This publication gives the participants, programme and notes for this event. It looks at four different scenarios for London in 2010, and the effects on health care of each.
These information sheets will be of use to health service staff of community health councils who wish to find out about non-survey methods of obtaining users' views. The purpose of these sheets is: to give some useful reading references for this field; to give some details of some of the ...
This publication consists of the agenda and supporting material produced for this seminar. The items discussed included: good and bad news on Living Options and support services; strengths, weaknesses and gaps in local services; community support systems; implementation challenges; and key provisions of the NHS and Community Care Act.
The Single European Market has nearly arrived when people will experience freedom of movement of goods, services and people between the Member States of the European Community. For the health service, this has two main concerns. First, the possible increase in the migration of unskilled labour will effect the health ...
Government policy increasingly emphasises the importance of community care services for people with learning difficulties and other long term disabilities, although when people have substantial disabilities, it is often a major challenge to design and run such services. Service evaluation can help to meet this challenge by asking key questions. ...
This report is intended to share the learning which a group of NHS managers derived from an exploration of total quality management (TQM) in the NHS. It sets out to examine the relevance of TQM to the NHS, points out some of the challenges posed by it, and suggests a ...
Against a background of apparent official disinterest in monitoring of the NHS reforms, the King's Fund decided to make such evaluative work the focus of a major grants programme. Seven projects have been selected for financial support, each to run over a three year period, 1990-1993. The work of the ...
These information sheets will be of use to health service staff or community health councils who wish to find out the views of users with learning difficulties. The purpose of these sheets is: 1)to give useful reading references for this field; 2) to give details of some current major projects; ...
These information sheets will be of use to health service staff or community health councils who wish to find out the views of users of services provided by professionals allied to medicine. For the purposes of this pack professions allied to medicine covers chiropodists, dieticians, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, speech ...