Shared care? Some effects of patient access to medical communications (1997)
Journal Article
Fitzgerald, K., Williams, B., & Healy, D. (1997). Shared care? Some effects of patient access to medical communications. Journal of Mental Health, 6(1), 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638239719021

This paper describes the introduction of a model of community mental health services in out-patient settings within which a key feature is a letter-sharing scheme. Copies of letters from psychiatrists to GPs are routinely sent to both patients and CM... Read More about Shared care? Some effects of patient access to medical communications.

Patient satisfaction: A valid concept? (1994)
Journal Article
Williams, B. (1994). Patient satisfaction: A valid concept?. Social Science and Medicine, 38(4), 509-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536%2894%2990247-x

Over the past 10 yr consumer satisfaction has gained widespread recognition as a measure of quality in many public sector services. This has become manifest in the NHS in the call by the 1983 NHS Management inquiry to ascertain how well the service i... Read More about Patient satisfaction: A valid concept?.

Audit of eligibility of hepatitis C/HIV co-infected patients in the Lothian Regional Infectious Diseases Unit cohort for new HCV protease inhibitor containing regimens
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Devine, K., Whiteley, D., & Leen, C. Audit of eligibility of hepatitis C/HIV co-infected patients in the Lothian Regional Infectious Diseases Unit cohort for new HCV protease inhibitor containing regimens

Background: Introduction of the new HCV protease inhibitors has been shownto improve outcomes for mono-infected patients. Recent data showssignificant decline in HCV RNA at 24 weeks in genotype 1 co-infectedpatients on HAART who received either Telap... Read More about Audit of eligibility of hepatitis C/HIV co-infected patients in the Lothian Regional Infectious Diseases Unit cohort for new HCV protease inhibitor containing regimens.