Health Services in England

Integrated mental health services in England: a policy paradox

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of health care policy on the development of integrated mental health services in England. DATA SOURCES Drawing largely from a narrative review of the literature on adult mental health services published between January 1997 and February 2003 undertaken by the authors, we discuss three case studies of integrated care within primary ca...

Ethics in family planning/reproductive health services

The policing of abortion services in England.

To cite: Rowlands S. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2013;39:121–126. INTRODUCTION In 2012, abortion services in England came under intensive scrutiny, with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) conducting synchronised inspections of all abortion providers. In the light of some procedural irregularities that were found, doctors and nurses were reported to their professional ...

Specialist mental health services in England in 2014: overview of funding, access and levels of care

BACKGROUND Since the economic recession began in 2008 anecdotal reports suggest that mental health services in England have experienced disinvestment, but published data to test this proposition are few. METHOD This paper presents information from a wider range of official, research and grey literature sources aiming to: (1) assess whether governmental investment in publically funded mental h...

Impact of UK National Health Service smoking cessation services: variations in outcomes in England.

OBJECTIVES To determine the extent to which UK National Health Service (NHS) smoking cessation services in England reach smokers and support them to quit at four weeks, and to identify which service and area characteristics contribute to observed outcomes. DESIGN Ordinary least squares regression was used to investigate local smoking outcomes in relation to characteristics of health authoriti...