BACKGROUND A UK survey of general practitioners (GPs) in 2002 found that they perceived allergy care throughout the UK National Health Service (NHS) to be poor. We conducted a follow-up survey in 2009 to see if GPs' perceptions had changed. OBJECTIVES To determine GP perceptions of allergy care in the NHS in the wake of recent Government reports into allergy care, and to compare the findings ...

Aims: EndoBarrier, a 60cm proximal intestinal liner, endoscopically implanted for up to one-year, reduces weight and HbA1c. As the risk of progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increased by high BMI, we assessed impact EndoBarrier on renal function. Methods: Between October 2014 November 2017 EndoBarriers in 62 patients with sub-optimally controlled diabesity our NHS service; 2018 all wer...

PhD Student, Department of Pharmacy, Health and Wellbeing, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK Professor of General Practice and Primary Care, Department of Pharmacy, Health and Wellbeing, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK Consultant in Community Gynaecology and Reproductive Healthcare/Head of Clinical Service, Department of ...

The noted health care commentator Donald Light recently (2001) opined that the on-going reforms to the UK’s national health service (NHS) could produce devolution of power from the ‘organised profession’ and politicians to the wider community. The root of Light’s optimism rests on the emergence of primary care trusts, which he considers to be highly fluid and open bodies, and the development of...

This paper contains the results of a study into the benefits and barriers in implementing a system for the Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions (ETP) in the UK National Health Service (NHS). The study involved a review and critical appraisal of most of the available literature on the topic, as well as field research by the authors, and by colleagues at a neighbouring university. The authors...

This is a commentary on Gilbert and colleagues' (1) paper on morality and markets in the National Health Service (NHS). Morality and values are not ephemeral qualities and universal healthcare is not simply an aspiration; it has to be enshrined in law. The creation of the UK NHS in 1948 was underpinned by core legal duties which required a system of public funding and delivery to follow. The mo...

BACKGROUND Within the UK National Health Service (NHS), Spiritual and Pastoral Care (SPC) Services (chaplaincies) have not traditionally embraced research due to the intangible nature of their work. However, small teams like SPC can lead the way towards services across the NHS becoming patient- centred and patient-led. Using co-production principles within research can ensure it, and the result...

BACKGROUND In the course of national studies of doctors' career choices and progression, we received spontaneous comments from respondents about job satisfaction and the National Health Service reforms. To assess whether such comments were representative, or whether they reflected minority views, we added questions to subsequent questionnaires to gauge systematically how doctors view their own ...

Introduction. Ambulatory Care (AC), where patients receive inpatient cancer treatment on an outpatient basis, was introduced into the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS) in 2004. Although now well established within some services, development of AC across NHS is yet to be described. We report findings a scoping review that set out understand provenance clinical pathway, whilst exp...

AIMS To establish the nature, extent and organization of occupational health service provision for employees within the National Health Service (NHS) in London and to review the systems for monitoring performance. METHODS Human resources directors and occupational health managers were contacted from a random selection of NHS trusts in the London area and invited to complete an interviewer-led...