Implementing and complying with EU governance outputs

research publications and other research outputs Devolved governance systems

This article assesses the extent, nature and outcomes of the recently devolved health service governance in the four countries which comprise the United Kingdom. This fourpart configuration can be seen as a natural experiment in comparative governance which could therefore carry important lessons not only for the UK but in other countries too. While remaining under the aegis of the National Hea...

Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Complying With Evidence-Based Practice

The leading cause of death due to health care–associated infections is ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The lack of clarity in the definition of VAP has made it difficult to execute and evaluate the effectiveness of prevention strategies. Beginning in 2013, hospitals were expected to implement a new surveillance definition algorithm to identify ventilator-associated events (VAEs). The Ins...

The Politics of Risk and Eu Governance of Human Material.

This paper examines the politics of EU risk governance in relation to human material. It is argued that the political context has informed the way in which risks in relation to various types of human material have come to be defined as policy problems at EU level. In turn, this has influenced the design and/or persistence of institutional arrangements to manage such problems. It is further argu...

Corporate Governance, Innovation, and Economic Performance in the EU

It is well appreciated that demographic trends threaten the integrity of continental European systems of social security. For France, these trends imply a long term funding crisis as well as a crisis of confidence in national economic and social institutions. The funding of social security is a recurrent largely unresolved political issue; proposals for comprehensive reform are heavily conteste...