This publication is a composite of the standards in `Organisational audit (accreditation UK) standards for an acute hospital' which relate directly to the patient and their carers. The `Consumer checklist' has been divided into three main sections: patient's rights and special care needs; inpatient episode; outpatient/day care episode. It aims ...
Community-based teaching is of central importance in current debates on the future of undergraduate medical education as changes in health care and service delivery are forcing medical schools to adopt new ways of clinical teaching. This report arises out of a conference held at the King's Fund Centre in July ...
This evaluation looked at one corner of one authority's services for people with learning difficulties. North West Thames Regional Health Authority funded People First to do this evaluation in order to ask people's views about what services they were getting, what they wanted, and what was important to them. It ...
This report summarises the findings of a study into the future of undergraduate medical education . The aim of the study was to help establish a climate of opinion for change and to develop a consensus view of the future developments of undergraduate medical education. The study took the form ...
This publication is intended for senior managers and members of health and local authorities who are grappling with the challenges posed by the NHS and community care reforms to services for people with learning disabilities. Its subject is the ways in which public authorities can stimulate large scale change in ...
Against the background of profound change now affecting the British health and social care system this report examines economic aspects of the support of people (particularly adults) with severe learning difficulties in England, and their implications for future service development. It briefly outlines ideas and data relevant to: the evolution ...
This report presents an appreciation of the significance of Primary Care Development Fund supported schemes for the future of UK primary care generally, and offers a point of common entry into a vital area of national health debate to a range of audiences amongst NHS service providers, users and purchaser ...
Within the reformed NHS attention is rightly being given to developing the new role of DHAs and FHSAs. Improved health and health care will not be achieved without effective and influential purchasing authorities. This report focuses on the specific contribution that the Chief Executive makes to the achievement of this ...
Consensus conferences are an increasingly accepted means of synthesising available information and of producing a widely agreed view of the value of medical techniques and advances. In the United Kingdom the King's Fund initiated their use, and developed them beyond their original purely professional focus by holding meetings in public, ...