In March 1990 the King's Fund College and NAHA were commissioned by the Department of Health to undertake a survey of the training and development needs of the now DHAs. The survey follows on from the discussion paper 'Managing with authority'. This report presents the results of the survey and ...
This pamphlet documents discussions which took place at a seminar. It lists positive attributes of the White Paper `Caring for people' and areas of concern. The Seminar examined what could be done to support effective strategies for change from users' viewpoints and from the viewpoint of an informal carers.
This study describes the various approaches adopted by some DHAs in separating responsibility for purchasing and providing services. The approach finding most favour involves separating the purchaser and provider functions below the DGM (District General Manager) level. The strength of this approach is in enabling the purchaser and provider functions ...
The purpose of this booklet is to outline the issues that have to be addressed by service users, politicians and providers following the publication of the White Paper 'Caring for People'. The key questions raised by the White Paper are illustrated by some of the leading edge work currently taking ...
The primary aim of this workbook is to provide managers, front-line workers, external and internal 'inspectors', informal carers and service users, with a shared framework for consultation and evaluation of the quality of services. It is predominantly concerned with community care; however, it has applications in acute and community services ...
This paper marks ten years since the launch of the King's Fund 'An Ordinary Life' initiative and was delivered to the 'Better Lives' seminar sponsored by Community Care and the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust, 27 April 1990. While acknowledging the changes that have taken place in services for people with ...