The Boggabri Health Service is typical of many rural and remote public health facilities. Twenty-four staff, only a third of whom work full-time, service the needs of a population of 1601. Change from a focus on acute care to a model of wellness through redevelopment as a Multi Purpose Service is providing staff with a unique opportunity for continuing professional development, particularly in ...

AIMS To establish the nature, extent and organization of occupational health service provision for employees within the National Health Service (NHS) in London and to review the systems for monitoring performance. METHODS Human resources directors and occupational health managers were contacted from a random selection of NHS trusts in the London area and invited to complete an interviewer-led...

BACKGROUND The University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS) Clinic provides healthcare service which is free at point of service to students, staff, retired staff and dependents of staff of the College of Health Sciences. However, since 1983, no in-depth review of health service provision or utilization has been undertaken. This study reviewed client characteristics, utilization and disease patter...

many studies have been carried out and many methods have been used for estimating health staff re-quirements in health facilities or system, each have different advantages and disadvantages. differences in the extent to which utilization matches needs in different conditions intensify the limitations of each approach when used in iso-lation. is the utilization-based approach efficient in a situ...

BACKGROUND UK policy documents advocate integrated approaches to sexual health service provision to ensure that everyone can access high-quality treatment. However, there is relatively little evidence to demonstrate any resultant benefits. The family planning and genitourinary medicine services in Lothian have been fully integrated and most care is now delivered from a purpose-built sexual heal...

BACKGROUND Commitments to community participation are common in health policy, yet ways to maximise the input and impact of community representatives in health service delivery and care remain elusive, lack empirical evidence and are under-theorised. METHODS The role of Community Participation (CP) Coordinators involved in an Australian health service were examined in a triangulated multi-met...

The NSW Population Health Standards for Area Health Services have recently been introduced in NSW to assist area health services assess and improve performance in population health. Greater Western Area Health Service was the pilot site for trialling the Standards as a self-assessment tool. Following self-assessment, managers, population health staff and clinicians were asked for feedback. Staf...