This conference was been arranged in conjunction with the DHSS to review reaction to the 1977 DHSS discussion document `Reducing the risk, safer pregnancy and childbirth' in order to assist with the promotion of interest in the preventive and positive health aspects of pregnancy and childbirth.
The use of the term "monitoring" in the health service or management context was usually taken to imply the development and establishment of certain standards of performance in a particular field, and a system to examine whether or not those standards had been met. The identification of adequate and realistic ...
This was the first in a series of seminars on the study of priorities in medical care and the performance of management in relation to medical services. This collection of papers attempts to define minor illness and then examines what services care for it and existing alternatives. Individual papers cover ...
These papers were first presented at a seminar on the management of chronic illness, in a series supported by the King's Fund as a contribution to the study of priorities in medical care and the performance of management in relation to medical services. This publication comprises the papers which were ...
Since 1975, a series of study days have been held at the King's Fund Centre to explore the problems of life in residential units for young disabled people. A common theme at these meetings was the isolation felt by both residents and staff. The report covers the type of care ...
The major aim of this directory has been to concentrate on organisations working in the health area. Several of the social welfare type of organisations have been included for two reasons. Firstly, because many organisations, although not set up to deal specifically with problems of illness or handicap, nevertheless operate ...
This review, which continues the series begun many years ago, is the first to relate to a complete calendar year. It follows the layout established a year ago and it describes the activities of a particularly busy year. In the first section, the interest areas of the Centre are described; ...
In recent years there has been considerable discussion about how the National Training Scheme (NTS) has been run and how it might evolve in the future. Over the past eighteen months, Regional Supervisors responsible for organising the NTS in the four Thames and Wessex regions have met regularly at the ...