A5037424079- ICT Impact and Policies
- Electric Power System Optimization
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Transport and Economic Policies
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- New Zealand Economic and Social Studies
- Merger and Competition Analysis
- Smart Grid Energy Management
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Forest Management and Policy
- Law, logistics, and international trade
- Maritime Ports and Logistics
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Mining and Resource Management
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Cooperative Studies and Economics
Northampton Community College
2024
Marie Curie
2014-2022
Dover (United Kingdom)
2022
Thermo Fisher Scientific (United States)
2022
Auckland University of Technology
2004-2021
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
2019
Marie Curie Hospice
2019
Scottish Government
2019
NHS Lothian
2019
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
2014
Global annual deaths are rising. It is essential to examine where future may occur facilitate decisions regarding service provision and resource allocation.To project people will die from 2017 2040 in an ageing country with advanced integrated palliative care, prioritise recommendations based on these trends.Population-based trend analysis of place death for that died Scotland (2004-2016) projections using simple linear modelling (2017-2040); Transparent Expert Consultation response...
Objective To estimate future palliative care need and complexity of in Scotland, to identify priorities for service delivery. Design We estimated the prevalence by analysing proportion deaths from defined chronic progressive illnesses. described linear projections up 2040 using national death registry data official mortality forecasts. An expert consultation subsequent online consensus survey generated recommendations on meeting need. Setting population 5.4 million. Participants All...
Introduction: Rehabilitation is an essential part of healthcare along with the promotion good health, prevention disease, provision treatment and palliative care. In many countries, widespread unwarranted variation in quality rehabilitation has worsened since Covid-19 pandemic. Lack high quality, community-based increases demand for emergency hospital admission long term care, driving up system costs. Integrated care systems need to understand case investing all settings who may benefit. A...
Electronic care coordination systems, known as the Key Information Summary (KIS) in Scotland, enable creation of shared electronic records available across healthcare settings. A KIS provides clinicians with essential information to guide decision making for people likely need emergency or out-of-hours care.To estimate proportion an advanced progressive illness a by time death, examine when planning is documented, and suggest improvements systems.This was mixed-methods study involving 18...
Background The way in which end-of-life care was provided changed significantly during the first 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic. national lockdown restrictions reduced formal support services and increased burden on many carers taking caring role for time. We aimed to explore decision-making about place pandemic impact experience from perspectives hospice staff people at end-of-life. Methods A qualitative study using virtual interviews conducted between October 2020 April 2021. Data were...
Vertical separation of generation from electricity retailing has often been required as a condition market liberalisation. A well-developed and liquid contracts is similarly suggested necessary to manage the resulting wholesale risks, which risks are further exacerbated by competition. Such markets rare, however, increasingly evidence emerging that vertical integration associated not just with improved risk management, but also reduced power. This paper develops theoretical model showing...
New Zealand has introduced legislation to implement the world's first 'all sectors all gases' emissions trading scheme (ETS) as a way of reducing country's greenhouse gas emissions. The Scheme is retrospectively introduce price for carbon in forestry from 1 January 2008 and will phase other over time (notably agriculture 2013). This report develops methodology valuing impact this change on forest land value.
Caring for a relative or friend at the end of life can be rewarding but all-encompassing. These caregivers are often not identified, meaning their diverse needs remain unmet, and lack assessment, support planning increases likelihood crisis burnout. The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 places responsibility on local authorities to implement such plan, which will fast-tracked carers supporting someone life. Our research described factors might influence this planning, triangulating primary focus...
The Patents Court, the Court of Appeal and Supreme (before that, House Lords) have all for many years stressed need consistency with decisions Boards EPO. They also taken account national courts other EPC member states on occasions in pursuit consistency, relation to validity but infringement. This lecture will consider: how this has been done; when it worked well less well; can should work if EPO (in particular) changes or develops its law differently from UK; that fits precedent. It...
This study sought to describe the characteristics of unpaid carers in UK and assess levels depression, anxiety, mental health treatment seeking behaviours this population.
Electricity reform typically involves little regard to the possibility that customer ownership might substitute for "protections" of state ownership, or investor under regulatory safeguards, where market power is a concern. Recognising regulation itself costly, and contracting, are partly substitutable forms governance, this paper argues natural monopolies in electricity distribution (and transmission) inefficient. Unregulated these activities superior, better aligning monopolist incentives...