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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"NHS Scotland"”.
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Understanding leadership and management development in a health board of NHS Scotland.
… and Management Development in a Health Board of NHS Scotland, is completely written by Jireh Hooi Inn Seow for submission to meet the partial requirements of the Doctor of Philosophy. This doctoral research is in the field of leadership and management development. It explores and seeks to …
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My Diabetes My Way: an electronic personal health record for NHS Scotland
Background: Diabetes prevalence in Scotland is increasing at ~4.6% annually; 247,278 (4.7%) in 2011. My Diabetes My Way (MDMW) is the NHS Scotland information portal, containing validated educational materials for people with diabetes and their carers. Internet-based interventions have potential to …
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A mixed-methods study of the impact of simulation-based education on the general practice clinical pharmacist in NHS Scotland.
… decision making. This study was conducted in NHS Scotland in the general practice (GP) setting with pharmacists working in patient-facing roles as independent prescribers (PIPs). It was evident that pharmacists qualified as PIPs were not making full use of their qualifications in clinical …
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Conceptions of effective information use and learning in a tele-health organization: a phenomenographic study of information literacy and knowledge management at work.
… means of a review of the literature, a review of NHS Scotland documentation on its KM initiatives, and a phenomenographic study undertaken with frontline staff at NHS24, a nurse-led, 24/7 service of NHS Scotland that provides over-the-phone consultation and health information. For that study, a …
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Variation in treatment: an analysis of dental radiographs using matched patient provider data
… care treatment (dental radiographs) within NHS Scotland, with particular emphasis on the contribution of both dentist and patient unobserved heterogeneity. The thesis takes its focus from two strands of the literature; the underlying theoretical aspect draws on the literature concerning the …
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Modelling patient pathway progression and high resource individuals
… published on line by National Health Services (NHS) Scotland (PHS) as well as rich confidential pathways data also provided by National Health Services (NHS) Scotland. The thesis used methodological directions from both major data sets to address two Research Questions (RQs): (a) To identify …
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Storytelling failure in the Vale of Leven: How a bacterial outbreak became a wicked problem
… Vale of Leven Hospital in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland that resulted in 143 cases of infection and the tragic deaths of 34 patients. In light of these deaths and subsequent protests from local citizens, the National Health Service (NHS) Scotland launched a public inquiry in 2009 to investigate …
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A theoretical exploration of hospital clinical pharmacists' perceptions, experiences and behavioural determinants in relation to provision of optimal and suboptimal pharmaceutical care.
… with medicines. This study was conducted in an NHS Scotland organisation, where the clinical pharmacy service has an established quality management system. It was evident that some gaps existed in the quality assurance parameters for clinical pharmacy services and pharmaceutical care, with there …
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Investigating adipose tissue angiogenesis in obesity reveals a novel role for thrombospondin-1.
… Consortium removed Rimonabant from use in the NHS Scotland due to risks of adverse psychiatric events (Burch et al., 2009). However, despite these setbacks, there have been considerable advancements in the treatment of obesity, achieved by combining pharmacological treatments with diet, …
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Analysis of treatment of respiratory disease in the United Kingdom and United States
… formed from sources in National Health Service (NHS) Scotland, NHS Forth Valley, Scotland, and Kentucky, USA. Several analyses were conducted, including mapping and evaluation of national medicine utilisation, evaluation of adherence/persistence with chronic therapy, classification of therapy …
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The impact and use of patient feedback in general practice: A realist review
… improvement programmes. Significant resources in NHS Scotland are spent gathering and reporting on patients’ reported experiences of care using a national GP patient experience survey – Better Together. There is however limited reference in current health policies to strong evidence demonstrating …
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Local Authorities and the Development of the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland, 1939 to 1974
… establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland and in Britain more generally in 1948. By 1929 the Local Government Act had consolidated the position of local authorities, who provided a range of hospital services and clinics and carried out public health duties. Furthermore, in …
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Comparison of functional and qualitative data following robot assisted therapy and modified constraint induced movement therapy with sub-acute stroke patients : a pilot randomised controlled trial
… and RAT remains low in clinical practice within NHS Scotland. Barriers identified echo those described in previous studies, with inadequate staffing, resources and training highlighted by therapists. Themes were identified in semi-structured interviews with stroke patients which may help us to …
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Fracture non-union epidemiology and treatment
… from the Scottish population as collected by NHS Scotland the incidence of non-union and fractures were calculated. • A cohort of 100 non-union patients were studied for risk factors associated with their non-union, treatment outcome and to assess a new NU classification system. • A rat model …
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Population-based genotype-phenotype correlation to stratify incident cases of motor neurone disease in Scotland from 2015-2017
… of disease and basis of phenotypic variation. Scotland benefits from a culture of longstanding MND data capture and an integrated healthcare system. METHODS: I helped to develop Clinical Audit Research and Evaluation of MND (CARE-MND), an evolution of the established Scottish MND Register. …
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Skill mix development in general practice: a mixed method study of practice nurses and general practitioners
… skill mix in general practice within NHS Scotland. The work employed a mixed methods approach, with three inter-linked studies. The first study was a quantitative, desk-based analysis of workload and clinical activities of doctors and nurses working in 37 practices across Scotland for …