Division of Community Health Sciences: General Practice Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. David P Weller, FRACGP, MPH, PhD, Professor of General Practice. Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK. Alan Maynard, DSc, FAMS, MFPHM, Professor of Health Economics. David Weller holds the James Mackenzie Chair of General Practice at the University of Edinbur...

The economic downturn that began in 2008 led to massive cuts in spending targeted at managerial activities in the UK National Health Service (NHS). Although the appellation 'manager' once conferred status in the NHS, managers have borne the brunt of reform and the term itself is in danger of falling into disrepute. Drawing upon perspectives on leadership that emphasise its constitutive nature, ...

OBJECTIVES The Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes (OHCAO) project aims to understand the epidemiology and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) across the UK. This data linkage study is a subproject of OHCAO. The aim was to establish the feasibility of linking OHCAO data to National Health Service (NHS) patient demographic data and Office for National Statistics (ONS) date of d...

1 Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 2 Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK National Institute for Health Research Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation T...

The UK's 100,000 Genomes Project has the aim of sequencing 100,000 genomes from UK National Health Service (NHS) patients while concomitantly transforming clinical care such that whole genome sequencing becomes routine clinical practice in the UK. Policymakers claim that the project will revolutionize NHS care. We wished to explore the 100,000 Genomes Project, and in particular, the extent to w...

The National Health Service in the UK has identified thirteen key standards of paediatric diabetes care. Funding depends on services meeting these standards. The aim of this study was to determine if these standards are applicable in an Irish setting. All patients attending the diabetes service during 2012 were included. Patient charts, electronic appointments, nursing notes and computerised re...

When the National Health Service (NHS) was founded in 1948, the consultants–medical and surgical specialists–could only be persuaded to come on board by giving them contracts which allowed them to pursue private practice outside the time they devoted to their NHS work. Nye Bevan, the health minister at the time, was accused of " stuffing their mouths with gold, " and many felt the NHS practice ...

Background: In response to COVID-19, the UK National Health Service (NHS) extended influenza vaccination in 50- 64-year-olds from at-risk only all this age group for 2020/21 season. The objective of research is determine cost-effectiveness continuing vaccinate with a quadrivalent cell-based vaccine (QIVc) compared returning an policy after pandemic resolves. Methods: A dynamic transmission mode...

This paper disseminates findings from a Lean healthcare project in a UK National Health Service (NHS) Single Point of Access; a new healthcare case study setting. Action research was applied and Lean tools used to establish current state processes, customer values and develop improvement opportunities. It was found that interface issues between primary and secondary healthcare organisations wer...