Monthly Archives: January 2010
Arms Length Bodies
This is a new term I came across today – Arms Length Bodies, a special term given to certain organisations within the NHS and Social Care. NHS Direct is deemed to be one such organisation so it is not in … Continue reading
Systems Thinking
Added more information in the ‘Frameworks’ section. Starting to develop some background information on Systems Thinking and the theoretical background to the research.
NHS Direct in comparison to NHS24
NHS24 is the equivalent service to NHS Direct but in Scotland. Here is an interesting view of NHS24 which was published in the Guardian newspaper in March 2004. “Nhs24 activity is out of hours work. It provides relatively little health … Continue reading
New Year 2010!
Busy preparing for the first batch of interviews which are next week. Also have to think about an abstract for a paper to submit by January 14th. Never done one of these before but there is also a first time. … Continue reading
My PhD Diary 