The Hospital and Its Patients1

2018 ◽  
pp. 76-86
Author(s):  
Richard M. Titmuss
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Structure Functions ◽  
Technological Advance ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
The Third ◽  
Hospital Work

This chapter discusses the significance of the hospital as a social institution. It is one of the most complex of social institutions — an institution which in recent years has grown immensely in its complexities, and to which scholars have added newer complications as a result of the development of the National Health Service. Now, in this situation, the chapter suggests three main dangers. The first danger is that increasing complexity in structure, functions, and administration can lead to increasing economic and social costs without a proportional rise in value rendered to the community. The second danger is that the ends or aims of hospital work may be obscured by excessive preoccupation with means. The third danger is represented by scientific and technological advance.

scholarly journals Institutional commitment and aging among allied health care professionals in the British National Health Service

2020 ◽  
pp. 095148482091851
Author(s):  
Deborah Roy ◽  
Andrew Keith Weyman ◽  
Reka Plugor ◽  
Peter Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Negative Effects

Because of a perceived decline in staff morale, the UK National Health Service has begun to routinely assess the extent to which commitment to the National Health Service may aid staff retention. While a number of studies have investigated the role of employee commitment in relation to staff turnover, no research to date has empirically tested if staff commitment to the NHS could protect job satisfaction from the effects of high job demands, and if this varies according to age. Using latent variable path analysis, this novel study examined this question among a national sample of Healthcare Professionals Allied to Medicine in the National Health Service. The results indicate that the negative effects of high job demands on job satisfaction were fully mediated by commitment to the National Health Service, but age mattered. Among the over 45s and over 55s, commitment to the National Health Service acted as an effective buffer against the negative effects of job demands on job satisfaction, but this effect was not as strong among the 35–44 age group. The broader policy implications of these findings are that age sensitive policies to support NHS workforce retention are needed. Also, pro-social institutions who employ Healthcare Professionals Allied to Medicine should develop policies for inspiring commitment to that institution, as it could help them with the demands of the job, and may even encourage more skilled workers to work longer.

Lessons identified from the 2017 Manchester and London terrorism incidents. Part 3: the postincident and recovery phase

2018 ◽  
Vol 166 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Hunt
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Bereavement Support ◽  
Military Application ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Military ◽  
Further Development

This is the third paper in a three-part series detailing the lessons identified during the National Health Service (NHS) England clinical debrief meetings which followed the response to the 2017 Manchester and London terrorist incidents. It covers the postincident and recovery phases including rehabilitation, bereavement support, psychological support, network and regional lessons, NHS communications and supply organisations. It also summarises the military application of these lessons and outlines the next steps for further development.

scholarly journals Is New Labour's "Third Way" new or just hot air in old bottles?

2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-130
Author(s):  
Grazia Ietto-Gillies
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
New Labour ◽  
Third Way ◽  
Labour Government ◽  
The Third ◽  
Conservative Government ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Economics And Politics

The paper discusses the main aims and characteristics of the three Ways in British economics and politics: the First Way refers to the period from after WWII to the mid 1970s; the second Way refers to the Conservative Government period starting from 1979; and the Third Way to the New Labour Government period since 1997. These three Ways are considered in relation to their main characteristics, the policies of the relevant governments and the problems they have encountered. The New Labour policies are analyzed in more details by reference to the case of the National Health Service. The reasons why the New Labour Way is different from the second Way as well as the problems it is facing are highlighted. A discussion of why New Labour has taken the Third Way route follows.

scholarly journals Pharmacist as an Integral Member of the Medical Team

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-36
Author(s):  
Aine Hackett
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Medical Team ◽  
The Third

Pharmaceutical products account for the third largest spend for the National Health Service (NHS), with the bill in England alone, exceeding £17 billion per year 1 . The majority of patients admitted into hospital take medicines or will have done so at some point prior to their admission. So, predictably pharmacy and in particular the pharmacist in the NHS 10-year plan, is defined as having “an essential role to play” 2 .

New Labour and the Third Way in the British National Health Service

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Powell
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
New Labour ◽  
New Right ◽  
Third Way ◽  
The Third ◽  
Old Left ◽  
British Labour

The British Labour Party claims that its policies are based on a “third way,” new and distinct from both the old left and the new right. This article critically examines this claim with respect to health policy. After examining the Conservative legacy in the National Health Service and the evolution of Labour's health policy, the author introduces the concept of the “third way” and discusses the extent to which Labour's health policy can be seen in these terms, using the themes of spending, competition, accountability, and public health. There are many differences between the health policies of New and Old Labour, and some differences between those of New Labour and the Conservatives. Indeed, to a large extent Labour's health policy is built on the legacy of the Conservatives and is characterized by evolution. It is difficult to find any “big idea” or coherent philosophy behind the third way. Rather than being a new and distinctive approach rejecting both the old left and the new right, it seems to be a pragmatic pick and mix, attempting to combine the best from the market approach of the Conservatives and the hierarchical approach of Old Labour.

Advanced Nursing Practice in Großbritannien – eine persönliche Schilderung

Pflege ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 417-423
Author(s):  
Elke Keinath
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Nurse Practitioner ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Advanced Nursing Practice

Im Artikel werden persönliche Erfahrungen als Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) in der Thoraxchirurgie im National Health Service (NHS) in Großbritannien geschildert. Die tägliche Routine wurde von sieben Kompetenzdomänen bestimmt, nämlich: Management des Gesundheits- und Krankheitszustandes des Patienten, Beziehungen zwischen Pflegeperson und Patient, Lehren und Unterrichten, professionelle Rolle, Leitung und Führung innerhalb der Patientenversorgung, Qualitätsmanagement sowie kulturelle und spirituelle Kompetenzen. Diese Elemente wurden durch die Zusatzqualifikation, selbstständig Medikamente verschreiben und verordnen zu dürfen, erweitert, was dazu beitrug, eine nahtlose Erbringung von Pflege- und Serviceleistungen zu gewähren. Die Position wurde zur zentralen Anlaufstelle im multi-professionellen Team und stellte eine kontinuierliche Weiterführung der Pflege von Patienten und ihren Familien sicher – auch über Krankenhausgrenzen hinweg.

76-OR: UK 1st National Health Service (NHS) EndoBarrier (EB) Service for Uncontrolled Diabesity: 2-Year Outcomes for All 62 Treated Patients

Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 76-OR
Author(s):  
ROBERT E.J. RYDER ◽  
MAHENDER YADAGIRI ◽  
SUSAN P. IRWIN ◽  
WYN BURBRIDGE ◽  
MELANIE C. WYRES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health
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