In 2002, the King's Fund commissioned a major inquiry into the state of the capital's mental health and mental health services and how far they meet the needs of service users. The inquiry set out to: investigate whether mental health care had improved in the capital since the King's Fund ...
Since its beginnings, the NHS has had a close relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. While not an official public-private partnership (PPP) there has been, in effect, an implicit PPP for pharmaceutical research and provision. This partnership has been an undoubted economic success. However, the interests of users of the health ...
The King's Fund Mental Health Inquiry 2002/3 revisits many of the issues covered in its previous inquiry of 1997. This identified several areas of concern about the mental health workforce, specifically: a crisis in recruitment and retention of mental health professionals of all disciplines in London; among primary care staff, ...
This guide sets auditing age discrimination in health and social care in the context of recent policy developments. Part One considers different forms of age discrimination, both direct and indirect. It is assumed that effective audits of age discrimination must extend beyond a formal audit of policies and must include ...
Since its beginnings, the NHS has had a close relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. While not an official public-private partnership (PPP) there has been, in effect, an implicit PPP for pharmaceutical research and provision. This partnership has been an undoubted economic success. However, the interests of users of the health ...