Mergers illustrate the focus on organisational restructuring as the key lever for change as indicated by the ninety nine health care provider mergers in England between 1996 and 2001. (Fulop, Protsopsaltis, King, Allen, Hutchings, and Normand, 2004) However, in many cases, mergers have unexpected consequences and drawbacks including problems in integrating staff, services, systems and…
Empowering Patients in Occupational Therapy
Disability Issues for Healthcare professionals Assignment Introduction Empowerment is a process of helping people to assert control over the factors which affect their lives. It involves a transfer of power from the professional to the patient – health care professionals need to give up their power and help their clients gain power (Gibson, 1991). The…
Importance of Public Health Research
Data and research relating to public health Gathering data is an important process in the field of public health as it provides a bigger picture of current health status of populations and communities as well as indentifying tends and potential problems. It enables care practitioners to recognise the social factors that are affecting the population….
Evaluation of NHS Funding and Considering Alternatives
Several commentators have suggested that the way the NHS is currently funded is no longer appropriate. What alternatives are possible and, on balance, which would you recommend? Introduction Priti Patel MP, in his words, said that “In terms of general taxation, we pay for the NHS through our taxes and that will always continue”. The…
Dhat Syndrome: Sexual Behaviour and Psychiatric Comorbidity
Original Research Article Title: Dhat syndrome and its association with sexual behavior and pyschiatric comorbidities in Indian males Sahu R.N, MD (Psychiatry), Head and Professor, Co- Authors: Sharma V K, MD, WHO Fellow (USA), Head and Professor, Department of Medicine Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Ashutosh Kumar, Lecturer, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya…
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Musculoskeletal Infection Research Study Analysis
Research Designs and Participants’ Protection Before examining different types of research designs, it is essential to describe what research design purpose is. A research design is the set of strategies and methods utilized in obtaining, collecting, and analyzing measures of the variables defined in the problem research (Tappen, 2016). “ Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Musculoskeletal Infection Cases…
Principles of Infection Control in the Operating Department
Infection control is a vital part of everyday life in Operating theatre departments across the world. It is used to ensure patient and staff safety throughout surgical procedures and patients stay in a hospital. Key issues that effect many if not all trusts across the UK include Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) which is found…
Social and Economic conditions and their impact on NHS Funding
Introduction: In the middle ages, access to health care and sanitation facilities was only available to people belonging to a sound socio-economic background. Hill, Griffiths and Gillam (2007) state that in earlier time, even ensuring the supply of clean water and sanitation facilities was a tough task for municipal authorities. It was not until eighteenth…
Social and Economic conditions on NHS Funding
In the middle ages, access to health care and sanitation facilities was only available to people belonging to a sound socio-economic background. Hill, Griffiths and Gillam (2007) state that in earlier time, even ensuring the supply of clean water and sanitation facilities was a tough task for municipal authorities. It was not until eighteenth century…
Occupational Therapy Communication
Abstract Occupational Therapy is a new and developing profession in the medical felid. Along with all other professions Occupational Therapy is unique to itself. It includes a specific way it is conducted and how the professionals act within the profession. Occupational Therapists need to have an understanding of the discourse, communication, resources and the style…