The aim of this paper is to develop statistical models which explain the utilisation of GP services and which can also subsequently be linked to the 1991 census data to calculate weighted population estimates for areas based on their need for health care
This report contains an abbreviated appraisal of the options for future health policy in Guernsey. It is divided into three main sections. The first section makes clear the main objectives that any policy must meet. The second section identifies the key components of alternative reform packages with an assessment of ...
This Review is based on the financial rather than the calendar year, and once again attempts to describe and assess the main developments in health policy. The calendar of events aims to describe what has actually happened and also to reflect on some of the wider issues that events within ...
A major incident is a high profile event which places the emergency services in the spotlight of public attention. It typically involves a number of autonomous agencies working together in hostile conditions. Some of these individuals will be working in an unfamiliar environment for the first time. Many lives are ...
This report examines the work of research ethics committees (RECs) in the United Kingdom. RECs examine proposals for research on human subjects largely within the NHS which throws up a variety of ethical problems. The role of RECs is essentially that of a public watchdog: to try to protect subjects ...
The care of elderly people is a matter of both increasing urgency and major uncertainty. Community care policies have come under increasing scrutiny over the past decade, and three factors have been particularly influential: an awareness of an ageing population, allied with other demographic and social changes that are likely ...