NE Thames Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK TDL Genetics, The Doctors Laboratory, London, UK UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK *Correspondence to: Lyn S. Chitty. E-mail: [email protected]...

A.P.R. Wilson *, D.M. Livermore , J.A. Otter , R.E. Warren , P. Jenks , D.A. Enoch , W. Newsholme , B. Oppenheim , A. Leanord , C. McNulty , G. Tanner , S. Bennett , M. Cann, J. Bostock , E. Collins , S. Peckitt , L. Ritchie , C. Fry , P. Hawkey s Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology and Virology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK b Professor of Medical Microbiolo...

in response to the international journal of health policy and management (ijhpm)editorial, this commentary adds to the debate about ethical dimensions of compassionate care in uk service provision. it acknowledges the importance of the original paper, and attempts to explore some of the issues that are raised in the context of nursing practice, research and education. it is argued that each of ...

The Varsity Medical Debate, between Oxford and Cambridge Universities, brings together practitioners and the public, professors, pupils and members of the polis, to facilitate discussion about ethics and policy within healthcare. The motion on privatizing the National Health Service (NHS) was specifically chosen to reflect the growing sentiment in the UK where further discourse upon models of h...

A de Ruiter, D Mercey, J Anderson, R Chakraborty, P Clayden, G Foster, C Gilling-Smith, D Hawkins, N Low-Beer, H Lyall, S O’Shea, Z Penn, J Short, R Smith, S Sonecha, P Tookey, C Wood and G Taylor Consultant Physician, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, UCL, London, UK, Director, Centre for the Study of Sexual Health ...

OBJECTIVE To map out the current provision of interventional oncology (IO) services in the UK. DESIGN Cross-sectional multicentre study. SETTING All National Health Service (NHS) trusts in England and Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland health boards. PARTICIPANTS Interventional radiology (IR) departments in all NHS trusts/health boards in the UK. RESULTS A total of 179 NHS trusts/heal...

The death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been pronounced many times over the years, but the time and cause of death and the murder weapon remains to be fully established. This article reviews some of these claims, and asks for clearer criteria and evidence to be presented.

Over the past 10 years, UK National Health Service (NHS) and Government have suggested substantial changes to scope substance of Mental Act following a limited revision in 2007. The overall premise proposed reform was not just modernisation mental health legislation but, more importantly, provision high-quality care least restrictive environment. 1 Department Social CareReforming (Open Consulta...

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.