This pamphlet describes the whole systems approach taken by the London Health Partnership to achieve their aim of improving the well-being of older people by addressing long-standing problems of providing care and promoting health in cities. This summary was presented to the 1996 British Urban Regeneration Association Conference.
This manual contains organisational standards for primary health care commissioning. It forms one part of the King's Fund Organisational Audit project for health authorities and primary health care commissioners. The standards apply to all primary care commissioning organisations, whether these are GP fundholding practices, multi funds or non-fundholding practices that ...
At the beginning of 1995 King's Fund Organisational Audit set up a project to develop organisational audit for health service commissioning. Six health authorities and five primary care organisations agreed to become pilots for the newly developed process. This report presents the results of the evaluation process, including the findings ...
These standards and criteria provide nursing homes with the means to evaluate practice and to stimulate development. They provide staff with an opportunity to question what they do, why they do it and whether it could be done better. These standards have been refined by the King's Fund Organisational Audit ...
This is the third edition of this publication which was published for the first time in 1994. This edition is structured in three parts. The first is a calendar of events in London's health care during 1995, followed by a commentary by the editor. The second section presents the relevant ...
This report is the result of a seminar bringing together providers, experts in paediatrics, health service managers, purchasers and clinicians. Its purpose was to explore integrated child health care, its benefits and problems, and to put together a submission for the Select Committee to inform their work. The main issues ...
The information exchange is produced particularly for supporters and advisers of self-advocacy groups and people with responsibility for developing effective ways of working in partnership with users in planning and delivering services. This issue looks at generic advocacy projects and user-friendly complaints procedures.
This manual has been produced to meet the demand for the development of standards and a peer review process for commissioning organisations. It provides an organisation with the means to question practice and to stimulate development work. It has been introduced at a time when health authorities and family health ...
This book is a practical guide that examines how to move away from segregated services for people with learning difficulties to a service based on individual needs. It outlines the progress of the Changing Days project, a partnership between the King's Fund and the National Development Team, which was launched ...