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Author:: Armstrong, David, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), King's Fund Commission on the Future of Acute Services in London (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Mandalia, Sundhiya, Savill, Rebakah, Morrell, David C., Gelder, Fiona, Green, Judith, Bartholomew, Jenny, Britten, Nicky, Shaw, Adrienne, Jenkins, Clare, and Jankowski, Raymond
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: In 1992 the King's Fund Commission published a report `London health care 2010 : changing the future of services in the capital'. This report was unable to describe in any detail the actual delivery of acute medical care in London. This required a more indepth study of care based on ...

Author:: Spencer, Linda and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: This report has been prepared to share information about rapid response services for older people, to encourage the identification and adoption of good practice and to give people the opportunity to learn from the experiences of others. It draws on information shared at a workshop held by the Rehabilitation Programme ...

Author:: Marks, Linda and King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: The author considers discharge policy and practice in the UK which is aiming for a goal of seamless care. Chapter 2 summarises three areas of discharge related research: the experiences of elderly people and their carers; difficulties for those whose task is to manage acute beds; and communication between hospital ...

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 Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Gay, Pat, 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 ...

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Hill, Steve, Echlin, Rose, Smith, Helen, and Braisby, Don
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: This project paper has been written for staff concerned with resettling people who are being discharged from long-stay hospitals or who are developing housing schemes for people with serious psychiatric disabilities living in hostels or with their families. It attempts to distil the lessons from current examples of good practice ...

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Gay, Pat, and Pitkeathley, Jill
Publication date:: 1982
Abstract:: Those who have been suffering from mental health problems present particularly difficult problems with re-integration into the community. This project paper examines a scheme for volunteer support for discharged psychiatric patients. With the help of a grant from Oxford R.H.A. a befriending scheme was set up and this report describes ...

Author:: Kingsley, Susan, King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Towell, David, and McAusland, Tom
Publication date:: 1986
Abstract:: This is the third paper by the authors on managing the relocation of psychiatric services from large institutions to new patterns of local provision. It offers a summary of their current thinking about the characteristics of an assessment and resettlement model which would be compatible with the wider planning issues ...

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