NHS Scotland Essays

  • Evaluating the Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of New Medicines

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    Every year a large number of new medicines receive marketing authorisation. It is the National Health Service (NHS) responsibility to decide whether the additional cost of purchasing these medicines is justified by the likely benefit to patients. For this reason, a multi-disciplinary activity known as the health technology assessment (HTA) has been created. In the UK, HTA mainly focuses on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new medicines. In this essay it was discussed the processes through

  • Reflection in Day Surgery

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    of the 10 Essential Share Capabilities and how they influenced my delivery of person-centred care. The Ten Essential Shared Capabilities were established to support the growing importance of person-centred care and values based practice (NHS Education for Scotland (NES), 2012a). The essential shared capabilities, which I will focus on, are working in partnership and person-centred care. I have selected the Gibb’s (1988) framework to guide me through the reflective process. Furthermore, to reinforce

  • Performance Management Performance Management Performance Management

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    specialised equipment etc… According to the NHS ratings, The Royal Free has underachieved with regards to their financial management. As a hospital they submit their financial support annually but this was not in line with the targets within the NHS plan. This could be down to the fact that they received too much money with not putting too much back to the hospital. Market standing and position is another but this is related to the ‘NHS plan’ through the NHS ratings. It is related to the standings

  • Origins of the NHS in the United Kingdom

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    Origins of the NHS in the United Kingdom The NHS began in 1948 as a result of an act of Parliament in 1946, under the guidance of Aneurin Bevan, then a Minister of the incumbent Labour Government, and in response to the Beveridge Report on The Welfare State of 1942. Most hospitals in the UK had previously been operated as non-profit making concerns. About two-thirds of them had been run by Local Authorities (the bodies also responsible for local Fire Services, Schools, Roads etc), with about one

  • Mixed Market Economy Essay

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    Introduction In this essay I will be discussing the features of Scotland’s mixed market economy, describing four aspects of the Scottish economy; Tourism, unemployment, growth and the NHS. Scotland’s mixed market economy Scotland’s economy is mixed market, which is where production is shared between both the private and public sector. The private sector is the part of the economy that is not controlled by the government, and is instead run by individuals and companies for profit. It consists of

  • Essay On Health Promotion

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    Health promotion is important in the prevention of diseases and negative health behaviours in the mass public. It cost’s the NHS a lot more to cure or treat the disease than it does to promote a healthier lifestyle. Health promotion is ‘the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health’ (Ottawa H.P. Charter). In the 1950s the world health organisation worked to get individuals interested in and educated about their own health. The building of healthy public policy is

  • Housing Crisis in Scotland

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    problems which developed into a critical public issue appears to be the scarcity of social housing. According to The Scottish Government [TSG] (2013), from the 31st March 2013 there were 184,487 households on local authority housing waiting lists across Scotland. The lack of available social housing is mainly due to stock levels steadily diminishing each year since 1980, after tenants bought nearly half-a-million council houses under the ‘Right to Buy’ scheme. This coupled with the decline in house building;

  • Comparing the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly

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    government, where some legislative powers were transferred from Westminster to the Parliament in Scotland. The Scottish parliament was designed to embody the links between the people of Scotland, the members of the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Executive. The powers of duty are divided between the Scottish Executive (handles ministerial powers and duties) and the Secretary of State for Scotland (holds responsibilities relating to reserved matters). The Secretary of State however, remains

  • Sir Walter Scott's Characterization of Two Drovers

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    Sir Walter Scott's Characterization of Two Drovers Much of Sir Walter Scott's popularity during the early eighteen hundreds came from his ability to draw forth the national pride of his readers, be they Scottish or English. "The Two Drovers" takes this element and pushes it immediately to the forefront by focusing on both an Englishman and a Scotsman in a tale revolving around nationality; however, Scott is not merely satisfied with establishing his protagonists as simply the model Highlander

  • Macbeth

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    Duncan. However, as we progress through the play we see another side of Macbeth. This is the side of evil all powered by his unstoppable lust for power and greatness. We see this lust for power become stronger and stronger until he leaves the whole of Scotland in a terrible state. The play starts with the witches talking about Macbeth and what a great warrior he is. In Shakespeare’s time witches were thought of as evil and the fact that they were talking about Macbeth made the audience make the connection

  • Macbeth - Shakespeare

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    sleep in peace. 2.) At the end of scene two, Macbeth does show remorse that he has killed the King. When he hears the knocking at the south entry, he says; “Wake Duncan with thy knocking. I would thou couldst.”(p59) 3.) Malcolm and Donalbain leave Scotland because they suspect whoever killed their father, will be targeting them next. 4.) The strange occurrences that have taken place on the night of the murder are; it is dark when the sun should have come up, a falcon was killed by an owl and Duncan’s

  • Mary, Queen of Scots by Gordon Donaldson

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    that is being reviewed is Mary, Queen of Scots by Gordon Donaldson. Mary Stuart, was born at Linlithge Palace on December 8, 1542, sixs days later she became Queen of Scotland. Mary became Queen of France and soon her greediness grew and she wanted to take over England. Mary was unwilling to stay in France, so she went back to Scotland. There her second husband died and she was imprisoned in England for the suspicion of the murder. Mary had a bad ending to her life. Mary got caught in attempting an

  • The Need For Constitutional Reform

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    The Need For Constitutional Reform No government in modern times has ever been elected with such a commitment to reforming the constitution as the Labour administration that won office in May 1997. Within months of its election, Scotland and Wales were on the road to devolution. Within a year, although in a very different context, the framework had been set for a devolved, power sharing government in Northern Ireland. A year after that the process was well under way for reform of the House

  • A Comparison of Early Years Curricula in England and Scotland with a Focus on Planning and Assessment

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    In this essay I will outline the curricular systems for the 0-5 age group in England and Scotland. I will examine in detail the planning and assessment provisions of these systems which allow early years practitioners to gain insight into children's learning and to aid them in that regard. I will draw comparison between the practices of these two countries where possible, and provide criticism of each. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) was implemented in England in 2008 and applies to all

  • English Revolution

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    occasioned by the refusal of many of the rank and file to leave for Ireland, for that meant violating their Engagement of 1647 not to divide until the liberties of England were secure.) (2) There was the conquest of Scotland, necessary to prevent a restoration of the old order thence; Scotland was opened up to English traders by political union. (3) A forward commercial policy was undertaken with the Navigation Act of 1651, the basis of England's commercial prosperity in the next century. This aimed at

  • Free Macbeth Essays: Sleep and Sleeplessness

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    consciences are full of guilt, we experience a state of sleeplessness. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the sleep and sleeplessness motif to represent Macbeth's and Lady Macbeth's consciences and the effect Macbeth's conscience has on the country of Scotland. Lady Macbeth begins with an unrecognizable conscience. She explains to Macbeth that if she said she would kill her own child, she would rather do the deed than break her word to do so. As the play continues, however, Lady Macbeth begins to develop

  • Soliloquy Essay - Soliloquies of Shakespeare's Macbeth

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    his choice of following the evil. Macbeth is a courageous and honourable general in Scotland. His success in the battle against the invaders of Scotland gains respect from the King Duncan and his fellow soldiers. However, the demonic forces, symbolized by three witches, temptates Macbeth. The witches hail Macbeth as the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor who will be king and hail Banquo, who is a nobleman of Scotland and Macbeth’s friend, as one who will become the father of a line of kings. Macbeth

  • Killing as a Moral Barometer in Macbeth

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    the end. But more interesting than this process is the way in which Shakespeare shows us the changes in Macbeth's character. Shakespeare uses the killings as a sort of "barometer" to illustrate these changes. Before the play begins, Macbeth's Scotland and Norway fight a war. In this war, Macbeth is a hero, admired for his courage and strength: But all's too weak; For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name) Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel, Which smoked like bloody execution

  • Alfred Tennyson, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, and

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    The first aspects of science that seem to interest Tennyson were astronomy. However, he seemed to become more interested in geology and Lyell’s work on Geology. Sir Charles Lyell, is perhaps the most significant figure ever born in Angus, Scotland. On the fourteenth of November 1797 Charles Lyell was born. His father, Charles Lyell, enrolled in 1786 at St. Andrew University where he studied law. When Charles Lyell was less than a year old his fath... ... middle of paper ... ...upreme being

  • Images and Imagery in Macbeth

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    Lady Macbeth calls on evil to wrap itself around her in a blanket of darkness so that she would not be suspected in the lines, "Come, thick night, /And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell," (I.V.53-54). The morning after Duncan was murdered; Scotland remained in darkness and obscurity. The events that involve immoral acts by characters are continuously done in the presence of darkness. Therefore, one can conclude that evil and death is demonstrated throughout "Macbeth" with the company of