Trauma care systems in Spain are provided by the Nacional Health Service in a decentralized way by the seventeen autonomous communities whose process of decentralization was completed in January 2002. Its organisation is similar in all of them. Public sector companies of sanitary emergencies look after the health of citizens in relation to medical and trauma emergencies with a wide range of up ...

To cite: Lemer C, Moss F. BMJ Qual Saf 2013;22:8–10. Doctors in postgraduate training posts are essential for delivery of acute care in the NHS. Arguably, amongst the most engaged and energetic in the health care workforce, they occupy an organisational space that lets them see good and bad practice and experience first hand both what happens when an organisation works well and the failings tha...

background and objectives: hospital bed utilization is influenced by various factors, which may be categorized into patient-related, physician-related, and administration-related issues. it could be argued that the causes of inappropriate hospital bed utilization would be perceived differently by the clinicians and the patients. given the unique role of clinical practitioners in quality of care...

The National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), an NHS organisation that assesses doctors and dentists referred to them because of perceived difficulties, has produced a report describing data arising from its first 4 years, showing that male doctors were referred to the service considerably more often than female doctors. Despite women accounting for 42% of the general practitioner medical wo...

U n i versity of Western Sydney Principal G re e n s b o rough Primay School g l e i g h @ m i r a . n e t S chools face a major challenge in c reating a seamless interf a c e between Inform a t i o n Technology and best practice in teaching and learning. What does the f u t u re hold? The existing stru c t u re of schools is under the micro s c o p e . Leading re s e a rchers have questioned o...

BACKGROUND Continuity of care can bring a wide range of benefits to consumers, providers and health care systems. This study aimed to understand the relationship preferences of primary care patients and their associations with patient experience of continuity of care. METHODS A questionnaire survey was conducted on 700 patients who sought medical care from a community health organisation in B...

INTRODUCTION This article explores the impact of the creation of a new integrated delivery organisation on the evolution of interprofessional collaboration between primary and secondary care levels. In particular, the case of the Bidasoa Integrated Healthcare Organisation is analysed. THEORY AND METHODS The evolution of interprofessional collaboration is measured through a validated Spanish q...

Organisation name of lead contractor for this deliverable: RUN Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006) Dissemination Level PU Public X PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) CO Confidential, only for members of ...

People at HSMC 12 experience enforced changes. Even the Department of Health and national bodies such as the NHS Institute and NPSA face major re-organisation or abolishment. The potential involvement of private organisations and social enterprises could lead to the independent sector becoming a major player in direct NHS delivery and commissioning and signal the end of a largely public sector ...