Since its establishment in 1948, the history of the National Health Service (NHS) has been characterized by organisational turbulence and system reform. At the same time, progress in science, medicine and technology throughout the western world have revolutionized the delivery of healthcare. The NHS has become a much loved, if much critiqued, national treasure. It is against this backdrop that ...

despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the national health service (nhs) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. but if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.

the article takes its cue from models of quantitative research applied to complementary/alternative medicine (cam) and pinpoints some innovative features in the case at issue (portugal). it goes on to outline new research scenarios moving beyond the either biomedical or cam framework.

Foundation NHS Trusts will be constituted in the same way as Mutual Societies, and local people and patients will be invited to become subscribers. Subscribers will elect a board of governors who will appoint the non-executive directors of the Trusts. Foundation Trusts will be outside the performance management system, but will be subject to a regulator and to inspection. Contracts with commiss...

Whittington Health, London Barts Health NHS Trust & NHS Blood and Transplant, London Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham NHS Blood and Transplant, London NHS Blood and Transplant, London CENTRAL MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, M...

Whittington Health, London Barts Health NHS Trust & NHS Blood and Transplant, London Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham NHS Blood and Transplant, London NHS Blood and Transplant, London CENTRAL MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, M...

Introduction As a part of the NHS modernisation agenda to ensure high quality clinical care, podiatrists are required to demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development to maintain registration. This study aimed to investigate the experiences of podiatrists in response to the CPD process. It explored the effectiveness of the portfolio in recording CPD, resource as a limiting factor ...