All Outputs (131)

'Taking public health out of the ghetto': The policy and practice of multi-disciplinary public health in the United Kingdom (2003)
Journal Article

Until recently, a medical qualification was required for senior public health posts in the UK National Health Service. Since 1997, the new Labour government has expressed its intention to take public health 'out of the ghetto' and to develop multi-di... Read More about 'Taking public health out of the ghetto': The policy and practice of multi-disciplinary public health in the United Kingdom.

Developing a multi-disciplinary public health specialist workforce: Training implications of current UK policy (2002)
Journal Article

The purchasing of health care by primary care organisations: An evaluation and guide to future policy (2001)
Book Chapter

The Evaluation of Complex Health Policy: Lessons from the UK Total Purchasing Experiment (2001)
Journal Article

© 2001, SAGE Publications (London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi). The last five years have witnessed the increasing use of evaluated pilot programmes as a way of developing health services policy in the UK. Total purchasing was the first major quasi-m... Read More about The Evaluation of Complex Health Policy: Lessons from the UK Total Purchasing Experiment.

Sex, sin and suffering: Venereal disease and European Society since 1870 (2001)
Book Chapter

Sexually transmitted disease policy in the English National Health Service, 1948-2000: Continuity and social change (2001)
Book Chapter

This chapter contributes to the growing literature on the history of policy on sexually transmitted infections. Notably, it challenges previous accounts with their strong emphasis on the coercive nature of STI policy in 20th century Britain which Eva... Read More about Sexually transmitted disease policy in the English National Health Service, 1948-2000: Continuity and social change.

The dynamics of primary care commissioning: A close up of total purchasing pilots (2000)
Report

Achieving health improvements through interprofessional learning in south west England (2000)
Journal Article

The NHS Executive South West, part of the Department of Health for England, has developed a programme of action to demonstrate that health improvements can be achieved through interprofessional learning. The NHS Executive South West has funded three... Read More about Achieving health improvements through interprofessional learning in south west England.

Tackling health inequalities through partnership working: Learning from a realistic evaluation (2000)
Journal Article

UK government health policy now strongly supports local partnership working as a key mechanism for tackling health inequalities. There is, however, still a lack of evidence based operational guidance for the development of local partnerships in tackl... Read More about Tackling health inequalities through partnership working: Learning from a realistic evaluation.

The impact of a quasi-market on sexually transmitted disease services in the UK (1999)
Journal Article

This article reports the results of a study of the impact of quasi-market reforms on sexually transmitted disease (STD) services in one UK health region. An internal or quasi-market was introduced into UK health care in the 1991 reforms of the Nation... Read More about The impact of a quasi-market on sexually transmitted disease services in the UK.

HIV prevention: A working guide for professionals (1999)
Book Chapter

Measuring outcomes in genitourinary medicine: An introduction (1997)
Journal Article

Developing quality assurance standards for health promotion practice in the UK (1997)
Journal Article

Personal medical services pilots under the NHS (Primary Care) Act 1997: A guide to local evaluation (1997)
Report

Commissioning genitourinary medicine services (1997)
Report

Primary care research networks (1997)
Report

Reshaping patterns of service in a primary care-led NHS: Can UK policy deliver its objectives? (1997)
Other

A guide for local evaluation of PMS pilots (1997)
Report

A stakeholder analysis of developments at the primary and secondary care interface (1996)
Journal Article

An interview based approach to seeking user views in genitourinary medicine (1996)
Journal Article

Objectives: To assess user and potential user views on the appropriateness, nature and quality of genitourinary medicine (GUM) provision in Bristol, UK and to develop a model for ongoing user consultation by GUM providers and purchasers. Design: This... Read More about An interview based approach to seeking user views in genitourinary medicine.