Healthy Workplace Indicators: Costing Reasons for Sickness Absence within the UK National Health Service

The Role of Sustainability Within Service Delivery in The National Health Service in Cornwall (UK)

Costing in the National Health Service: from reporting to managing

• Set out more clearly the underlying philosophy of cost analysis and management in official DH documents. • Develop training for NHS staff in the roles and potentials of appropriately constructed cost information. • Develop the evidence base on the potential and effectiveness of SLR and PLICS. Executive summary The NHS faces major cost reductions in the coming years. Two new costing tools are ...

Who Killed the English National Health Service?

The death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been pronounced many times over the years, but the time and cause of death and the murder weapon remains to be fully established. This article reviews some of these claims, and asks for clearer criteria and evidence to be presented.

'Mental health day' sickness absence amongst nurses and midwives: workplace, workforce, psychosocial and health characteristics.

AIM To examine the workforce, workplace, psychosocial and health characteristics of nurses and midwives in relation to their reported use of sickness absence described as 'mental health days'. BACKGROUND The occupational stress associated with the nursing profession is increasingly recognized and nurse/midwifery absenteeism is a significant global problem. Taking a 'mental health day' as sick...

Rhetoric and Reality in the English National Health Service; Comment on “Who Killed the English National Health Service?”

Despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the National Health Service (NHS) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. But if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.