This report is the first result of a study concerned with the organisation and effectiveness of industrial therapy in psychiatric hospitals. It reflects the significant changes in the traditional views first, of the psychiatric patient and his relation to the community, and second, of the hospital itself as a social ...
This document presents the findings of an investigation into the problems of prescribing, distributing and administering prescribed drugs in small hospitals
The aims of the survey were: i) to record and describe the experience of hospitals in relation to the recruitment, training ,remuneration and method of working of voluntary service organisers; ii) to study the achievements of full-time organisers in the use of volunteers within the hospitals and in their relationships ...
This hospital description seeks to establish a method of describing a new hospital and its planning which could be applied to any new hospital project. It is hoped that the description presents the project in a concise and readable form giving essential information about the hospital under the headings development, ...
After 19 years it is clear that the foundations of the NHS are sound, but there is still much readjustment to be achieved within the general plan. It has become increasingly clear that somehow much better cooperation must be achieved if the main divisions of the NHS, hospitals, public health ...
During the influenza epidemic of December 1967 - January 1968 the Emergency Bed Service (EBS) encountered serious difficulties in securing admission to hospital for many acutely ill patients. In the light of these experiences the King's Fund decided to appoint a working party to investigate the effect of coloured warnings ...
This document originates from a one-day conference and its purpose is to report on studies of issues and options in the field of hospital traffic and supply which were carried out within the context of the Greenwich District Hospital development project which was seen as a laboratory situation in which ...