Improvements in data collection and the types of statistics collected have enhanced the usefulness of waiting list statistics as a measure of hospital performance. But these changes are not sufficient for waiting list statistics to be used effectively for management purposes. The statistics need to be viewed alongside activity data if clinicians and managers are to identify specific areas that ...

In addition to the two Courses on Educationally Subnormal Children already held this year (in conjunction with the University of London), a third Course is to be held in September. This is already full, and there is a long waiting list. A special Course on the same lines will also be held in July for Medical Officers taking the Course for the Diploma in Public Health at the London School of Hyg...

The national shortage of nurses, which grew to crisis proportions in many communities in the late 1970s, has subsided. Recent evidence suggests that hospital nurse vacancy and turnover rates have declined significantly since 1979. The recent swift reversal in the availability of nurses, from shortage to waiting lists in some hospitals, has taken many by surprise. It also raises the possibility ...

were appointed (two men and two women) who were all psychotherapists. There are now six. Most of them are also working with children or adolescents during the day. Each, with the exception of the Director, works two and a half sessions at the Centre. Two sessions are used for seeing clients, and the extra half session for staff discussion and recording. The procedure at the Centre is very simpl...

BACKGROUND Key issues in the quality of care for people with cataracts in the UK include hospital waiting lists, complication rates from surgery, and the use of junior surgeons. The main objective of this study was to investigate the relative importance that older people attach to these factors when given theoretical choices over options for cataract surgery. METHOD A systematic sample of 194...