This book is described as being a 'reflective tour of where the NHS is coming from, the world it is likely to face in the 1990s, and some ways in which we could strengthen it'. It covers demography, social and environmental stress, medical developments, public expenditure constraints, and likely themes ...
This pamphlet examines the history and future of consultation in the hospital service. It shows that, from its beginning, joint consultation faced particular hazards and difficulties to which a large number of committees have succumbed. The fact that some have survived is a sign of latent vitality and it is ...
The purpose of the Centre Lunch Talks has been to invite some distinguished person to speak for half and hour on a topic related to health and welfare services with the aim of stimulating new thought or action.
This report makes observations which it hopes will be of use to the Royal Commission. There are five observations on the `Royal Commission on the National Health Service': morale in the National Health Service; the role of the district; management training; the role of the volunteer; community health councils. The ...
This report discusses the special problems of managing health services. It compares the development of management training in the NHS with that of other public services, with an analysis of the role of universities, the DHSS and the NHS authorities; and outlines a future strategy.
This book aims to stimulate discussion and action about the serious difficulties facing the NHS in industrial relations. It aims to help the development of more effective industrial relations which the NHS badly needs and looks at how improvements might be made realistically within the current framework of management. Chapters ...
In July 1978, the King's Fund held a conference to discuss the report Education and Training of Senior Managers in the National Health Service, commonly referred to the Thwaites report after the chairman of the working party. This publication is not just an account of the conference, but a personal ...
This short book has been prepared to mark the first five years of Community Health Councils' (CHCs) existence. They came into being in 1974 when the NHS underwent a major administrative reorganisation. Nothing quite like them had ever existed before in the form of a special statutory body with the ...
This study arose from an invitation from the King's Fund to study the job of the district administrator in the NHS and to find out what it is really like. 41 senior administrators were interviewed and eight of them observed at work for three days. The findings show wide variation ...
The author has written an invaluable record of the events surrounding the introduction of the National Health Service by researching among contemporary documents. The scope of the account is limited to England and Wales, and there has been no attempt made to assess and judge the emergent NHS from the ...
This report contains the findings of a survey of chief officers on management teams in the NHS in England and Wales. The survey, carried out in 1981, was part of an initiative by the King's Fund to develop a management education programme for the most senior officers in health services ...
This paper contains the results of part of a study relating to the information flow in and out of and within the district office. No attempt has been made to prescribe in detail a total system but it is hoped that the general principles and approach described will assist district ...
This project paper has been produced from a working seminar for senior management in the NHS. This seminar was to discuss with experts in the field of pay determination and the problems of pay in the NHS. The first section of the report outlines aims and assumptions. Further sections deal ...
Race and Employment in the NHS is based on a conference organised by the King's Fund and the Polytechnic of the South Bank which examined the practical steps that health authorities and managers should take to ensure equal opportunities for people from ethnic minority groups. This booklet describes ways in ...
During 1984, the King's Fund and the National Association of Health Authorities agreed to set up a joint working party, under the chairmanship of Lady McCarthy, to review the present system of pay determination in the NHS and to make recommendations for reform. This report covers the present Whitley Council ...
This book explains - in simple and clear language - the value and use of statistical information as an important management tool. The author shows how the content, organisation and presentation of data can illuminate the goals which an authority sets itself and the way it intends to achieve them. ...
The introduction of general management into the NHS has transformed the service. The author asks if the NHS can continue to evolve into a more dynamic, responsive and actively managed service, representing even better value for money or will the transition to general management be arrested?