A policy of selective invitation for the disclosure of invasive review results is feasible. Less than one-half of patients diagnosed with cervical cancer appear to want to know how they developed cervical cancer despite previously participating in a screening programme.
The categorisation of cervical cancer cases has the potential of yielding invaluable information for improving programme effectiveness. Patient compliance is the greatest challenge to the screening programme, and the need for regular screening and adherence to follow-up regimens needs to be reinforced in order to maximise the efficacy of the national screening programme.
Background and methodology In sexual health clinics there is debate on whether to call service users 'patients' or 'clients' and this mirrors an ongoing dialogue in the medical literature. The authors undertook a questionnaire survey in fi ve UK centres of clinic attendees and staff to assess their preference.
The highest increase of 13.4% in complaints registered in hospital and community services in England, was observed in 2009-2010, since the beginning of data collection from 1997. We observed that complaints in gynaecology have remained a comparatively less explored area against its obstetric counterpart. We investigated the increasing trend observed in our gynaecology services of a district general hospital, over a period of 5 years. All complaints registered were subjected to a retrospective qualitative analysis and causes or contributory factors were classified in a standardised way, as followed by the National Health Services (NHS) Information Centre. Inappropriate communication was responsible for 38.6% of complaints lodged, followed by administrative or organisational errors accounting for 33.9% of complaints. A significant proportion of complainants had recorded more than three sequential events, which is recognised as a potential opportunity to prevent escalation of complaints.
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