scholarly journals Regional distribution of general practitioners and consultants in the National Health Service.

BMJ ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 2 (5555) ◽  
pp. 796-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Last
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
National Health ◽  
Regional Distribution

Developing GP Monitoring Systems Guided by a Soft Systems Approach

1995 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Hindle
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
National Health ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Soft Systems Methodology ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Contract Management ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Soft Systems

This paper describes a selected aspect of a research project concerned with ‘contracts and competition’ in the recently reformed National Health Service. The particular feature highlighted in this paper is the central role played by the general practitioners in the health service as principal sources of the demands made on provider units (particularly hospitals) and, hence, critical determinants of volumes and costs in contracting. A practical outcome of the research has been the development of GP monitoring systems to be used by provider units particularly in the context of marketing-led referral expectations. The approach used to highlight areas of potential GP contract management and monitoring improvements has been a development of soft systems methodology.

Views of general practitioners and head and neck surgeons on the referral system for suspected cancer: a survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 129 (9) ◽  
pp. 893-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
G S Bethell ◽  
P Leftwick
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
National Health ◽  
Secondary Care ◽  
Referral System ◽  
North West

AbstractBackground:The two-week wait referral system for suspected cancer was introduced in the National Health Service in 2000. This study aimed to identify areas for improvement to the two-week wait system by seeking the opinions of doctors working in primary and secondary care.Method:A questionnaire was distributed to general practitioners and head and neck surgeons within North West England with ethical consent.Results:Twenty-seven general practitioners and 15 head and neck surgeons responded. Of the general practitioners, 59.3 per cent declared that they never attend training on referrals in this specialty. Overall, 59.3 per cent of general practitioners and 86.7 per cent of head and neck surgeons felt that the two-week wait system could be improved.Conclusion:The main areas for further work are development of pre-referral communication between primary and secondary care along with development of practical educational measures for general practitioners.

Is England Always Behind the USA?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-669
Author(s):  
Ronald MacKeith
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
National Health ◽  
School Children ◽  
Preventive Service ◽  
English Reader ◽  
The Usa

I would answer Dr. Cone's note (Pediatrics, 47:769, 1971) by telling him that at least one English reader thinks the National Health Service (1948) brought medical care to all children, with every part of the country having specialist pediatricians available for seeing children referred by their general practitioners and a universal preventive service for infants, preschool, and school children, without division into indigent and nonindigent, and that England is not now always behind the U.S.A. in all aspects of child care.

The Use of Acupuncture and Attitudes to Regulation among Doctors in the Uk – a Survey

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Price ◽  
Adrian White
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
National Health ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Regulatory Process ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Medical Acupuncture ◽  
The Uk

Objective To assess the usage of acupuncture by members of British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS) in their daily work, in the course of a survey of attitudes to regulation of the acupuncture profession. Methods A brief questionnaire survey of all members was conducted in December 2002. Results After a single mailing, 1112 members responded (a response rate of 48%). Seventy-five percent of these were general practitioners. The majority were in support of a regulatory process. Ninety percent of respondents indicated that they use acupuncture in their practice, giving an average of about eight treatments per week. Sixty-one percent of these treatments are given within the National Health Service (NHS) at no cost to the patient. Conclusion It is estimated that BMAS members provide a total of about one million acupuncture treatments each year, of which well over half a million are given within the NHS.

scholarly journals Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatrists Working Together in the Community

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 121-122
Author(s):  
Michael Frost ◽  
Andree Liddell
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
National Health ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Psychiatric Setting ◽  
Working Together

Since the publication of the Trethowan Report (1977) psychologists have been encouraged to expand their role outside the more orthodox psychiatric setting. As a small and steadily developing professional group, they have attempted to gain visibility by seeking alliances with medical specialties other than psychiatry, which had provided them with a kind of sheltered environment since the inception of the National Health Service. General practitioners have probably most often been solicited in these attempts to obtain a wider recognition. The favourable response of many general practitioners created the necessary climate to stimulate clinical psychologists to carry out systematic evaluations of their contribution to primary care (McPherson and Feldman, 1977; Johnston, 1978; Ives, 1979; Koch, 1979; Earll and Kincey, 1980).

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