Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Carers' needs : a 10 point plan for carers

Author:: Informal Caring Programme (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: Every individual's needs are different, but well-planned and good quality services can offer support & `share the care' of people who cannot manage alone at home. This leaflet provides a clear statement of what needs to be done, so that carers - and the people they care for - can ...

Consensus development conferences

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This pamphlet discusses the aims of consensus development conferences.

Employment opportunities for people with severe learning difficulties

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This information pack follows a King's Fund Centre conference on 20 October 1988. It includes papers presented on strategies for integrated employment environments; supported employment; and conditions of learning that facilitate change

Blood cholesterol measurement in the prevention of coronary heart disease : King's Fund Forum consensus statement

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Hayes, Maurice
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: The sixth King's Fund Forum was held in London from 26 to 28 June. Five questions were addressed; what is the relationship between dietary fats, blood cholesterol and the levels of coronary heart disease; what individual or community-wide dietary or other interventions can reduce blood cholesterol levels and the risk ...

The Health Advisory Service : an evaluation

Author:: Henkel, Mary and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: The Health Advisory Service has been operating for almost 20 years. This is the first detailed study of its effectiveness. The authors describe how the Health Advisory Service works and reflect upon what they saw and heard in their investigation. They considered three questions - how well does the Health ...

Shaping the NHS for the 1990's

Author:: Maxwell, Robert J. and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: 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 ...

A.I.D.S. : can we care enough?

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This conference proceedings report is an edited compilation of papers given at a conference for World A.I.D.S. Day. Topics covered at the conference included - resources for the 1990s, community care, role of the voluntary sector and an agenda for the 1990s.

Cleveland Enquiry : day seminar 20 July 1988 : commentary on the proceedings

Author:: National Institute of Social Work and King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: In response to a number of requests the King's Fund College and the National Institute of Social Work hosted a forum day for senior managers, professionals and policy members for statutory and voluntary services. The intention was to provide a briefing on the thinking behind the report of the Butler ...

Commitment to quality : safeguarding quality of care in long stay psychiatric hospitals

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This document is the result of a working group who had a shared commitment and concern for the lives of people living in long-stay psychiatric wards. The group wishes to acknowledge that for some people a psychiatric hospital will continue to be their home and that the service they receive ...

DRGs and health care : the management of case mix

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This is a fully revised and updated version of the 1987 edition. It describes applications of DRGs at hospital level and examines their use in policy matters at all levels of health services. It is for everyone interested in and responsible for the way resources are used.

Equal opportunities employment policies in the NHS : ethnic monitoring

Author:: Equal Opportunities Task Force (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This paper explains initially why health authority management should introduce ethnic monitoring systems and deals in later sections with how members and managers should use the data to measure and improve their authority's equal opportunity performance. The bulk of the paper is, however, addressed to personnel and other officers who ...

Health authority equal opportunities committees

Author:: Equal Opportunities Task Force (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This paper looks at the role of health authority equal opportunities committees and the part they can play in facilitating the implementation of an equal opportunities policy. It details the circumstances in which equal opportunities committees can be useful, and makes recommendations to improve their effectiveness.

Health care UK 1990 : an annual review of health care policy

Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This edition of the annual publication contains articles on hospice care, job-sharing in the NHS, research ethics committees, day surgery, resource allocation, optical services, cost effectiveness in the NHS, long-term care insurance and hospital care at home.

Intensive care in the United Kingdom : report from the King's Fund Panel

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: In 1988 the King's Fund covered a multi-disciplinary panel to consider the following questions and to prepare a statement for discussion at a consensus conference: is there scientific evidence that ICUs cause a decrease in morbidity and mortality; what criteria should be set for admission and discharge to intensive care ...

King Edward's Hospital Fund for London annual report 1988, King's Fund annual report 1988

Author:: The King's Fund
Publication date:: 1989

Managed competition : a new approach to health care in Britain

Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: The briefing paper provides a constructive analysis of the White Paper (Working for Patients). The paper identifies main themes underlying the White Paper proposals: new institutional arrangements for the health services; the management of clinical activity; responsiveness patients; greater pluralism among providers; better management; new financial allocation mechanisms

Managing psychiatric services in transition : working papers

Author:: King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and National Health Service Training Authority
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: These seven papers detail key lessons from the work of the King's Fund College, which since 1983 has been mounting a programme of educational and field development activities designed to assist networks of local people in addressing the challenges involved in managing psychiatric services in transition. The papers suggest a ...

Occupational therapy skill mix study

Author:: Manpower Planning Advisory Group (Department of Health, Great Britain) and King's Fund Consortium
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This study was commissioned by the Manpower Planning Advisory Group to examine the present structure of occupational therapy services and to make recommendations about the most appropriate models for the future. The research team was also charged with studying the various levels of skill needed by occupational therapists to perform ...

Physical disability : a programme for action : report of a conference held at the King's Fund Centre Tuesday 29th November 1988

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This conference report looks at the provision of services for people with physical disabilities. This included insufficient resources; poorly trained professionals; a lack of coordination within and among state and voluntary care organisations; and the inability to take into account the wishes and experiences of those on the receiving end ...

Planning primary care : forging links between family practitioner committees and district health authorities

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: This report from the Primary Health Care Group of the King's Fund Centre explores the context of primary care planning and provides examples of how joint working may be successfully achieved. It outlines why FPCs and DHAs need to work together and argues that primary care planning has been neglected ...

Carers' needs : a 10 point plan for carers

Consensus development conferences

Employment opportunities for people with severe learning difficulties

Blood cholesterol measurement in the prevention of coronary heart disease : King's Fund Forum consensus statement

The Health Advisory Service : an evaluation

Shaping the NHS for the 1990's

A.I.D.S. : can we care enough?

Cleveland Enquiry : day seminar 20 July 1988 : commentary on the proceedings

Commitment to quality : safeguarding quality of care in long stay psychiatric hospitals

DRGs and health care : the management of case mix

Equal opportunities employment policies in the NHS : ethnic monitoring

Health authority equal opportunities committees

Health care UK 1990 : an annual review of health care policy

Intensive care in the United Kingdom : report from the King's Fund Panel

King Edward's Hospital Fund for London annual report 1988, King's Fund annual report 1988

Managed competition : a new approach to health care in Britain

Managing psychiatric services in transition : working papers

Occupational therapy skill mix study

Physical disability : a programme for action : report of a conference held at the King's Fund Centre Tuesday 29th November 1988

Planning primary care : forging links between family practitioner committees and district health authorities

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