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Author:: King's Fund, Ford, Richard, Department of Health (Great Britain), Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, and Greatley, Angela
Publication date:: 2002
Abstract:: 'Working Together in London', a three-year, £2 million programme, was set up by the King's Fund, the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health and the Department of Health to support people with severe and long-term mental health problems. New assertive outreach services were established in three of London's most deprived communities ...

Author:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: This publication is a comprehensive review of health care policy issues. This edition takes London as its theme. It contains a calendar of events from February to May 2001 and articles on areas of health policy such as: public health; mental health services; refugees and asylum seekers' health experience; public ...

Author:: Roland, Martin, Lee, John, King's Fund, Donnan, Stuart, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (University of Manchester), and Gask, Linda
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: This report describes the evaluation of total purchasing and extended purchasing sites with an interest in mental health services. A consistent objective of these sites was the improvement of communication and information flows between primary and secondary care. The priority was the development of services for people with common mental ...

Author:: King's Fund, Peck, Edward, Greatley, Angela, and Centre for Mental Health Services Development
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: Policy changes in health and social care present new opportunities for primary care to work in partnership with others to improve provision for people with mental health problems. Policy connections between mental health services, primary and community care were not always made effectively in the past and attention to implementation ...

Author:: King's Fund, Single, Helen, and Byng, Richard
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: People with long-term mental health problems suffer considerable disability and are at risk of relapse or deterioration. Primary and secondary care have traditionally been separated, leading to poor communication and lack of role definition. Furthermore, there has been no national programme aiming to improve service delivery for this group of ...

Author:: Gask, Linda, Donnan, Stuart, King's Fund, Roland, Martin, and Lee, John
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This study describes the aims, methods and interim findings of a study to evaluate the impact of total purchasing and extended fundholding on the provision of mental health services. All baseline telephone interviewing has now been completed and the authors report on findings from the analysis of semi-structured telephone interviews ...

Author:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This publication comprises 10 papers on mental health service provision in a different city. They were presented at the King's Fund's Mental Health in the City conference, held in London on 27-29 October 1997. The cities are as follows: Amsterdam, Baltimore, Bangalore, Copenhagen, Kobe, Madison (Wisconsin), Porto Alegre (Brazil), Sydney, ...

Author:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This is the third edition of this publication which was published for the first time in 1994. This edition is structured in three parts. The first is a calendar of events in London's health care during 1995, followed by a commentary by the editor. The second section presents the relevant ...

Author:: King's Fund, Rosen, Rebecca, and Jenkins, Clare
Publication date:: 2003
Abstract:: This working paper aims to revisit findings from the 1997 King's Fund Inquiry on Mental Health and to examine the extent to which primary care mental health services have developed in line with recommendations made at that time. It takes a narrow view of 'primary care' as relating to general ...

Author:: McCrone, Paul, King's Fund, Aziz, Fayaz, Boyle, Sean, and Knapp, Martin
Publication date:: 2003
Abstract:: An important component of the 1997 King's Fund report on mental health services in London was to analyse the costs of service provision. Over the six years since 1997, there have been some major policy and practice developments in the provision of mental health services in the UK, particularly the ...

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