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Although strikes in the NHS remained rare, changes in everyday industrial relations were more profound. The NHS saw a significant expansion in the number of workplace representatives in this period, sometimes forcing managers to consider the views of sections of the workforce, like the ancillary staff, who they had long ignored. This sometimes ...
The project has the support of the government, the life sciences industry, the NHS, and charities such as Alzheimer's Society, British Heart Foundation, and Cancer Research UK. [ 2 ] £79 million was provided by the UK government via the UK Research and Innovation body, and in early 2022 a further £100 million was expected from the life ...
The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6.c. 27) came into effect on 5 July 1948 and created the National Health Service in Scotland.Though the title 'National Health Service' implies one health service for the United Kingdom, in reality one NHS was created for England and Wales, accountable to the Secretary of State for Health and a separate NHS was created for Scotland ...
The NIHR (originally named National Institute for Health Research) was created in April 2006 under the government's health research strategy, Best Research for Best Health. [7] This strategy outlined the direction that NIHR research and development should take. Its predecessor was the NHS Research & Development programme which was established ...
The programme to computerise all NHS patient records is also experiencing great difficulties. Furthermore, there are unresolved financial and managerial issues on training NHS staff to introduce and maintain these systems once they are operative. Between 2004/5 and 2013/4 NHS output increased considerably.
The NHS also conducts research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). [5] Free healthcare at the point of use comes from the core principles at the founding of the National Health Service. The 1942 Beveridge cross-party report established the principles of the NHS which was implemented by the Labour government in 1948.
NRS is a partnership between 4 of Scotland's medical schools (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen), the Scottish NHS Boards and the Chief Scientist Office. [1] [2] NRS brings together the most senior figures from across Government, academia and the NHS.
The proposals in the act were not discussed during the 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign and were not contained in the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement of 20 May 2010, [1] which declared an intention to "stop the top-down reorganisations of the NHS that have got in the way of patient care". [7]