This article examines what the Equality Act 2010 covers and how it affects nurses and healthcare organisations. It outlines the main groups the act sets out to protect and the protection it offers, and describes how this law differs from previous legislation.

Health secretary Alan Johnson announced in March the identities of the first five academic health science centres in the UK, one of which is the result of a collaboration between Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. These centres are partnerships between world-class universities and leading NHS organisations, and this article examines the implications of their esta...

This is the third article in a nine-part series describing the Principles of Nursing Practice developed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in collaboration with patient and service organisations, the Department of Health, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, nurses and other healthcare professionals. The article discusses Principle B, the need for accountability and responsibility in the provi...

While Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has been applied extensively in healthcare organisations, there limited research on the trends of LSS application recent years. This paper aims to present key motivations and benefits with a view highlighting types problems that can aid solving. The authors used systematic literature review (SLR) approach achieving article’s purpose. Peer-reviewed journal articles pub...

This commentary considers the potential role of patient and public involvement in implementation. Developing an analytical thread from the resource-based view of the Firm, we argue that this involvement may create unique resources that have the capacity to enhance the impact of implementation activity for healthcare organisations.

A cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals from 19 hospitals in six cities of Heilongjiang Province, China was conducted. This study had two objectives: (1) to examine the factors influencing healthcare workers' opinions of strategies to prevent workplace violence, using social support theory, and (2) to encourage healthcare organisations and the larger society to offer greater suppor...

A patient-centric approach to healthcare leads to an informal social network among medical professionals. This chapter presents a research framework to: (1) identify the collaboration structure among physicians that is effective and efficient for patients; (2) discover effective structural attributes of a collaboration network that evolves during the course of providing care; and (3) explore th...

Health systems across the world are concerned with the quality and safety of patient care. This includes investing in research and development to progress advances in the treatment and management of individuals and healthcare organisations. The concept of evidence- based healthcare has gained increasing currency over the last two decades; yet questions persist about the time it takes for new re...

The challenge to provide a nation-wide healthcare service continues unabated in the 21st century as politicians and managers drive through policies to modernize the UK National Health Service (NHS). Established around 60 years ago to offer free healthcare at the point of delivery to all citizens, the NHS now accounts for the largest portion of public expenditure after social security, with tota...

Hospitals and healthcare industries, which are required to perform patient care and non-patient related tasks, are complex organisations. They count on an extremely diverse group of professions, which are many of them physically demanding [1]. To a certain extent for this reason, hospital and healthcare workers are at particularly high risks for work-related injuries. The problem of work-relate...