Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Schöpfer:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Cartwright, Ann
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: The care given to a random sample of adults who died in 1987 is described retrospectively by relatives and others who had known them. Most praised, or were satisfied with, the care given by general practitioners but both the statistics and the quotations reveal some disconcerting inadequacies in this care, ...

Schöpfer:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This document is the result of a working group who had a shared commitment and concern for the lives of people living in long-stay psychiatric wards. The group wishes to acknowledge that for some people a psychiatric hospital will continue to be their home and that the service they receive ...

Schöpfer:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1987
Abstract:: Since the Griffiths reorganisation of the NHS, the management of children's services has been increasingly fragmented and priority has more usually been given to other client groups. The committee believes it is important to identify the particular needs, develop policies, train staff and provide services for children and their families.

Schöpfer:: McFarlane, Jean and King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1980
Abstract:: As highlighted by the report of the Royal Commission on the NHS, nurses are the largest staff group in the NHS and account for over one quarter of the total current expenditure in the NHS. Compared to doctors, their manpower and training needs have received relatively little attention until the ...

Schöpfer:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Steele, Stuart, and Morton, Deborah
Publication date:: 1978
Abstract:: This report is of a study started in 1976 which was planned to seek the views of patients about their treatment in hospital. The objectives were: to identify deficiencies in communication between patients and the medical and nursing staff and where possible to remedy these; to seek ways of improving ...

Schöpfer:: Moore, Juliet A., King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Jarvis, Joyce F., Boyle, Margaret, and Smith, Jan
Publication date:: 1977
Abstract:: The Doncaster nursing audit system attempts to supply a review of the whole range of nursing activity within a health district. This is accomplished using job descriptions for each grade of staff, outlining job requirements and individual responsibilities. The foundation of each audit is a check list for the individual ...

Schöpfer:: King's Fund and Henwood, Melanie
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: This summary contains the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the King's Fund Care and Support Inquiry into the quality of services for people needing care and support. The inquiry was commissioned to examine whether the government's reforms of care service regulation would produce meaningful results and to explore which additional ...

Schöpfer:: Parston, Greg, Timmins, Nicholas, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2006
Abstract:: Working group included Keith Palmer and Rebecca Rosen of the King's Fund. and Recent changes in the NHS have triggered significant expansion in the involvement of independent and voluntary sectors in the delivery of services. How can this involvement be developed to ensure quality of care for patients and to enrich choice? This question was addressed by a small independent working group, commissioned ...

Schöpfer:: Steward, Katy, The King's Fund, and Land, Martin
Publication date:: 2009
Abstract:: Improving the quality of care for patients with long-term conditions is a priority at national and local levels in the NHS. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive and disabling autoimmune condition that affects around 420,000 people in the United Kingdom. RA is associated with substantial health, social and economic ... and This is a consultancy report by The King's Fund for the Rheumatology Futures Group, a consortium of the main patient, professional and pharmaceutical organisations involved in rheumatoid arthritis care.

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