OBJECTIVE Patient navigators are a promising mechanism to link patients with primary care. While navigators have been used in population health promotion and prevention programmes, their impact on access to primary care is not clear. The aim of this scoping review was to examine the use of patient navigators to facilitate access to primary care and how they were defined and described, their com...

Within this paper we propose a need to better understand what is meant by person-centred approach coaching and in particular, consider the intention that drives coach behaviours. Much of extant literature focuses on pedagogical models theories learning. Without detracting from important body work, suggest holistic requires greater focus coaches’ inter- intra-personal knowledge. In paper, video ...

AIM To explore the experiences of learning disability and district nurses caring for people with a learning disability at the end of their lives. METHOD A small-scale semi-structured qualitative study involving interviews was carried out to explore the experiences of healthcare professionals from two specialist healthcare settings. FINDINGS Healthcare professionals felt that formal guidelin...

Approaches to care that focus solely on biomedical needs are still rife in dementia; however, a person-centred approach is emerging that focuses on 'seeing the person'. This article explores the literature on person-centred dementia care to determine if it is an ideal rather than a reality. The background to the development of person-centred care is presented with reference to policies in place...