Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine power asymmetries in the delivery of genetics healthcare that inhibit knowledge sharing across sector, organisational and professional boundaries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a longitudinal comparative case study approach,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine human resource development (HRD) in the UK National Health Service (NHS), and particularly in two Welsh NHS Trusts, to help illuminate the various ways in which learning, training and development are talked about. The NHS is a complex...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the policy and organizational implications of gender imbalance in management, which research suggests exists in the NHS. Design/methodology/approach – The research in this paper involved a qualitative approach with an analysis of élite...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the evidence from a range of reviews concerned with the links between human resource management (HRM) and performance. The aim of the paper is to review this diverse literature, and to derive human resource (HR) implications for healthcare...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the issues which emerge when an autonomous, professional, member‐led organisation attempts to demonstrate its accountability to patients through lay involvement in its standard‐setting processes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study that examined the development of an assessment framework for public involvement. Design/methodology/approach – The paper has adopted a multi‐method approach that includes: a focused review of literature relating to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an up‐to‐date overview of Tajikistan's health system, focusing on the main factors affecting health systems development. The wider contextual environment is to be explored, focusing on political, social and economic issues. Different...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the wider societal issues that can impact on the success of a TB programme. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a qualitative study of the experiences of people involved in a community‐based DOTS programme in Lubombo, Swaziland,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the Government initiative for developing the in‐country capacity of the National Public Health Management Centre (NPMC) in Tabriz. The UNDP definition of capacity has been used as a framework for assessment with the primary focus of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss policy analysis in Nepal and review the wide range of choices feasible in decentralisation decision making. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper an iterative qualitative method was developed and used in the research, which...