The proposal requires all providers of National Health Service (NHS) acute health care in England to disclose a quality account for 2009-2010 by June 2010. Health Secretary Andy Burnham disclosed his intention of making the NHS more transparent to patients. As reported, non-NHS organizations that...
Following a resumé of the most pertinent sections of Mintzberg's framework, this paper uses it to investigate the power relationships in an NHS Mental Health Unit (MHU) considering NHS Trust status. This investigation reveals some important conclusions about the nature of power in the NHS but ...
In April 2014 the UK government launched the ‘NHS Visitor and Migrant Cost Recovery Programme Implementation Plan’ which set out a series of policy changes to recoup costs from ‘chargeable’ (largely non-UK born) patients. In England, approximately 75
The article debates whether the National Health Service (NHS) of Great Britain should shift its focus to terminate variation in the delivery of health care in 2009. Stephen Richards, medical director of the Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust in Oxford, England, argues that the NHS should eradicate ...
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The author reflects on Great Britain's National Health Service Choice Framework document, which provides information on the choices British consumers have concerning their medical care. He suggests that the idea of patient choice requires that patients are aware of their ability to choose and have a...
This article focuses on a framework for commissioning medical services for local communities published by England's Department of Health in "Health Reform in England: Update and Commissioning Framework." The plan encourages the purchasing of hospital services from the public, private and voluntary ...
Order/contractThe article reports that Great Britain National Health Service (NHS) Shared Business Services (SBS) Commercial Procurement Solutions has selected Locum Practice Ltd. for its "Framework Agreement for the Supply of General Practitioners Locums."...
This article outlines the new National framework for NHS funded continuing care and NHS funded nursing care (Department of Health, 2007) and the implications for community nurses. Successful implementation is dependent upon good multidisciplinary assessment and person-centred care planning. Good practice ...
NHS valuesOPCE frameworkMultiple healthcare failings point to an NHS culture where care and compassion are no longer guaranteed. The NHS Constitution and values set out in it should have supported and empowered healthcare professionals to improve their working culture, however these have not been ...