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Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Philo, John, Pettersson, Geraldine, Posner, Tina, Davies, Jean, King's Fund Commission on the Future of Acute Services in London (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Russell, Jill
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: The object of this study was to collect information which embraced the richness and complexity of people's views on London's health care services to contribute to the King's Fund's work on London's acute services. This report provides a detailed picture of the ways in which respondents would like to see ...

Author:: New, Bill, Dingwall, Robert, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), McHale, Jean, University of Nottingham, and Solomon, Michael
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: Transplanting organs from one human to another is increasingly constrained by a shortage of donors. This report describes the wide variations between the number of kidney and heart transplantations and those waiting for these operations both in the United Kingdom and internationally; and how the UK could improve its performance. ...

Author:: Armstrong, David, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), King's Fund Commission on the Future of Acute Services in London (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Mandalia, Sundhiya, Savill, Rebakah, Morrell, David C., Gelder, Fiona, Green, Judith, Bartholomew, Jenny, Britten, Nicky, Shaw, Adrienne, Jenkins, Clare, and Jankowski, Raymond
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: In 1992 the King's Fund Commission published a report `London health care 2010 : changing the future of services in the capital'. This report was unable to describe in any detail the actual delivery of acute medical care in London. This required a more indepth study of care based on ...

Author:: Marks, Linda and King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: The author considers discharge policy and practice in the UK which is aiming for a goal of seamless care. Chapter 2 summarises three areas of discharge related research: the experiences of elderly people and their carers; difficulties for those whose task is to manage acute beds; and communication between hospital ...

Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: This briefing paper aims to contribute some background analysis and data to inform a debate in the House of Commons on 28 April 1994 about London's health care system. It begins with comparative considerations; whether high needs and poor community based care lead to greater pressure on hospitals; and key ...

Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: This Review is based on the financial year 1993 to 1994. The first part describes developments in each of the main policy areas of `The health of the nation', the Patient's Charter and community care implementation. For the first time results of the systematic research into the effects of the ...

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