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Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Smaje, Chris, King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Boyle, Sean
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: The imbalance in London between primary health care and hospital services has long been recognised. Attempts are now being made to address this issue by strengthening community-based services. This paper quantifies the nature of the challenge facing primary health care in the capital relative to the rest of the country. ...

Author:: Towle, Angela and King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: The aim of this paper is to highlight the fundamental principles upon which the future curriculum will be based, and to discuss the implications in terms of curriculum design and the issue of where students should learn, with special reference to London. In this way the likely developments in undergraduate ...

Author:: Stocking, Barbara and King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This working paper argues that the development of acute services should be a managed process, one in which they are positively reshaped and not just one in which development is coped with in isolation. The paper highlights some of the technological developments which have recently taken place, and those which ...

Author:: Institute of Manpower Studies (University of Sussex), King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Seccombe, Ian, and Buchan, James
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This working paper examines the London labour market for health care staff. The study was conducted against the background of the early implementation of the National Health Service and Community Care Act and focuses on labour supply and on the extent to which planned or predicted changes in the profile ...

Author:: King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Murphy, Elaine
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This document is a personal view of the current issues of acute care in London based on the author's experience of working in the south east segment of inner London. It is a view informed by impressions gained in working in five different London teaching and postgraduate hospitals and the ...

Author:: King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Meara, Richard
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This purpose of this project is to provide a summary picture of the condition of the estate of London's acute hospitals. It attempts to bring together information on the estate from standard returns and locally obtained evidence. The main issues that the study has tried to address are: how well ...

Author:: Martin, Paul, Greater London Association of Community Health Councils, King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Pratten, Belinda, Gorton, Sarah, Green, Jessy, and Wiles, Richard
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This report provides a users' perspective on acute health services in London. It begins with an overview of the situation in the capital and proceeds, by considering two vulnerable groups - elderly people and single homeless people, to look in detail at aspects of acute services which are of concern ...

Author:: Laing, William and King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This report deals with the two major areas of independent health care activity: acute sector and long-term care sector. In the independent health care context, acute sector broadly refers to the range of medical and surgical outpatients and inpatient treatment normally covered by private medical insurance. Long-term care sector refers ...

Author:: Gordon, Pat, Hughes, Jane, and King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: 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 ...

Author:: King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Hogg, Christine
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This paper concentrates on London's role as the principal national centre for specialist health services. The capital retains this function because of its concentration of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching hospitals. However, the shift of population away from the city's centre over the past century has created problems of access which ...

Author:: Institute of Health Services Management, Halpern, Stephen, Rowbottom, Joyce, and King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: It is intended that this working paper should: introduce a discussion about some of the organisational options that might be considered if the widely held aspirations for change are to be achieved; indicate some of the current thinking among health service managers about the future direction of the organisation of ...

Author:: Smaje, Chris, King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Boyle, Sean
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: London occupies a unique position in the provision of acute health care in Britain, in terms of resources consumed, the quantity of care provided and the institutional framework within which service provision takes place. It is a commonly held belief that London has more than its fair share of health ...

Author:: Judge, Ken, King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Benzeval, Michaela, and Solomon, Michael
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This paper examines the relative health status of Londoners in the light of the current attention being given to the provision of health care in London. It has three aims: to compare the health of residents of London with that of people in comparable areas elsewhere; to investigate the factors ...

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