having harmed the project through trust or delays. We even heard examples of companies in Scotland going bust due to rollouts with slowed data access and austerity. Individuals cannot afford for thei...
Research in Scotland has shown outsourcing to be associated with a significant fall in in-house NHS provision and increasing inequality in treatment rates for both patients aged 85 years and over and those living in the more socio-economically deprived areas [16]. A study of hip replacements in...
Forty-eight (76%) questionnaires were re- ceived from units in England, six (10%) from Scotland, five (8%) from Northern Ireland and two (3%) from Wales; two (3%) responses were received from units in North America. Most responders were either consultant neonatologists (48%), nursing ...