Research and Development for the NHS

Research and Development for the NHS
Author: Mark R. Baker
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781857754025

This new edition will be greatly welcomed by all researchers, managers, funders of research and development, postgraduate students, healthcare policy makers and implementers, as well as clinicians and academics. It is relevant for those in primary as well as secondary care. Fully updated and expanded, it gives a practical overview of the new NHS Research and Development Program. It incorporates the many changes since the previous edition including the programs on leadership and delivery. This new edition provides the comprehensive information and detailed sources required for anyone working in the NHS or in health services research.

The New NHS

The New NHS
Author: Alison Talbot-Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2006-09-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134334508

Do you understand the 'New NHS'? This new text is an indispensable guide to how health care is delivered in Britain today.

Research and Development in Clinical Nursing Practice

Research and Development in Clinical Nursing Practice
Author: Brenda Roe
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2008-04-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0470698683

Though slogans such as 'nursing must be a research-based profession' have been around for a long time, recent initiatives such as Nursing Development Units (NDUs), quality assurance and evidence-based practice have moved nursing to the forefront amongst health professions in taking seriously the promotion of rational care based on a critical appraisal of past practices and the evaluation of new ideas and techniques. This is the first book to examine research and development in clinical nursing practice. It explains how to do it and how to apply it.

Organization and Financing of Public Health Services in Europe

Organization and Financing of Public Health Services in Europe
Author: Who Regional Office for Europe
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2018-06-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9289051701

What are public health services? Countries across Europe understand what they are or what they should include differently. This study describes the experiences of nine countries detailing the ways they have opted to organize and finance public health services and train and employ their public health workforce. It covers England France Germany Italy the Netherlands Slovenia Sweden Poland and the Republic of Moldova and aims to give insights into current practice that will support decision-makers in their efforts to strengthen public health capacities and services. Each country chapter captures the historical background of public health services and the context in which they operate; sets out the main organizational structures; assesses the sources of public health financing and how it is allocated; explains the training and employment of the public health workforce; and analyses existing frameworks for quality and performance assessment. The study reveals a wide range of experience and variation across Europe and clearly illustrates two fundamentally different approaches to public health services: integration with curative health services (as in Slovenia or Sweden) or organization and provision through a separate parallel structure (Republic of Moldova). The case studies explore the context that explain this divergence and its implications. This study is the result of close collaboration between the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the WHO Regional Office for Europe Division of Health Systems and Public Health. It accompanies two other Observatory publications Organization and financing of public health services in Europe and The role of public health organizations in addressing public health problems in Europe: the case of obesity alcohol and antimicrobial resistance (both forthcoming).

Research and Development Strategy for the National Health Service in Scotland

Research and Development Strategy for the National Health Service in Scotland
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1993
Genre: Health policy
ISBN:

This strategy is about improving the scope, relevance and quality of R&D to inform policy and practice in health care in Scotland. It gives an overview of the current state of R&D and highlights areas where action needs to be taken to fulfil its potential for health care development. One of the important points it makes is that there is a need for the links between those involved in health care and the research community to be improved, and for the benefits of research to be systematically translated into practice.

The Future of Public Health

The Future of Public Health
Author: Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1988-01-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309581907

"The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.

A Guide to the NHS

A Guide to the NHS
Author: Tony White
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2016-07-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1138031232

To maximise the effectiveness of their work, NHS employees need a clear understanding of the structures and systems of the organisation in which they work. However, this information can be widely spread, hard to access and difficult to gain a working overview of, and the pace of changes and initiatives can seem almost dizzying. This book draws together a clear picture of the modern NHS, from funding and governance to reports, inquiries and overarching legislation. The book is clear and easy to understand and crucially includes full references to provide a one-stop point of access to the most detailed and up-to-date information available. This book is essential reading for workers in the NHS at all levels, including managers, administrators and clinical professionals. It is vital reading for managers and staff at commercial companies working with the NHS. It will also be of interest to campaigners, patient interest groups, researchers and journalists with an interest in the NHS. Specialty registrars and consultants can also find the information from the book, and much more, in The Doctor's Handbook Parts 1 & 2, by the same author. 'Rather than long narrative histories or complex explanations, the author signposts readers to sources of further information, making this book the quick guide so many of us need' - from the Foreword by Sir Ian Carruthers

Healthy lives, healthy people

Healthy lives, healthy people
Author: Great Britain: Department of Health
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2010-11-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780101798525

The Government recognises that many lifestyle-driven health problems are at alarming levels: obesity; high rates of sexually transmitted infections; a relatively large population of drug users; rising levels of harm from alcohol; 80,000 deaths a year from smoking; poor mental health; health inequalities between rich and poor. This white paper outlines the Government's proposals to protect the population from serious health threats; help people live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives; and improve the health of the poorest. It aims to empower individuals to make healthy choices and give communities and local government the freedom, responsibility and funding to innovate and develop ways of improving public health in their area. The paper responds to Sir Michael Marmot's strategic review of health inequalities in England post 2010 - "Fair society, healthy lives" (available at http://www.marmotreview.org/AssetLibrary/pdfs/Reports/FairSocietyHealthyLives.pdf) and adopts its life course framework for tackling the wider social determinants of health. A new dedicated public health service - Public Health England - will be created to ensure excellence, expertise and responsiveness, particularly on health protection where a national response is vital. The paper gives a timetable showing how the proposals will be implemented and an annex sets out a vision of the role of the Director of Public Health. The Department is also publishing a fuller story on the health of England in "Our health and wellbeing today" (http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/@ps/documents/digitalasset/dh_122238.pdf), detailing the challenges and opportunities, and in 2011 will issue documents on major public health issues.

A review of UK health research funding

A review of UK health research funding
Author: David Sir Cooksey
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2006-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0118404881

This Review sets out to propose a structure for the funding arrangements for the whole spectrum of health research, with the objective of obtaining the maximum benefit from research success and, where possible, eliminating duplication of effort. The Review found, however, that the UK is at risk of failing to reap the full economic, health and social benefits that the UK's public investment in health research should generate. There is no overarching UK health research strategy to ensure UK health priorities are considered through all types of research and there are two key gaps in the translation of health research: (i) translating ideas from basic and clinical research into the development of new products and approaches to treatment of disease and illness; (ii) implementing those new products and approaches into clinical practice.The Review also found that the wider funding arrangements for supporting translation of ideas from conception to practice could be more coherent or comprehensive and, where arrangements exist, they do not function well. The Review identified cultural, institutional and financial barriers to translating research into practice in the publicly funded research arena. But it also found that, in the private sector, the pharmaceuticals industry is facing increasing challenges in translating research into health and economic benefit. The Review has sought to make recommendations that will increase the translation of R&D into health and economic benefit for the UK, both in the public and private sectors. The Review recommends that the Government should seek to achieve better coordination of health research and more coherent funding arrangements to support translation by establishing an Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR).

Setting priorities for publicly funded research

Setting priorities for publicly funded research
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2010-04-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780108472404

In its report into how priorities are set for publicly funded research, the Science and Technology Committee calls on the Government to make a clear and unambiguous statement setting out their research funding commitments and the periods of time over which those commitments apply.