Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report 2014-15

The Chief Medical Officer Annual Report 2014 -2015 explores the challenges that face doctors today.


References

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Pulling Together: Transforming urgent care for the people of Scotland. The Report of the independent review of Primary Care Out of Hours in Scotland;
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Supreme Court judgement Montgomery vs NHS Lanarkshire
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The Charter of Patient Rights and Responsibility Scottish Government
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Consent: Patients and doctors making decisions together General Medical Council
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NHS Inform. Getting the most out of your healthcare appointments.
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Making it Easy: A Health Literacy Action Plan for Scotland Scottish Government 2014
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NHS choices. "Prozac nation" claim as antidepressant use soars.
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The Prevention and Management of Falls in the Community A Framework for Action for Scotland 2014/2015
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Suicide risk assessment and intervention in people with mental illness
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Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: A Guide to Communication and Assessing Capacity. This guide is designed for social work and healthcare staff however, other carers may find the guide useful.
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GMC. Confidentiality.
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Lucas, B. & Nacer, H. (2015). The habits of an improver. Thinking about learning for improvement in healthcare. London: The Health Foundation.

Sung et al. (2003) Central challenges facing the national clinical research enterprise. JAMA 289, 1278-1287.

Morris et al. (2011) The answer is 17 years, what is the question: understanding time lags in translational research. J R Soc Med. 104, 510-520.

Contopoulos-Ioannidis et al. (2008) Life cycle of translational research for medical interventions. Science. 321, 1298-1299.

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NHS Research Scotland
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Moher et al. (2015) Increasing value and reducing waste in biomedical research: who's listening? Lancet. James Lind Alliance
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Association of Medical Research Charities (2009) Natural ground: Paths to patient and public involvement for medical research.
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Accelerated Access Review
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Accelerated Access Review Interim Report. Review of innovative medicines and medical technologies, supported by the Wellcome Trust
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National Records of Scotland (2015), Vital Events - Deaths,
http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths/age-standardised-death-rates-calculated-using-the-esp

Data from Scottish Health Surveys 2012-14 Barnett et al. the Lancet. 2012; 380: 37-43 Scottish Government (2015), Scottish Health Survey 2014
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Scottish Government (2014), Supporting Healthy Choices: A Framework for Voluntary Action
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C3 Collaborating for Health (2011), The benefits of physical activity for health and wellbeing.
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Scottish Government (2015), Scottish Health Survey 2014
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/09/6648

CMO UK Physical activity infographic National Records of Scotland (2015), Alcohol-related Deaths
http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths/alcohol-related-deaths

National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (2015), Alcohol-related Hospital Statistics Scotland 2014/15
https://isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Health-Topics/Drugs-and-Alcohol-Misuse/Publications/2015-10-13/2015-10-13-ARHS2014-15-Report.pdf?50928896666

World Health Organization (2015), Tobacco: Fact sheet N°339

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Data provided by Scottish Government, Health Analytical Services Division.

National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (2015) Cancer Mortality in Scotland (2014)
https://isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications/2015-11-17/2015-11-17-CancerMortality-Report.pdf?86828249693

National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (2015) Cancer Mortality in Scotland (2014)
https://isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications/2015-11-17/2015-11-17-CancerMortality-Report.pdf?86828249693

Scottish Government (2015), Scottish Health Survey 2014
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/09/6648

National Records of Scotland (2015), Age-standardised Death Rates Calculated Using the European Standard Population
http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths/age-standardised-death-rates-calculated-using-the-esp#Tables.

Scottish Government (2013), Suicide Prevention Strategy 2013 - 2016
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/12/7616

All communicable disease data provided by Health Protection Scotland

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