This book explains - in simple and clear language - the value and use of statistical information as an important management tool. The author shows how the content, organisation and presentation of data can illuminate the goals which an authority sets itself and the way it intends to achieve them. ...
An important consequence of the major changes now taking place in the structure and process of NHS management has been a realisation of the value of statistical information to decision making at all levels. The NHS/DHSS Health Services Information Steering Group, chaired by Mrs Edith Korner for whom this festschrift ...
During 1984, the King's Fund and the National Association of Health Authorities agreed to set up a joint working party, under the chairmanship of Lady McCarthy, to review the present system of pay determination in the NHS and to make recommendations for reform. This report covers the present Whitley Council ...
This is the first comprehensive guide for health service managers and other senior staff on all aspects of good public relations practice, including dealings with the press, radio, television etc. Public relations is NOT about 'ducking and weaving against the journalists, silencing abrasive pressure groups and covering up embarrassing mistakes.' ...
In 1983, the King's Fund gave a grant to the National Council for One Parent Families to initiate a pilot project in London to explore lone parents' views of their own health and the health of their children. The conference provided an opportunity to consolidate the work so far and ...
Between 1977 and 1981 the author visited over 100 places providing short-term care for children who are mentally handicapped and interviewed families whose children were receiving short-term care. This book describes the development of short-term residential care, who makes use of it, parents' reactions to and opinions of the services, ...
This evidence refers to the NHS Management Inquiry chaired by Roy Griffiths. Robert Maxwell is Secretary of the King's Fund (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Tom Evans is Director of the King's Fund College. This evidence is submitted by them jointly. They are grateful for the advice of ...
This register attempts to summarise most of the innovative projects financed by the Fund at this time. These are promoted by several of the Fund's committees.
Race and Employment in the NHS is based on a conference organised by the King's Fund and the Polytechnic of the South Bank which examined the practical steps that health authorities and managers should take to ensure equal opportunities for people from ethnic minority groups. This booklet describes ways in ...