Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report an evaluation of a leading-with-compassion recognition scheme and to present a new framework for compassion derived from the data. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative semi-structured interviews, a focus group and thematic data analysis....

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to report how the palliative and end of life care community in one region of England worked together to create a new model for integrated palliative and end of life care to respond to the challenges of changing demography, the need to reduce unnecessary...

The reforms of the National Health Service arising from the White Paper Working for Patients , were predicated on a particular view of management and the implementation of the changes heralded by this act relied heavily on the actions of the managers charged with carrying them through. This...

This article reports the activities undertaken to develop co-production in health research. It is a response to the call for more discussion of the issue made in an earlier issue of this journal. Consideration of the practicalities of undertaking research in this way is an important contribution...