This book is about helping people with learning difficulties to develop their ties and connections with others and the community. It explores the many different ways in which people meet and develop relationships with others. It makes practical suggestions for people with learning difficulties themselves, families, service workers and other ...
This is a report about a group of researchers, all of whom had undertaken studies related to the role of the ward sister. The group was originally formed to discuss the results of their own research. Later they shared their work with triads of professionals in the field, with the ...
This is the result of a postal survey which was circulated to all health authorities in 1987. The survey attempted to ask three questions: where are quality circles being used in health care; what are quality circles achieving; could a quality circle be considered to support a network in health ...
This workshop was organised to gain factual information about the prevalence and cost of pressure sores to health districts. It was hoped to identify districts where they were already monitoring this, with the aim of identifying positive ways of reducing the problem in the future. The document includes an outline ...
This document describes the planning process by which Newham Health Authority reorganised their child health services from a centralised to a locally administered service. Those responsible for managing the changes have identified the elements of the planning process which they think were significant in enabling the relatively smooth introduction of ...
The aim of the conference was to provide a forum for owners of homes and registration officers to discuss joint problems and to further good working relationships. This report marks a stage in the growing debate between owners and inspectors and should serve to stimulate and contribute to the growing ...
This document reviews some elements of health services which have been or may be the subject of standards and some characteristics of the standards themselves.
Public, political and professional pressures have led to a greater interest in quality assurance in the NHS, but there has been no national policy or framework prescribed. The development of, and approach to, quality assurance has therefore varied widely between districts and between regions. This report aims to reflect managerial ...
This project paper provides detailed information on the main products available for the practical management of incontinence. The author has brought together in a succinct and easily readable form all the essential facts. These include the theory underlying each type of product, differences in manufacture and presentation, costs, the research ...
In response to the DHSS circular `Patients dying in hospital' (DA(84)17) the Bloomsbury District Management Team asked for an examination of the way that dying patients and their relatives are cared for in Bloomsbury hospitals. This paper arises out of that examination and also out of discussions with nurses, doctors ...