Download or read book NHS Charges written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-07-18 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee's report examines the use of healthcare charges within the NHS for certain treatments (such as prescriptions, dentistry and optical services) and non-clinical services (such as car parking fees and charges for television and telephone use), including the level of charges, categories of exemption, and whether the charging system is sufficiently transparent to users. It also considers whether such charges have a place within an NHS which claims to be free at the point of use, or whether these charges should be abolished and the necessary resources raised through alternative charging systems. International research indicates that health charges have a negative effect on health, particularly on patients with long-term illnesses. The report finds that the system of health charges in England is a mess and lacks any comprehensible underlying principles, developed largely through ad hoc responses to the need to raise money. The system of exemptions to charging is also full of anomalies, particularly in relation to prescription charges, and has not been updated since 1968 despite improvements in medical science. The Committee makes 22 conclusions and recommendations to improve the system, including the need for more research in England on public attitudes to health, on the effects of charges on patient health and the use of health services, and on the costs and benefits of alternative charging systems. The report recommends that a number of short-term changes be made immediately, including alterations to the prescription pre-payment certificate (PPC) to improve take-up levels, a review of new dental charges, free parking for patients who have to attend out-patient clinics on a daily basis and reduced rates for those who must attend hospital regularly.
Download or read book Government Response to the Health Committee s Report on NHS Charges written by Great Britain: Department of Health and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document sets out the Government's response to the Committee's report (HCP 815-I, session 2005-06; ISBN 0215029844) into the use of healthcare charges within the NHS for certain treatments (such as prescriptions, dentistry and optical services) and non-clinical services (such as car parking fees and charges for television and telephone use), including the level of charges, categories of exemption, and whether the charging system is sufficiently transparent to users.
Download or read book The Law of Motor Insurance written by Robert M. Merkin and published by Sweet & Maxwell. This book was released on 2004 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As statutes and regulations increasingly inhibit the rights of private landowners, the restrictive covenant has subtly emerged as one of the few remaining tools of property control available to the freeholder of land. This new edition discusses recent case law and its far-reaching effects on the jurisdiction of the Lands Tribunal, the modification or discharge of covenants and the compensation required It also incorporates rent charge covenants and other use obligations, and the problems of consent and breach Detailed chapters are included on procedure in Lands Tribunal applications
Download or read book The Transformation of the Social Right to Healthcare written by Katharina Böhm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pathbreaking book investigates welfare state change in the area of health care- a field widely neglected by comparative welfare state research. While some work on health care expenditure exists, health care rights have not been systematically studied since social rights have exclusively focused on entitlement to cash benefits. Addressing this research gap, Böhm analyses in what way the social right to health care has been modified in the course of general welfare state transformation since the late 1970s. Taking England and Germany as examples, she assesses how health care reforms conducted under the conditions of constrained budgets, demographic ageing, and rapid medical progress, have altered access to and generosity of public health care systems over the past 35 years. The book’s findings significantly increase our understanding of social rights and reveals fundamental differences of approach: while Germany provides absolute and enforceable rights to health care for each (entitled) individual, English social health care rights are directed towards the population as a whole and contingent upon the availability of resources, i.e. they are not absolute and not enforceable. This distinction between individual and collective social rights will be an important contribution to the theory of social rights given its applicability to other types of social rights and its usefulness in tracing changes in social rights over time.
Download or read book Torts written by Alastair Mullis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-06 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The previous editions of Torts were highly regarded for their clarity of explanation and engaging writing style, and this new fourth edition fully retains each of these qualities. The text has been extensively revised and updated, and there is a new chapter on privacy. The enhanced layout includes end of chapter summaries and self-test exercises and an extensive bibliography. This is therefore an ideal companion to the subject for both law undergraduates and GDL/CPE students.
Download or read book Clement Attlee written by Jerry Hardman Brookshire and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how Attlee, middle-class and Oxford-educated, became a committed socialist while a young social worker in London's East End and his rise as Deputy Minister during Churchill's wartime coalition and Prime Minister during Labour's creation of the welfare state from 1945-1951.
Download or read book Compendium of Insurance Law written by Robert Merkin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 2002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Compendium of Insurance Law consolidates diverse insurance law sources, statutes and codes of practice in one comprehensive volume. Each piece of legislation is supplemented by detailed annotations, which explain the operation and relationship of the legislation with other sources of insurance law. The book is filled with comprehensive coverage of legislation relating to the following areas: regulation, reinsurance, life assurance, property insurance, marine insurance, liability insurance, motor insurance, insurance intermediaries, insurance contracts and competition.
Download or read book The Economics of Health and Medical Care written by M. Perlman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Record of Discussion6 Economics of Need: The Experience of the British Health Service; 7 Private Patients in N.H.S. Hospitals: Waiting Lists and Subsidies; 8 Consumer Protection, Incentives and Externalities in the Drug Market; Summary Record of Discussion; 9 Price and Income Elasticities for Medical Care Services; 10 Supplier-Induced Demand: Some Empirical Evidence and Implications; 11 Some Economic Aspects of Mortality in Developed Countries; Summary Record of Discussion; PART THREE: THE IMPACT OF DEMAND FOR HEALTH SERVICES; 12 Health, Hours and Wages
Download or read book Tort Law written by Jenny Steele and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 979 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new text offers a stimulating and thought-provoking guide to tort law. It combines a wealth of substantial extracts from cases and materials with insightful author commentary and explanations to create a complete learning resource for students. The author's clear writing style enables students to gain a secure understanding of the fundamental principles of the subject, as well as guiding students through the more complex issues. This text presents a range of perspectives, and provides students with the detailed knowledge and analytical tools required to engage fully with this fascinating subject. Designed as a stand-alone textbook, undergraduates will find everything they need in this one convenient and easy-to-use volume.
Download or read book Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Litigation 2020 written by Julie Mardell and published by College of Law Publishing . This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides a thorough and practical introduction to the large and complex area of personal injury and clinical negligence litigation.
Download or read book Mosby s Textbook of Dental Nursing E Book written by Mary Miller and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated in stunning full colour throughout, this new volume builds on the success of the previous edition and covers everything you need to know to get through your exams safely with the minimum of stress. Prepared in a 'no nonsense', easy-to-read fashion, Mosby's Textbook of Dental Nursing, second edition, covers the A-Z of the latest curriculum and contains an array of helpful 'pull out' boxes and other learning features to help you recall key facts. Fully updated with the latest information on legislation and professional practice – including the appropriate use of Social Media – this volume includes updated and new information on anatomy, charting, drug allergy, governance and care of minority and vulnerable groups. Prepared by leading authorities in the field, Mosby's Textbook of Dental Nursing, second edition is ideal for candidates sitting NEBDN exams, as well as serving as a ready reference for fully qualified dental nurses and therapists in the hospital, community or general practice setting. - Ideal for all pre-registration nursing students - Friendly, no nonsense writing style makes learning easy - Stunning Gray's Anatomy artwork aids understanding of human structure and function - Useful learning features include 'Terms to Learn', 'Key Points', and 'Identify and Learn' boxes - Over 150 photographs further bring the subject to life! - Fully updated throughout to incorporate all aspects of the NEBDN pre-registration syllabus - Accompanying website includes MCQs and other helpful revision aids to help you prepare for exams - Presents new information on aspects of anatomy, charting, drug allergy, minority and vulnerable groups, fire safety and security - Discusses the latest guidance on the use of Social Media - Downloadable image bank helps you prepare essays and assignments
Download or read book Medical Treatment Decisions and the Law written by Christopher Johnston and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-04 with total page 851 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This leading textbook places medical decision-making in its legal context and provides practical guidance on the most ethically challenging cases that face the courts. It explains how the Mental Capacity Act works in practice and how the courts and lawyers wrestle with and resolve problems relating to the very essence of life: what is life? what is an acceptable quality of life? what treatment is so burdensome that it should not be attempted? These questions are posed, not in the abstract but, in real – often desperate, often urgent – situations. This is the essential guide for solicitors, barristers and judges specialising in Court of Protection work, clinical negligence, personal injury and human rights. Postgraduate medical ethics students and academics, NHS bodies and local authority professionals, health professionals and administrators in the NHS and private practice and those in Commonwealth countries with an interest in these topics will also find this book an invaluable resource. Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law offers a readily accessible text for those dealing with the provision of medical treatment to those without capacity and related areas, providing a clear description of procedure as well as practical application of the law. Key developments for the Fourth Edition include: · The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on decision making in the Court of Protection, particularly in relation to end of life decisions and vaccination · New chapters on two controversial issues: “the Right to Die?” and “Access to Healthcare: Choice” · Expanded chapter on Decisions for Children, covering recent high-profile cases such as Re Gard where continued provision of life sustaining treatment for babies or very young infants was at issue, and addressing the difficult issues around decision making by 16 to 17 year olds · Substantially updated chapter on Going to Court, covering how the incapacitous patient can be supported to participate in decisions about their treatment Discussion of “Escalation of Care” covering matters including NICE guidelines and care pathways and expanded coverage of issues concerning the funding of treatment. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Clinical Negligence online service.
Download or read book UK and France Friends or Foes Trans cultural and legal unions and disunions written by Geraldine, Elizabeth Gadbin-George, Gibson-Morgan and published by Iggybook. This book was released on 2019-09-17T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time of major changes in the United Kingdom and to a lesser extent in France, induced by the proposed Brexit process, this collective work – composed of thirteen chapters from highly experienced academics and specialist professionals from both sides of the Channel – examines their consequences on the French and British relationship in a range of institutional, political, legal, economic, cultural but also strategic and defence-related fields with an emphasis on comparative and/or European points of view. The two editors are respectively Associate Professors at Panthéon-Assas and Tours universities. Geraldine Gadbin-George is an English solicitor, a former avocat at the Paris bar and a former French judge. Elizabeth Gibson-Morgan is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London in the Department of Contemporary History.
Download or read book A Social History of Medicine written by Joan Lane and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of medical practice from the Industrial Revolution to the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of source material, it charts the changing relationship between patient and practitioner.
Download or read book Financing Medicine written by Martin Gorsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financing Medicine brings together a collection of essays dealing with the financing of medical care in Britain since the mid-eighteenth century, with a view to addressing two major issues: Why did the funding of the British health system develop in the way it did? What were the ramifications of these arrangements for the nature and extent of health care before the NHS? The book also goes on to explore the 'lessons' and legacies of the past which bear upon developments under the NHS. The contributors to this volume provide a sustained and detailed examination of the model of health care which preceded the NHS - an organization whose distinctive features hold such fascination for the scholars of health systems - and their insights illuminate current debates on the future of the NHS. For students and scholars of the history of medicine, this will prove essential reading.
Download or read book Understanding the Finance of Welfare written by Howard Glennerster and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this textbook assesses the ways in which health care, personal social services, education, housing, pensions and social security are funded in the UK. In each case the UK is compared with other countries. The book considers how services are rationed and asks what future there is for the funding of Western welfare states.
Download or read book Index to Government Orders written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
