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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?.