One of the aims of the conference was to discuss the issues raised in the King's Fund Project Paper no. 51 ` Advocacy : the UK and American experiences'. This paper is an account of the conference and includes a list of the participants (including contributors to the project paper), ...
In 1983, the King's Fund gave a grant to the National Council for One Parent Families to initiate a pilot project in London to explore lone parents' views of their own health and the health of their children. The conference provided an opportunity to consolidate the work so far and ...
Among the initiatives launched by the Steering Group was a study involving five district health authorities to review the operational information required about doctor-patient relationships and contacts, and to develop effective ways of collecting the data required. Participants undertook a comprehensive review of the organisational structures and management arrangements which ...
This is the first comprehensive guide for health service managers and other senior staff on all aspects of good public relations practice, including dealings with the press, radio, television etc. Public relations is NOT about 'ducking and weaving against the journalists, silencing abrasive pressure groups and covering up embarrassing mistakes.' ...
This symposium was arranged to discuss the problems of hospital clinical records and was attended by historians, clinicians, epidemiologists, administrators, archivists, representatives of relevant organisations, and other people whose interest in the topic is well known. The symposium concentrated on how to deal more effectively with the problem of the ...
This report reviews the activities of the King's Fund Centre and in particular the library and information services; education and training; long term care and community care; the London Programme; the assessment and promotion of quality in care.
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 seminar was organised jointly by the King's Fund College and the Royal College of Nursing to explore accountability, leadership and power in nursing as it relates to society. Membership of the seminar was spread widely throughout Europe encompassing nurses able to speak with authority about their own health care ...
This collection of papers was produced following the King's Fund conference "Planning and Monitoring Community Mental Health Centres" held in May 1984. This conference dealt with management and information gathering and it is these themes rather than professional and clinical skills that are covered in the papers. The aim has ...