Independent sector treatment centres: how the NHS is left to pick up the pieces

Equity and NHS reforms. What about independent sector treatment centres?

Independent sector treatment centres: evidence so far.

Case-mix & patients' reports of outcome in Independent Sector Treatment Centres: Comparison with NHS providers

BACKGROUND There has been considerable concern expressed about the outcomes achieved in Independent Sector Treatment Centres (ISTCs) introduced in England since 2003. Our aim was to compare the case-mix and patients' reported outcomes of surgery in ISTCs and in NHS providers. METHODS Prospective cohort study of 769 patients treated in six ISTCs and 1895 treated in 20 NHS providers (acute hosp...

the present study is a survey os postmodern historical novel with respect to the voice of women. it argues how the recorded history is regulated by the rules of power and how women have been excluded from this discourse.ther study analysez angela carters nights at the circus as an example of postmodern historical novel to illustrate how this novel has questioned the historical narrative and how it has inserted women into history by breaking the rules of patriarchy.

the present thesis is a study of postmodern historical novel with respect to the voice of women. according to postmodern historiography,the established institution of history is one of the other manifestations of patriarchys power which has silenced women. the study analyzes angela carters nights at the circus as a postmodern historical novel which makes its female characters transgress the pat...

When a Common Interest Development Falls Apart, Who Is Required to Pick up the Pieces

Imagine the following scenario: A couple of years ago you purchased a new condominium unit in a new common interest development (CID). This CID originally was designed to have 200 condominium units. You were one of the first to purchase a unit and today only 30 units have been built and sold. You are still waiting for the developer to build the clubhouse with the pool and workout facility. The ...