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Developing a primary care-initiated hepatitis C treatment pathway in Scotland: a qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Whiteley, D., Speakman, E. M., Elliott, L., Jarvis, H., Davidson, K., Quinn, M., & Flowers, P. (2022). Developing a primary care-initiated hepatitis C treatment pathway in Scotland: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 72, e668-e676. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2022.0044

Background: The ease of contemporary hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy has prompted a global drive towards simplified and decentralised treatment pathways. In some countries, primary care has become an integral component of community-based HCV treatmen... Read More about Developing a primary care-initiated hepatitis C treatment pathway in Scotland: a qualitative study.

Provider‐related barriers and enablers to the provision of hepatitis C treatment by General Practitioners in Scotland: A behaviour change analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Whiteley, D., Speakman, E., Elliott, L., Davidson, K., Hamilton, E., Jarvis, H., …Flowers, P. (2021). Provider‐related barriers and enablers to the provision of hepatitis C treatment by General Practitioners in Scotland: A behaviour change analysis. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 28(3), 528-537. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13443

The ease of Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) medications for hepatitis C virus (HCV) has provided an opportunity to decentralise HCV treatment into community settings. However, the role of non-specialist clinicians in community-based pathways has recei... Read More about Provider‐related barriers and enablers to the provision of hepatitis C treatment by General Practitioners in Scotland: A behaviour change analysis.

Health “Brexternalities”: The Brexit Effect on Health and Health Care outside the United Kingdom (2020)
Journal Article
Hervey, T., Antova, I., Flear, M. L., McHale, J. V., Speakman, E., & Wood, M. (2021). Health “Brexternalities”: The Brexit Effect on Health and Health Care outside the United Kingdom. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 46(1), 177-203. https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-8706663

The principal effects of Brexit on health and health care will fall within the United Kingdom, and all forms of Brexit have overwhelmingly negative implications for health care and health within the UK. This article focuses on the external effects of... Read More about Health “Brexternalities”: The Brexit Effect on Health and Health Care outside the United Kingdom.

Charging ‘overseas visitors’ for NHS treatment, from Bevan to Windrush and beyond (2020)
Journal Article
McHale, J. V., & Speakman, E. M. (2020). Charging ‘overseas visitors’ for NHS treatment, from Bevan to Windrush and beyond. Legal Studies, 40(4), 565-588. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2020.26

This paper explores the development and operation of law and policy concerning the charging of overseas visitors for healthcare in England from the beginnings of the NHS to the present day. It highlights how this has been a highly contentious issue f... Read More about Charging ‘overseas visitors’ for NHS treatment, from Bevan to Windrush and beyond.

Health law and policy, devolution and Brexit (2020)
Journal Article
McHale, J., Speakman, E. M., Hervey, T., & Flear, M. (2021). Health law and policy, devolution and Brexit. Regional Studies, 55(9), 1561-1570. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1736538

The National Health Service (NHS) was a critical symbolic issue in the European Union (EU) referendum. The practical ramifications of Brexit on UK patients, professionals, health research and public health are significant, with particular challenges... Read More about Health law and policy, devolution and Brexit.

In-flight transmission of foodborne disease: How can airlines improve? (2020)
Journal Article
Grout, A., & Speakman, E. M. (2020). In-flight transmission of foodborne disease: How can airlines improve?. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 33, Article 101558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101558

Food contamination during air travel presents unique risks to those affected. Foodborne pathogens can cause serious illness among all on board, and potentially jeopardize flight safety. These risks are likely to increase with current trends of “densi... Read More about In-flight transmission of foodborne disease: How can airlines improve?.

Are We There Yet? In-Flight Food Safety and Cabin Crew Hygiene Practices (2019)
Journal Article
Grout, A., & Speakman, E. M. (2019). Are We There Yet? In-Flight Food Safety and Cabin Crew Hygiene Practices. Journal of Environmental Health, 82(4), 30-32

Amid the rapid expansion of global air traffic, aviation food safety is a critical issue (Huizer, Swaan, Leitmeyer, & Timen, 2015). More than 1 billion in-flight meals are served annually (Jones, 2006) and the aviation catering market is expected to... Read More about Are We There Yet? In-Flight Food Safety and Cabin Crew Hygiene Practices.

Gabriella Berki, Free Movement of Patients in the EU-A Patient’s Perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Speakman, E. M. (2019). Gabriella Berki, Free Movement of Patients in the EU-A Patient’s Perspective. Medical Law Review, 27(4), 700-704. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwz018

The right of EU citizens to receive health care in other Member States, paid by their home country, is a valuable benefit, capable of greatly improving the quality of life of those who use it, but involving legal complexity, cumbersome processes, and... Read More about Gabriella Berki, Free Movement of Patients in the EU-A Patient’s Perspective.

The immediate futures of health law after Brexit: Law, ‘a-legality’ and uncertainty (2018)
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Hervey, T., & Speakman, E. M. (2018). The immediate futures of health law after Brexit: Law, ‘a-legality’ and uncertainty. Medical Law International, 18(2-3), 65-109. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533218810746

The European Union (EU) is a rules-based international organisation with an exceptionally dense legal system. Likewise, the ways in which EU law has effects in domestic law are determined by (constitutional) law. The legal rights and obligations enta... Read More about The immediate futures of health law after Brexit: Law, ‘a-legality’ and uncertainty.

Pandemic legislation in the European Union: Fit for purpose? The need for a systematic comparison of national laws (2017)
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Speakman, E. M., Burris, S., & Coker, R. (2017). Pandemic legislation in the European Union: Fit for purpose? The need for a systematic comparison of national laws. Health Policy, 121(10), 1021-1024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.08.009

Sound governance is central to effective pandemic management. Key international legal instruments governing pandemic management in the European Union (EU): the International Health Regulations (2005) and Decision 1082/13 require EU Member States to d... Read More about Pandemic legislation in the European Union: Fit for purpose? The need for a systematic comparison of national laws.

If not now, when? Time for the European Union to define a global health strategy (2017)
Journal Article
Speakman, E. M., McKee, M., & Coker, R. (2017). If not now, when? Time for the European Union to define a global health strategy. Lancet Global Health, 5(4), e392-e393. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X%2817%2930085-2

Speakman, E. M., McKee, M., & Coker, R. (2017). If not now, when? Time for the European Union to define a global health strategy. Lancet Global Health, 5(4), e392-e393. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X%2817%2930085-2

Guidelines, law, and governance: disconnects in the global control of airline-associated infectious diseases (2017)
Journal Article
Grout, A., Howard, N., Coker, R., & Speakman, E. M. (2017). Guidelines, law, and governance: disconnects in the global control of airline-associated infectious diseases. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 17(4), e118-e122. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099%2816%2930476-5

International air travel is increasingly affecting the epidemiology of infectious diseases. A particular public health, economic, and political concern is the role of air travel in bringing infectious passengers or vectors to previously non-endemic a... Read More about Guidelines, law, and governance: disconnects in the global control of airline-associated infectious diseases.

Community midwifery initiatives in fragile and conflict-affected countries: a scoping review of approaches from recruitment to retention (2016)
Journal Article
Miyake, S., Speakman, E. M., Currie, S., & Howard, N. (2017). Community midwifery initiatives in fragile and conflict-affected countries: a scoping review of approaches from recruitment to retention. Health Policy and Planning, 32(1), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czw093

Background: Birth assisted by skilled health workers is one of the most effective interventions for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. Fragile and conflict-affected states and situations (FCAS), with one-third of global maternal deaths, face s... Read More about Community midwifery initiatives in fragile and conflict-affected countries: a scoping review of approaches from recruitment to retention.

Development of the Community Midwifery Education initiative and its influence on women’s health and empowerment in Afghanistan: a case study (2014)
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Speakman, E. M., Shafi, A., Sondorp, E., Atta, N., & Howard, N. (2014). Development of the Community Midwifery Education initiative and its influence on women’s health and empowerment in Afghanistan: a case study. BMC Women's Health, 14, Article 111 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-14-111

Background Political transition in Afghanistan enabled reconstruction of the destroyed health system. Maternal health was prioritised due to political will and historically high mortality. However, severe shortages of skilled birth attendants - part... Read More about Development of the Community Midwifery Education initiative and its influence on women’s health and empowerment in Afghanistan: a case study.