...Stavros K. Parlalis Purpose This paper seeks to explore the development of a discharge programme in one learning disability hospital in Scotland. The study aims to concentrate on organisational developmental changes in that institution. The model of the management during the discharge programme...

... further how public involvement can appropriately be assessed. This paper reports on numbers 1 and 3. The interview schedule was informed on the basis of a wider understanding of the literature and from discussions with colleagues familiar with the policy context of the NHS in Scotland...

... a qualitative approach with an analysis of élite interviews conducted with a non‐random sample of officials involved in health policy and interviews with a random sample of senior managers in NHS Scotland. The research formed part of a larger study, which explored the enablers and inhibitors to female career...

... in NHS Scotland. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on data provided by a self‐completion, postal questionnaire survey. The response rate was 50 per cent. Findings Males worked more hours than females and were more likely to work out‐of‐hours. Females reported greater job...

... on data provided by a questionnaire survey. Findings Gender division was apparent among the non‐principals. Males were more likely to work full‐time, because their spouses modified their working hours. Research limitations/implications It was impossible to identify all non‐principals in Scotland...

...Laura Bragato; Kerry Jacobs This paper describes the development and implementation of care pathways in two orthopaedic units in Scotland. Although originally developed as a tool of project management, care pathways have been promoted internationally as a response to concerns for patient safety...

...Duncan Goldie; James W. Sheffield The incoming Labour Government’s vision for reforming the NHS in Scotland was outlined in the White Paper Designed to Care. While bearing similarities to the proposals outlined for the rest of the UK, it also had distinctive differences. Organisational structures...

... of organisational awareness of ethnicity and equal opportunities’ issues. The paper also examines the link between health service delivery to ethnic minorities and internal cultural attitudes to staff. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Ethnicity Scotland National Heath Service Human resource strategy...

.... Examines the pattern of development which has occurred within acute trusts across Scotland in the past three years, and argues that managers in the majority of trusts have developed a remarkably robust and relevant conceptualization of the nature and application of marketing within the NHS, reflecting...

... mainly for people suffering from advanced cancer[ 1 ]; something of its importance may therefore be seen by considering the prevalence of that disease. In Scotland, it is expected that one in three people will suffer from cancer at some point in their lives. Of these cancer patients, one quarter will die...

... the nature and influence of both management and medicine within this context; to compare and contrast experience of managerial change across a variety of acute unit providers in the West of Scotland and to evaluate the nature and implications of change critically. Interviews were carried out...

... main‐grade social workers represented their agency. Voluntary organizations were represented in five of the six study meetings. Alzheimer′s (Scotland) was represented at all five;Cross‐roads Care Services, was represented at one; and a local council of voluntary service was represented at another...

... general practices and practice managers. A mail list of Scottish practices was obtained from all health boards. Postal questionnaires addressed to “The Practice Manager” were sent to a one‐in‐two random sample of all practices in Scotland stratified by health board. The questionnaire concerned practice...