Randomise foundation trusts

How to randomise.

work still needs to be done to achieve this. To be useful in health policy at this level, all the targets need to be elaborated further and clear, practical statements must be made on their operation—especially the four targets on health policy and sustainable health systems. The WHO should stimulate the discussion of these important targets, but it should also be careful about being too prescr...

Meeting the needs of patients: Improving strategic planning in NHS foundation trusts

Do clinicians receive adequate training to identify trafficked persons? A scoping review of NHS Foundation Trusts

OBJECTIVE We investigate whether physicians in secondary care in the English NHS receive adequate training to recognise and appropriately refer for services those persons suspected to be victims of human trafficking. DESIGN Freedom of Information requests were sent to the 105 England's NHS Trusts delivering acute care in England. SETTING NHS Trusts providing secondary care in England. PAR...

Antiplatelet therapy following TAVI: time to randomise

Following the introduction of transcatheter aortic valve im-plantation (TAVI), it is now possible to treat elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis and a high surgical risk. This advancement in interventional cardiology has led to increased survival, health status and quality of life. However, as with many invasive interventional procedures, TAVI is associated with the risk of cerebral embo...

Who Trusts Others?

Both individual experiences and community characteristics influence how much people trust each other. Using individual level data drawn from US localities we find that the strongest factors associated with low trust are: (i) a recent history of traumatic experiences; (ii) belonging to a group that historically felt discriminated against, such as minorities (blacks in particular) and, to a lesse...