This book is a collection of papers given at a conference which examined what the role of senior administrators in the health field should be. The following four questions were addressed by the speakers. Does the senior health administrator have a role as either innovator or catalyst in 1) the ...
The seminar programme took shape from from the objectives drawn up and agreed by the steering committee. The objectives were a study of the re-alignment of roles involving, among other things, interaction between nurses and physicians and other professions, and the advancement of nurses, either in institutional or organisational management, ...
This paper surveys the existing scene for nurses working with people with learning difficulties, and in relation to that, sketches out the likely results of various courses of action following the Briggs report. Discussion covers nursing for people with learning difficulties in 1973; goals of services for people with learning ...
The purpose of this report is to attempt to define the work of the hospital chaplain which may be regarded as falling into two groups: ministry to patients; ministry to hospital staff.
In recent years, NHS boards have often been preoccupied with financial performance, but they also have to engage with the quality of clinical care. A programme of work developed by The King's Fund, in partnership with the Burdett Trust for Nursing, has focused on the role of nurse executives in ...
In August 2008, the Department of Health asked The King's Fund to lead a stakeholder engagement review on the proposal for a Centre of Excellence. This report reflects what was heard from stakeholders during the consultation and sets out a series of recommendations that aim to support effective implementation. [Summary]