Perceptions of Radiology Staff on Appointing an NHS Trusts First Consultant Radiographer

Research productivity of staff in NHS mental health trusts: comparison using the Leiden method

Aims and method To examine research productivity of staff working across 57 National Health Service (NHS) mental health trusts in England. We examined research productivity between 2010 and 2012, including funded portfolio studies and all research (funded and unfunded). Results Across 57 trusts there were 1297 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) studies in 2011/2012, involving 46 140 ...

Advance directives: questionnaire survey of NHS trusts.

An advance directive gives patients the legal right to give or withhold consent to specific medical treatments prospectively. This provides them with some reassurance about the dying process being managed in accordance with their wishes. Apprehension could be further allayed if it were known that the legal status of advance directives was consistently applied across the NHS. Guidance on advance...

The need for an NHS Staff College.

‘A recognized but extremely rare complication results in an avoidable patient fatality. A structured debrief surfaces inadequate team safety training. Of the seven consultants in the specialty, five recognize the need for standardizing technique and implementing team training. Two of the consultants do not, and claim that the complication is just one of those things.’ (Author’s experiences of a...

Analysis of sickness absence among employees of four NHS trusts.

OBJECTIVES To determine the value of using routinely collected sickness absence data as part of a health needs assessment of healthcare workers. METHOD Sickness absence records of almost 12900 NHS staff for one calendar year were analysed. Three measures of absence, the absence rate, the absence frequency rate, and the mean duration of absence, were assessed for the population and comparisons...

What do NHS staff think about the NHS?