Discussions focused on three sources of genomic health data generation: NHS, research, and commercial sector (Table 1). A total of 28 professionals took part; many had more than one concurrent role, or had previous experience of alternative sectors. The exercise began with a strengths, ...
I’ve spent time in hospital attending various clinics and I’ve overheard conversations where some clearly felt betrayed when they had voted so that the NHS would be better funded. How much more betrayed do you think they will end up feeling when you follow a course of action that will en...
Steve Wonderlich About the editors Professor Paul Robinson MA MD FRCP FRCPsych SFHEA Dr Robinson is Professor at University College London. He is also Consultant in Eating Disorders Psychiatry at The Orri-London clinic. He worked in eating disorders in the NHS for nearly 40 years. He has co-...
Many of our concerns articulated last month to NHS England and NHS Improvement have been addressed. The monies being invested in additional roles help quantify just how much disinvestment practices have experienced in the past decade - yet these monies are primarily going into primary and community ...
Themes identified include: saving time (off work, in hospital, attending appointments), avoiding the worry about having "loose wires" in the two﹕tage procedure, having only one period of recovery, and saving NHS resources. Participants' rated preferences show similar support for a one﹕tage ...
According to NHS England, the 15.4 million missed appointments means that more than 1.2 million GP hours are wasted each year. It says, as well as the disruption for staff and fellow patients, the money lost would pay for: The annual salary of 2325 full time GPs ...
The move is part of ongoing efforts to make more services, such as booking GP appointments and ordering repeat prescriptions, universally available online by March 2015. The government also wants to give all citizens the ability to access their GP records online within...
Syndromic cataracts are associated with genetic mutations, including galactosidase-α i Fabry disease, galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) in galactosemia, OCRL (oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe) in Lowe syndrome, and NHS in Nance–Horan cataract–dental syndrome (see Image. Congenital Cat...
both smoking and smoking cessation, a member of the study team (BM) also shadowed a designated core worker from a NHS smoking cessation service. This involved observing a number of smoking cessation appointments and talking to workers about the content and structure of a typical cessation ...
Objective. In 2000, the NHS Cancer Plan set out a 2-week maximum wait for outpatient appointments for all suspected cancers. 1 In 2004, the NHS Improvement Plan set an 18-week limit from referral to the start of treatment for non-cancer cases. 2 To our knowledgeChan, John...