The conference aimed to introduce members of London district health authorities to the particular problems of providing services for elderly people within London, following reorganisation of the NHS in April 1982. Quality of provision for old people, both in the community and in hospitals in London contrasted greatly with the ...
The conference aimed to bring together practitioners in housing, social services and psychiatry; to explore the links and gaps, the successes and the failings; and to point out some signposts for future development of service to meet needs. In particular, the conference explored three themes: 1) the varying definitions of ...
This recipe book is especially designed for people suffering from chronic renal failure with the need for dietary restrictions, whether this means protein only or also salt or potassium. All the recipes have been thoroughly tested by members of the Renal Group of the British Dietetic Association and analysed by ...
This publication contains proposals formulated by members of two workshops held in March 1982 about the management arrangements required for collecting valid clinical data and providing a district information service.
The objectives of this particular seminar were twofold. Firstly to establish whether workloads and costs in X-ray departments could be controlled in ways acceptable to both clinicians and radiologists. If this could be demonstrated, then the second objective would merit consideration. This was to understand what a health authority would ...
This seminar, organised by the Renal Society, began with young dialysis patients talking about their treatment and lifestyles. The report goes on to consider the achievement of independence by the adolescent and the advantages and disadvantages of treating adolescents in a children's unit. Further discussion includes job prospects, educational aspects ...
This report outlines and discusses the King's Fund Ward Sister Training Project being piloted at Guy's Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital in London. This arose from debate in 1977 about how the Fund could respond to the climate of management awareness and professional concern about the role of the ward ...
This study was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Security and the King's Fund Centre to provide an independent account of alternatives to hospital care for children with learning difficulties who need long-term residential care. The report draws on examples from health and social services authorities and discusses ...
The conference was based on the Consumers' Association report "Children in Hospital" which investigated the extent to which hospitals have implemented DHSS recommendations since the Platt Report. Its aim was to develop the concept of change and in particular how staff with responsibility for children in a general hospital face ...
The aim of the seminar was to identify the importance of clarifying the role and relationships of functional managers and unit administrators if the strengthening of administration at operational level was to be achieved. Functions represented were confined to general administration, catering, domestic management and works. Organisational principles, the development ...