... illustrates that over half of patients were employed (52 per cent), but 19 per cent were either working on a modified or reduced role (10 per cent), or unemployed (9 per cent). United Kingdom Back pain Musculoskeletal disorders Western industrialised countries NICE guidelines CSP-led...

..., teenaged pregnancy, disruptive activities in school and difficulty in forming and maintaining relationships. Continuous quality improvement Emerging healthcare delivery structures Clinical effectiveness Emerging health economies Neurology United Kingdom Organization of primary care and family...

... Childhood Adolescent health services Clinical audit Clinical governance Transition to adult care Attention deficiency disorder United Kingdom Young people with ADHD are at increased risk of academic failure, dropping out of school or college, teenage pregnancy, and criminal behaviour. Driving...

...@lancaster.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 General practice Health policy National Health Service United Kingdom There has been a significant amount of political unanimity and support behind the idea of locally based general practitioner (GP) commissioning. GPs are rightly seen...

... Barnes can be contacted at: k.barnes@blueyonder.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Paediatrics Nursing Advanced practice Paediatric ambulatory care National Health Service United Kingdom the dataset in HES Online is incomplete for 2007‐2008 and also at the time...

...@dctconsultingltd.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Clinical governance Primary care United Kingdom National Health Service A review of the history of UK clinical governance helps set the context of my paper. The seminal UK paper describing the concept of clinical governance...

... can be contacted at: hani.ayyash@dbh.nhs.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Health care quality Consensus statement Integration Recommendation Health care United Kingdom Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD...

... and competent workforce is a barrier to innovation for commissioners of services. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Training Nursing Organization Health services United Kingdom As the affordability of health care decreases, because of the twin pressures of increasing cost and static...

... services United Kingdom Policy documents introduced clinical governance as a mechanism by which the public can be assured that NHS organisations have comprehensive and robust systems in place for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of clinical care...

... Team working Organizations Leadership National Health Service United Kingdom The National Health Service (NHS), established in 1948, is one of the largest public body employers in the world with 1.3 million employees (Medical News Today, n.d.). Its staff members are employed under...

... it has been reported that more than 60 per cent of root causes of adverse events arise from communication failures between healthcare personnel (Borowitz et al., 2008). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Information exchange Patient care Risk management United Kingdom...

...Alexis Bowers Purpose The purpose of this study is to improve compliance with clinical risk procedures across a United Kingdom based mental health trust. Design/methodology/approach A cross‐sectional audit was carried out in April 2010. In total, 70 Risk Assessment Proformas (RAPS) were...

... United Kingdom Clinical audit was introduced to improve the quality of patient care. It is an important part of clinical governance. All hospital doctors are expected to be involved in the process of clinical audit (Department of Health, 1991). It has also become an integral part of training...

... Best Research for Best Health (2006). Health care Governance Risk assessment Risk management United Kingdom Pharmaceutical products Preventable mistakes are common in healthcare. In the last decade, the root cause analysis (RCA) process has become the main tool used by hospitals...

... (Beddow, 2010). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Health care Patients Orthopaedics Primary care United Kingdom Organizational change Musculoskeletal (M/S) conditions are extremely common and can have an adverse influence on health and quality of life (NHS Institute...

..., by a constable. Prior to this, under the Poor Law Act 1601, the parish took the responsibility of the incapable and arranged for them to be placed in workhouses (Spence and McPhilips, 1995 ; Hodder Arnold, 2005). Mental health services Police Laws United Kingdom © Emerald Group Publishing...

... 36‐100 per cent) when accepting a one‐day wait. An average wait of 1.3 days per patient was seen (Exton, 2008). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Plastic surgery Organizational effectiveness Customer satisfaction Injuries National Health Service United Kingdom...

... of an innovative scheme. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Auditing Hospitals Regional government United Kingdom Audit, “the systematic, critical analysis of the quality of medical care” (Department of Health, 1989), has become an integral and compulsory component of modern clinical...

... for midwifery and nursing examinations would cause overload on the system. Karen L. Moores can be contacted at: karenshaw@doctors.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Health services Consultants Medical practice Surveillance United Kingdom In 2004 a Public Inquiry...

... Enthography United Kingdom According to Davies (2003) organizational studies of the NHS have not been prominent over the past few years. In particular studies of the hospital as a social organization have declined significantly in the last 30 years. This is surprising as the NHS Plan (Department...