Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Author:: Wallace, Simon and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: The author explains the maze of jargon surrounding the new technologies and reviews their actual and potential use for health professionals. The report shows how health information could become accessible to the public through GP surgeries, hospitals or libraries, and ultimately on compact disc, the Internet, cable or satellite in ...

Author:: Wallace, Simon and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This pamphlet provides health professionals with an overview of the 'information revolution'. It is a simple guide to digital information, computers, multimedia, CD-ROMs, CD-Is, the Internet, the World Wide Web, cable and satellite.

Author:: Robinson, Janice, Batstone, Gifford, and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This working paper focuses upon opportunities for rehabilitation within a spectrum of support required by people who are ill or disabled. Drawing on consultations held in 1996, it provides insights into common perceptions of shortcomings in the current system of rehabilitation and of potential benefits which would arise from additional ...

Author:: Poxton, Richard and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This publication looks at how older people can benefit when joint commissioning of services takes place. It outlines the state of joint commissioning around the country, then looks in more detail at the five development sites: Oxfordshire, the Victoria area of London, Easington in County Durham, Hillingdon, and Wiltshire. The ...

Author:: Jowett, Sandra and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This report has been written for practitioners who would like to consider how marketing, particularly in the context of the purchaser-provider system, might be relevant to their work. It seeks to clarify some of the issues around marketing and purchasing in a way that will be helpful to practitioners, and ...

Author:: Jennings, Sharon and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: The underlying assumptions of this book are that: partnerships are an essential component for developing alternative mental health services for black people; task-focused and process-focused approaches to achieve set outcomes are an inherent part of working in partnerships; and guidance is needed to help groups, agencies and organisations identify the ...

Author:: Development Centre (King's Fund) and Jamdagni, Laxmi
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: The book describes the work of six King's Fund projects where the views of local Black communities were used to influence a range of service developments through changes in commissioning, quality standards and contracts. By bringing together the local lessons within a broad framework, the report maps the progress of ...

Author:: Development Centre (King's Fund), Hope, Tony, and Anglia and Oxford Regional Health Authority
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This report, commissioned by Anglia and Oxford RHA aims to clarify the concept of evidence-based patient choice (EBPC), provide guidance and make recommendations for the development and funding of future projects in EBPC, and describe those projects under way within Anglia and Oxford RHA which are centred around EBPC. It ...

Author:: Hudson, Bob, Hawley, Keith, and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This report draws on the experience of a King's Fund service development initiative in Yorkshire RHA to illustrate the degree to which work to improve community care services for users and carers is hampered by periods of great change. It places the experience in a national policy context, providing insight ...

Author:: Gilbert, Hilary, Development Centre (King's Fund), and Farrell, Christine
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This is the introductory work in the 'Promoting Patient Choice' series. It provides a guide to understanding individual user involvement as well as the wider issue of public involvement in health care decision making. It defines the terms and concepts used and describes the debates and strategies concerned with increasing ...

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