This publication is a comprehensive review of health care and policy issues. From 2000, there will be three issues per year. It contains a calendar of events for the months October 1999 to February 2000 as well as discussion of key policy issues. Specific areas dealt with in this issue ...
This publication is a comprehensive review of health care and policy issues. It includes a detailed description of health events in the last twelve months, as well as discussion of key policy issues. Specific areas dealt with in this issue include: influencing the diffusion of new medical technologies; the future ...
This protocol describes those components of the national evaluation of 53 'second wave' total purchasing pilot sites commissioned by the Department of Health from a Health Research Consortium headed by the King's Fund Policy Institute which form research contract 121/6090 dated 6 December 1995
This protocol describes those components of the national evaluation of 53 second wave total purchasing pilot sites commissioned by the Department of Health from a Health Research Consortium headed by the King's Fund Policy Institute which form research contract 121/6090 dated 6 December 1995
This report is the result of a major study examining the links between acute, primary and community services in Bromley, Kent. Results of the study, funded by the King's Fund and South Thames Regional Health Authority, contributed to Bromley Health's future strategy for change and led to the redevelopment of ...
This paper proposes an alliance of charitable foundations, together with Government, to make a distinctive contribution to the way in which health services for Londoners are being shaped. It explains how an investment fund could form the basis of a high profile three year development programme; how it could be ...
This report contains an abbreviated appraisal of the options for future health policy in Guernsey. It is divided into three main sections. The first section makes clear the main objectives that any policy must meet. The second section identifies the key components of alternative reform packages with an assessment of ...
Fundholding by general practices is the most innovative and potentially far reaching aspect of the NHS reforms. It also raises the most potential difficulties in implementation. The study falls into two parts. The first is a description of the preparatory period from January 1990, soon after practices were asked if ...
Against the background of profound change now affecting the British health and social care system this report examines economic aspects of the support of people (particularly adults) with severe learning difficulties in England, and their implications for future service development. It briefly outlines ideas and data relevant to: the evolution ...