This working paper is based on the assumption that change in the direction of primary health care is desirable and inevitable. It explores the interface between acute hospitals and primary care, and describes developments that improve integration and show how a shift towards primary care might be achieved. It goes ...
This report describes how audit can be made effective. Drawing on the experience of people who have been involved in organising audit in primary care, it suggests how medical audit advisory groups (MAAGs) could help all practitioners to take part in relevant and worthwhile audit. With the help of lively ...
This working paper is based on the assumption that change in the direction of primary health care is desirable and inevitable. It explores the interface between acute hospitals and primary care, and describes developments that improve integration and show how a shift towards primary care might be achieved. It goes ...
Designed to be of practical use to all those with responsibilities for developing medical audit and quality assurance in primary health care, the book describes what is meant by audit, its purpose and who should be included. It reviews the range of activities being used. The report is based on ...
A series of workshops on school health services was held during 1986. This information pack has grown from the workshops and other material has been added to enhance its value to managers who are reviewing and improving school health services. There are five sections: the first summarises the current debates ...
In 1986 the King's Fund, with the financial support of the DHSS, established three experimental projects in inner London to explore the possibilities for improving primary health care by developing small scale management and planning of services. One of these projects was located in Riverside HA. This report describes how ...
The main purpose of this information note is to provide, for those concerned with ethnic minorities' health care in London, an up-to-date source document listing local projects and initiatives. Other information has also been included to help the reader: some data on the ethnic composition of London's population; a list ...
Continuity of care contributes importantly to patient experience, whether it's continuity of a relationship, by seeing the same GP, or management continuity, that coordinates an individual’s care across the wider health care system. However, continuity is not monitored or incentivised in the same way as other aspects of good practice. ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform the panel of the Inquiry into the Quality of General Practice in England. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel.