The NHS at 60

The NHS at 60: time to end the fairy tale.

Although their effects can be to reduce the severity and slow the progression of established conditions and risks only, their mass application has been an important contribution to improving population health and longevity. 3 The converse is that if such care is not delivered equitably, the NHS becomes a producer of inequalities in health 4 and part of the explanation of why inequalities are wi...

What does the future hold for the NHS at 60?

Last year was a tough year for the NHS. Following the Francis Inquiry into events at Mid-Staffordshire, we witnessed a number of other serious and high profile care and management failings, and – quite understandably a public and media outcry. And yet, our health system is still the envy of many countries, and it continues to do amazing things every day. With an election on the horizon and the ...

David Oliver: Is the NHS at war?

What else could explain such repeated economy with the truth from health ministers and the Department of Health’s own “war information ministry” (or press office) when discussing NHS funding, efficiencies, and services? And the supposedly independent NHS England does too little to challenge the misinformation. Propaganda includes confident but incredible assertions and denials, the burying of i...

Knowledge Management in the Nhs. a Survey of Knowledge-based Practice at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Trust

BACKGROUND Since the early 1990s, the National Health Service (NHS) has seen the encouragement and growth of research-based practice – described here on, as evidence-based practice (EBP). This policy has been promoted nationally by the UK Department of Health. As a consequence there has been a profusion of guidance, policy documents and service requirements disseminated to all levels of the NHS...

Putting the public at the heart of the NHS.