Bouamrane, M.M., Mair, F.: A study of Information Management in the Patient Surgical Pathway in NHS Scotland. In: in Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, Medinfo 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark. (2013)
NHS Dumfries and Galloway suffered a cyberattack, potentially compromising patient data. The health board is working with authorities. Learn more about the attack, its potential impact, and how to stay vigilant. NHS Dumfries and Galloway, a health board serving the southwestern region of Scotland, ...
The NHS general dental services (GDS) contract introduced in England and Wales in 2006 meant that non-exempt patients were required to pay one of four PDCs based on the complexity of their treatment (Table 1). However, the PDC applicable in England and Wales was not the same. In Scotland,...
Constituting ~0.5% of all NHS cataract operations, national provision of immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) is limited. Combining offering ISBCS within a novel one-stop see-and-treat (S&T) cataract pathway would offer patients the opportunity for two cataract operations in a ...
The Super Profiles geodemographic classification classifies every ED in England, Scotland and Wales based upon data derived from the 1991 Census.8 The 40-group Target Market level9 of the classification was used to segment the population of the North West Region according to their use of the ...
The life course, care pathways and elements of vulnerability. A picture of health needs in a vulnerable population. Gerodontology. 2014;31:1–8. Article PubMed Google Scholar Kandelman D, Petersen PE, Ueda H. Oral health, general health, and quality of life in older people. Spec Care ...
In the UK, and elsewhere, there has been a drive in policy towards early, and more timely diagnosis of cancer; for example the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (England), the Detect Cancer Early Initiative (Scotland) and the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (several ...
Good practice recommendations for hospital antimicrobial stewardship in NHS Scotland. Glasgow: SMC; 2012. Google Scholar Health Protection Scotland. Quarterly report on the surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in Scotland, October–December 2011. Glasgow: HPS; 2012. Google Scholar MAJ...
Retinal vascular diseases are a leading cause of blindness in the Western world. Advancement in the clinical management of these diseases has been fast-paced, with new treatments becoming available as well as license extensions of existing treatments. Va
It was developed by the Scottish Cancer PROMs Advisory Group, co-founded in 2021 through a collaboration between NHS Scotland Health Boards, the University of Strathclyde and Public Health Scotland and the Cancer Medicines Outcomes Program–Public Health Scotland (CMOP–PHS). Emma Dunlop, Research Fe...