The aim of the study reported in this publication was to investigate the procedural and financial problems involved in the use of disposable equipment and materials and thus to help assess to what extent it was possible to use disposables in place of more conventional equipment and materials that are ...
This circular updates the one entitled 'General Hospital Diets' which indicated the costs of three grades of dietary for patients in general hospitals. Following the end of rationing these costs have been revised. The same recipes and menus have been used as in the original circular, and in addition, information ...
This circular covers a study which has gone into the preparation of costed menus. These menus are intended as a guide to hospitals in deciding on the standard of feeding that can be expected in relation to the sum of money made available for the purchase of provisions. THey have ...
This report looks at the existing provision of pay beds in the Voluntary Hospital service in London. Pay beds are for those patients of moderate means who can pay up to seven guineas a week and a limited amount in medical fees. By people contributing to the hospital services which ...
By describing advances in medical science, this booklet explains why hospitals in 1934 cost so much more to run than they previously did. An appeal for further subscriptions to King Edward's Hospital Fund is made.
This publication lays out the questions the government must answer if it wants to place patient choice at the heart of a taxpayer-funded health care system, including how extra costs will be met, whether patients are willing and able to exercise choice in their own best interests, and what kinds ...
This paper was commissioned by the UK government's Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) as part of its National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society., As the population ages, the prevalence of complex conditions requiring intensive social care will increase to a point where the costs are difficult to sustain. To avoid this crisis, preventive 'upstream' interventions should be targeted at those people at lower, emerging risk. Evidence suggests that these interventions could avoid future ..., and Copyright HMSO
Recognising the significance of mental health in terms of both expenditure and the overall health of the population, the King's Fund commissioned a review. This report presents current and projected needs for mental health services and their related costs. It gives details on a number of specific disorders, including depression, ...