Building consensus in defining and conceptualizing acceptability of healthcare: A Delphi study.

Background: The concept of healthcare acceptability is important for nursing staff spending most of their time with patients. Nevertheless, acceptability remains confusing without a collective definition in existing literature.

Objective: This study aimed to create a consensus among experts on definition and conceptual framework of healthcare acceptability.

An Evaluation of a Practice-Based Minor Oral Surgery Service.

To report the findings of a service evaluation of an NHS practice-based minor oral surgery service. A service evaluation including a retrospective analysis of activity and outcome data and assessment of patient and practitioner satisfaction. 623 appointments were arranged, with a mean waiting time of 43 days.

The acceptability of care delegation in skill-mix: the salience of trust.

The aim of this research was to explore the acceptability of care delegation in skill-mix, using the views and experiences of patients and parents of children treated by dental therapists as a case study. A purposive sample of 15 adults whose care, or that of their children, had been delegated to dental therapists in English dental practices was interviewed using narrative and ethnographic techniques (July 2011 - May 2012). Experiences were overwhelmingly positive with the need for trust in clinicians and the health system emerging as a key factor in its acceptability.