Better Futures was a two year project which focussed on improving the quality of life of people with serious and long-term mental health problems. During the period 1992-94 the King's Fund Centre funded a programme of development work in five localities in England and Wales: Clwyd, Leeds, Salford, Swindon and ...
This publication aims to provide a quick guide to improving disability services for senior managers in health and social services who may have overall responsibility for services for adults with physical or sensory impairments yet not have a detailed involvement at an operational level. The guide is written primarily for ...
Over the past few years the low take-up of services by black disabled people and their general absence from user involvement initiatives have become a source of concern. Evidence suggests that poor access to information, communication barriers and inappropriate services are all factors preventing black disabled people from having their ...
This document contains copies of material produced at a Living Options Partnership meeting in Derby on 24 January 1995. The subjects under discussion were the definitions of evaluation and monitoring, and the spectrum of user involvement in the evaluation process.
This Review is based on the financial year 1994 to 1995. The first part examines the events of the year in four key policy areas: creating the new NHS ; promoting community care ; promoting public health ; promoting the interests of users. The second part of the work looks ...
This debate is the first of a series organised by the King's Fund. The question posed was: would ill or disabled people and their carers be better off with a community care system guaranteeing them rights to services. The debate was opened by Nasa Begum who argued that elderly and ...
The first briefing gave an indication of some of the major issues involved in joint commissioning services for older people. It also gave an introduction to the work taking place at the five King's Fund development sites which are: Easington; Hillingdon; Oxfordshire; Westminster; and Wiltshire. This second briefing concentrates on ...
This paper reports on the first phase of a joint King's Fund Centre and Nuffield Institute initiative on monitoring community care implementation. It provides the first independent account of progress in implementing the community care changes which is based on sampling a vertical cross section of stakeholders in a range ...
Following on from the King's Fund London initiative in 1992 the authors investigated the extent to which acute services in London have moved from hospital into primary or community care. This article considers the extent of movement away from traditional acute care in hospital into the following settings: general practice; ...
This report discusses progress and problems arising in the joint commissioning of community care services during 1993. Particular attention is given to the commissioning of services for older people, which in terms of expenditure, size of population and potential for service change represent a major challenge in health and social ...