Responsibility for funding NHS library services*

Choice and responsibility in the NHS.

Patient choice is becoming the centre of health policy in the UK and other countries. But there is ambiguity about what choice means. As the term is used in everyday life, choice is the foundation of the doctrine of patient consent. The doctor is responsible for choosing appropriate treatment, and the patient is responsible for choosing (for consenting to or refusing) what is offered and accept...

Funding family health services.

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Funding models for outreach ophthalmology services.

BACKGROUND This paper aims to describe funding models used and compare the effects of funding models for remuneration on clinical activity and cost-effectiveness in outreach eye services in Australia. DESIGN Cross-sectional case study based in remote outreach ophthalmology services in Australia. PARTICIPANTS Key stake-holders from eye services in nine outreach regions participated in the st...

Usability evaluation of an NHS library website.

OBJECTIVES To carry out a usability evaluation of the recently launched South London and Maudsley NHS Trust library website. METHODS A variety of standard methodologies were employed: content and design evaluation of selected comparable sites, focus groups, a questionnaire survey of library and Web development staff, heuristic evaluation, observation testing, card sorting/cluster analysis, an...

BACKGROUND PAPER Funding pressures in the NHS: an ethical response