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Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Raphael, Winifred
Publication date:: 1969
Abstract:: This is the first edition of a survey which aims to devise a questionnaire that general hospitals could use to find the views of patients about their stay in hospital. The questions cover five areas of life in hospital: the ward and its equipment; sanitary accommodation; meals; activities; and care ...

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals.

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Raphael, Winifred
Publication date:: 1973
Abstract:: This is the second edition of a survey which aims to devise a questionnaire that general hospitals could use to find the views of patients about their stay in hospital. The questions cover five areas of life in hospital: the ward and its equipment; sanitary accommodation; meals; activities; and care ...

Joint consultation - defeat or opportunity? : a survey of joint consultation in the hospital services

Author:: Miles, A. W., Smith, Duncan, and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1969
Abstract:: 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 ...

Staff attitudes and opinions : report to King Edward's Hospital Fund on a survey of staff attitudes and opinions in the London Hospital Group

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Hughes, R. D.
Publication date:: 1974
Abstract:: This survey of employee opinion was an innovation in the hospital field and so it is hoped that it will be of interest to a wider audience than just the London Hospital Group as some of the results have implications of more general interest. A small number of results from ...

A tale of two clinics : a study of the clinical and administrative management of medical and gynaecological out-patient clinics : a King's Fund research project

Author:: Stewart, J. S., James, S. D., Steele, S. J., Middlesex Hospital Medical School, and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1984

Introducing I.T. in the district office : proposals arising from a study carried out in Southend Health District by Aslib Research and Consultancy in 1982

Author:: Steering Group on Health Services Information (Department of Health and Social Security, Great Britain), NHS Computer Policy Committee (Department of Health and Social Security, Great Britain), and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: 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 ...

When I went home ... : a study of patients discharged from hospital

Author:: Gay, Pat, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, and Pitkeathley, Jill
Publication date:: 1979
Abstract:: This report deals with the immediate welfare of patients who have just been discharged from hospital: how they manage, what help they need and who provides the help. The authors, both voluntary help co-ordinators, interviewed 250 patients about their experiences and their problems. There are many direct quotations from the ...

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast : evaluation of new out-patient centre, report to Belfast Hospital Management Committee

Author:: Gray, A. F. and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1970
Abstract:: Towards the end of 1969, the Belfast Hospital Management Committee asked the King's Fund to sponsor a review of the operation of the out-patient department since the implementation of the recommendations made in a previous report in 1967. This is a copy of this report which includes a summary of ...

Report of an investigation into the dietary of elderly women living alone

Author:: Newman, M., Ramsey, M., Exton-Smith, A. N., King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, and Stanton, B. R.
Publication date:: 1965
Abstract:: The precise nutritional needs of old people are unknown. In an attempt to discover levels of intake compatible with health it was decided to carry out a survey of the dietary needs of elderly women living alone, and to make a clinical assessment of the subjects. The survey results are ...

Report of the Hospital Economy Committee on unoccupied beds for the year 1929

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1930
Abstract:: This report looked into the causes giving rise to unoccupied beds in a particular group of hospitals. The results of the survey are included in three sections to the report: beds temporarily closed; beds vacant between the discharge and admission of patients; analysis showing the relative incidence of vacancy in ...

A question of attitudes

Author:: Boorer, David and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1972
Abstract:: The attitude a nurse has towards a patient is one of the most important factors influencing the standard of care patients receive. But a nurse's attitudes to patients are influenced by the attitudes of senior and junior staff. Attitudes between staff and attitudes of staff to patients are, in reality, ...

A question of attitudes

Author:: Boorer, David and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1970
Abstract:: The attitudes that nurses adopt towards patients can be created by a number of different pressures, and they can effect the type of care patients receive. The King's Fund undertook an attitude project and then discussed the possibility of finding out what nurses' attitudes were through a series of discussion ...

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Raphael, Winifred
Publication date:: 1977
Abstract:: This is the third edition of a survey which aims to devise a questionnaire that general hospitals could use to find the views of patients about their stay in hospital. The questions cover five areas of life in hospital: the ward and its equipment; sanitary accommodation; meals; activities; and care ...

Management development for chief officers in the NHS : report of a survey

Author:: Dixon, Maureen, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, and de Metz, Alison
Publication date:: 1982
Abstract:: 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 ...

A longitudinal study of the dietary of elderly women : report of the first longitudinal study of old people to be carried out in this country

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Stanton, B. R., and Exton-Smith, A. N.
Publication date:: 1970
Abstract:: In 1962, sixty women living alone took part in a seven-day weighed diet survey. When the dietary intake of women in their early and late seventies was compared it was found that there was a decline in dietary intake of as much as 30 per cent in some nutrients between ...

Health of the elderly project : an experiment in the voluntary visiting of old people

Author:: Hart, Linda, Young Volunteer Force Foundation, Kettle, David, and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1974
Abstract:: This experimental project took place in Newcastle upon Tyne to look at the health of elderly people. The aims of the project were: to develop experimental after-care and preventive medicine with patients, their friends and families; to help develop relationships that bridge the gap between family and friend and hospital ...

General practitioners' retirement plans and factors influencing them : report to the King Edward's Hospital Fund for London on a project undertaken January-June 1985

Author:: Rothman, Arthur, Wakeford, Richard, Roden, Marian, and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1986
Abstract:: At whatever age general practitioners retire, whether early, late, or at what is regarded as the conventional time (65), this is likely to have substantial implications for manpower planning - in the UK for example in connection with the demand for and establishment of vocational training schemes. A study of ...

Drugs in small hospitals : report on a survey on the prescribing, distribution and administration of drugs in small hospitals

Author:: Stone, Patricia and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1968
Abstract:: This document presents the findings of an investigation into the problems of prescribing, distributing and administering prescribed drugs in small hospitals

Convalescence for mothers and babies : a report of an inquiry into the need for convalescent accommodation for mothers accompanied by babies or young children

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1954
Abstract:: This small enquiry looked into the provision of convalescent accommodation for mothers with babies or young children as there appeared to insufficient accommodation available. Four conclusions to the enquiry were drawn: i) mothers recommended for convalescence after difficult confinements often insist on returning home; ii) there is no evidence that ...

Brochures for schools of nursing : report of an enquiry by the Hospital Centre

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1965
Abstract:: As a response to hospitals contemplating the production or revision of Nurse Training School brochures and staff information booklets, it was decided to undertake a survey of the design and content of present publications and the extent to which they are being used. This survey disclosed a wide variety in ...

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals.

Joint consultation - defeat or opportunity? : a survey of joint consultation in the hospital services

Staff attitudes and opinions : report to King Edward's Hospital Fund on a survey of staff attitudes and opinions in the London Hospital Group

A tale of two clinics : a study of the clinical and administrative management of medical and gynaecological out-patient clinics : a King's Fund research project

Introducing I.T. in the district office : proposals arising from a study carried out in Southend Health District by Aslib Research and Consultancy in 1982

When I went home ... : a study of patients discharged from hospital

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast : evaluation of new out-patient centre, report to Belfast Hospital Management Committee

Report of an investigation into the dietary of elderly women living alone

Report of the Hospital Economy Committee on unoccupied beds for the year 1929

A question of attitudes

A question of attitudes

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals

Management development for chief officers in the NHS : report of a survey

A longitudinal study of the dietary of elderly women : report of the first longitudinal study of old people to be carried out in this country

Health of the elderly project : an experiment in the voluntary visiting of old people

General practitioners' retirement plans and factors influencing them : report to the King Edward's Hospital Fund for London on a project undertaken January-June 1985

Drugs in small hospitals : report on a survey on the prescribing, distribution and administration of drugs in small hospitals

Convalescence for mothers and babies : a report of an inquiry into the need for convalescent accommodation for mothers accompanied by babies or young children

Brochures for schools of nursing : report of an enquiry by the Hospital Centre

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