Recent UK government initiatives aim to increase user involvement in the National Health Service (NHS) in two ways: by encouraging service users to take an active role in making decisions about their own care; and by establishing opportunities for wider public participation in service development. The purpose of this study was to examine how UK cancer service users understand and relate to the ...

The contemporary history of drug abuse treatment service provision in the United Kingdom (UK) can be traced to the late 1960s when the first drug clinics were opened following the introduction of the Dangerous Drugs Act. Treatment services were established then to tackle the emerging problem of opiate dependence and associated morbidity and mortality. Since then, service provision has come a lo...

recent disclosures of failures of care in the national health service (nhs) in england have led to debates about compassion deficits disallowing health professionals to provide high quality responsive care. while the link between high quality care and compassion is often taken for granted, it is less obvious how compassion – often originating in the individual’s emotional response – can become ...

The clinical laboratory services of the UK National Health Service (NHS) is the fastest growing expenditure area of the Service. The clinical chemistry services are probably the largest of the disciplines making up the clinical laboratory service regarding workforce, workload and expenditure. In the early years of the NHS there was evidence of poor analytical performance by the clinical chemist...

This is a commentary on the article ‘The rise of post-truth populism in pluralist liberal democracies: challenges for health policy.’ It critically examines two of its key concepts: populism and ‘post truth.’ This commentary argues that there are different types of populism, with unclear links to impacts, and that in some ways, ‘post-truth’ has resonances with arguments advanced in the period a...

a University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge, CB2 0SZ, UK. b Developmental Neurogenomics Unit, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. c Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. d Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. e Neurophysiology Imaging Fa...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) February 2020, placing an unprecedented burden on National Health Service (NHS). Literature from past epidemics and COVID-19 pandemic underscores importance of using a gender lens when considering policy, experiences, impacts disease. Researchers are increasingly examining experiences healthcare workers (HCWs), yet there is dearth re...

Molecular Haematology, Division of Cancer Studies, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Haematological Medicine, King’s College Hospital National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Division of Health and Social Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s a...

The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Medical Training Initiative (MTI) enables qualified foreign-trained psychiatrists to gain further experience within the UK National Health Service (NHS). This article summarises observations two Nigerian during their forensic psychiatry placements on MTI scheme and supervisors. It discusses similarities differences between Nigeria in psychiatry, including use...

The paper investigates the short run responsiveness of National Health Service (NHS) nurses’ labour supply to changes in wages of NHS nurses relative to wages in outside options available to nurses, utilising the panel data aspect of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. We find the short run responsiveness of NHS nurses’ labour supply to the relative wage of NHS nurses is positive and stati...