Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Author:: Jones, Judith, Mitchell, John, McNair, Bardy, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: In the 1960s, the King's Fund caused a major stir when it developed a new specification for hospital beds. Manufacturers implemented the specification as the 'King's Fund bed', which was revolutionary in its time and a major step forward in patient care. Today, more than 30 years later, the bed ...

Author:: Jones, Judith, Mitchell, John, McNair, Bardy, McClenahan, John, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: In the 1960s, the King's Fund caused a major stir when it developed a new specification for hospital beds. Manufacturers implemented the specification as the 'King's Fund bed', which was revolutionary in its time and a major step forward in patient care. Today, more than 30 years later, the bed ...

Author:: Jones, Judith, Mitchell, John, McNair, Bardy, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: In the 1960s, the King's Fund caused a major stir when it developed a new specification for hospital beds. Manufacturers implemented the specification as the 'King's Fund bed', which was revolutionary in its time and a major step forward in patient care. Today, more than 30 years later, the bed ...

Author:: Jones, Judith, Mitchell, John, McNair, Bardy, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: In the 1960s, the King's Fund caused a major stir when it developed a new specification for hospital beds. Manufacturers implemented the specification as the 'King's Fund bed', which was revolutionary in its time and a major step forward in patient care. Today, more than 30 years later, the bed ...

Author:: Nursing Development (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Griffiths, Peter, King's Healthcare, and Evans, Amanda
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This report provides a companion to the publication published in 1994 entitled `The development of a nursing-led in-patient service' by the same authors. The introduction of nurse led beds on Byron Ward Nursing Development Unit, King's Healthcare is described. The earlier volume provides an overview of the work undertaken in ...

Author:: Furlong, Sarah, Nursing Development Units (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Glenfield Hospital NHS Trust
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: The aim of this booklet is to describe how the concepts of self-care are applied to nursing practice. It is based on a consensus reached by a group of nurses, all expert practitioners of self-care, who attended a collaborative conference in March 1994 to consider two questions: what is self-care; ...

Author:: Copperman, Jeanette, Nursing Development Units (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Morrison, Paula
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This is the third publication in a series based on the work of the King's Fund Nursing Development Units. Using interviews with staff, this book offers examples from five different units of the way in which patients and clients have become actively involved in delivery of care and service developments. ...

Author:: Nursing Development (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Griffiths, Peter, and Evans, Amanda
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: As the interest in nurse led initiatives increases, it is critical that those who are exploring ways forward share their experiences. This early account of Byron Ward Nursing Development Unit at King's Healthcare, London, describes the rationale behind the move to introduce nurse led beds in a busy acute general ...

Author:: Nursing Developments Programme (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Southport Nursing Development Unit, and Horner, Jackie
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: In this booklet, the author, a ward sister, describes how she consulted carers on how to provide effective ward services for elderly people and how the team has set about meeting the carers needs. This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make ...

Author:: Organisational Audit Programme (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This publication is a composite of the standards in `Organisational audit (accreditation UK) standards for an acute hospital' which relate directly to the patient and their carers. The `Consumer checklist' has been divided into three main sections: patient's rights and special care needs; inpatient episode; outpatient/day care episode. It aims ...

Author:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Roberts, Irfon, and National Association of Head Porters
Publication date:: 1984
Abstract:: This booklet was produced to serve as a reminder of the wide range of services given by hospital porters, and especially the part they play in patient care. It discusses the need for training and draws attention to the training now available. Providing a portering service calls for management skills ...

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1951
Abstract:: This report describes the King's Fund provision of homes for elderly people who do not require continued hospital treatment, but do need somewhere to go before returning to their own homes. Although the day-to-day running of these homes is undertaken by voluntary organisations, the hospital services undertake to accept responsibility ...

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