This document bases its discussions on user participation on the experience gained from two and a half years' practical work between Living Options In Practice and eight multi-agency Practice Teams throughout England, which worked to create comprehensive disability service systems. The following elements are discussed in the context of the ...
This booklet sets out to examine the concept of empowerment; to look at how it is demonstrated through the changing roles within the Nursing Development Unit (NDUs); and to think about the effect it has on the patient. This series looks at some ways nurses in NDUs have tried to ...
In this booklet the authors describe how they set up a consultative group for patients and the important part the group plays in the rehabilitation process of these elderly people. This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make their nursing more beneficial ...
This report was prompted by the current debate on how best to determine nurses pay in the NHS. Increased emphasis on cost, devolution of managerial responsibility, and the establishment of NHS Trusts are key elements of the NHS reforms, and will have a major impact on the way nurses pay ...
London occupies a unique position in the provision of acute health care in Britain, in terms of resources consumed, the quantity of care provided and the institutional framework within which service provision takes place. It is a commonly held belief that London has more than its fair share of health ...
This paper examines the relative health status of Londoners in the light of the current attention being given to the provision of health care in London. It has three aims: to compare the health of residents of London with that of people in comparable areas elsewhere; to investigate the factors ...
All carers have social, emotional, medical, financial and practical needs. Those of Chinese carers are compounded by isolation brought about through language and cultural differences, and unusually long work hours. This book helps people in statutory and voluntary organisations contact Chinese carers, identify their needs and provide the services they ...
This publication provides useful information for Chinese carers in the following areas: financial assistance, medical and health services; personal support for the carer; practical help at home; help with transport; aids, equipment and supplies; interpreting and translation services; advisory services; death and dying; London research; useful national organisations; Chinese organisations ...
In this booklet the author, a primary nurse, describes how she enlisted her colleagues' support in improving pain management in a general hospital setting. This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make their nursing more beneficial to patients. The nurses assess to ...
This unpublished paper outlines a process for specialty reviews, following on from the recommendations of the `Report of the inquiry into London's health service, medical education and research' (London : Department of Health, 1992) in which it was recommended that working parties be formed under the direction of the London ...