In recent years, new health care delivery initiatives have emerged that promise to overcome some of the long-standing difficulties that hinder the various parts of the NHS from working efficiently and effectively together. These include national service frameworks, care pathways and NHS Direct. However, their full implications have yet to ...
The purpose of this publication is to examine the implications of contemporary policy and organisational change for the future of general practice. The opening chapter sets modernisation in context. The next two chapters examine the historical roots of the current situation and the profession's response to current crises. The fourth ...
This book presents the reality of racism in today's NHS. It attempts to tackle the discrimination and injustice some people from minority ethnic groups working in the health service and particularly medicine currently endure. Using a range of anecdotal accounts, historical perspectives and research by contributors from culturally diverse backgrounds, ...
This report has been written for members and officers of Hayes and Harlington directorate of Hillingdon Primary Care Trust and their partners in the local health economy. It presents results of a study of the patient and public involvement (PPI) work which the directorate - formerly PCG - undertook between ...
This report has been written for members and officers of Harrow East & Kingsbury PCG and their partners in the local health economy. It presents results of a study of the patient and public involvement (PPI) work which the PCG undertook between February 2000 and April 2001
This report has been written for the members and officers of Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust (formerly Dagenham Primary Care Group) and their partners in the local health economy. It presents the results of a study of Dagenham PCG's patient and public involvement (PPI) work between February 2000 and ...
Recently there have been changes in the regeneration policy environment with the establishment of agencies such as the Greater London Authority and Assembly, the London Development Agency and the London Health Commission. The roles of these agencies are detailed in Section One of this publication. Section Two gives a summary ...
This review of the research literature on the relationship between regeneration initiatives and population health was commissioned by the King's Fund in London with support from the Nuffield Institute for Health. It describes the research-based literature reviewed, reviews the evaluative approaches adopted in this field, describes the work identified, considers ...