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Changing primary care : the role of facilitators

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Allsop, Judith
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: This report examines the kind of work facilitators do, their achievements and the factors that help or hinder progress in a rapidly changing world. Three different models are described - Oxford, Best Friend and Camberwell.

The future of community health services

Creatore:: Primary Health Care Group (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: The future of community services was the title of a conference held in November 1988 at the King's Fund. This report follows the format of the conference, with speakers' presentations followed by reports of the discussions which took place in the afternoon workshops. Also explored are the role of the ...

Locality management : from proposals to practice in Lewisham and North Southwark

Creatore:: Lewisham & North Southwark Health Authority, Morgan, Dave, and King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1989
Abstract:: The DHSS funded three development workers to work in three differing health authorities to explore the possibilities for improving primary health care in the inner city by developing patch or locality management and planning of services work more closely together; and to establish three local experiments with different approaches to ...

Primary health care on the agenda? : a discussion document

Creatore:: Primary Health Care Group (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Marks, Linda
Publication date:: 1987
Abstract:: In this publication the author states:- A new approach is needed for agenda-setting in primary health care. It should draw on the public health and participatory model espoused by W.H.O.; build on the experiences of local projects and initiatives, and seek to create planning and management structures which achieve change ...

Promoting better health? : an analysis of the government's programme for primary health care

Creatore:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Marks, Linda
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: This briefing paper critically reviews the proposals, assesses financial implication and highlights major omissions in the White Paper 'Promoting Better Health' : the Government's review of primary care services. It concludes that, despite welcome attention to issues of accountability and value for money, some basic questions remain unanswered : which ...

The emperor's new clothes : family practitioner committees in the 1980's

Creatore:: Allsop, Judith, May, Annabelle, and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1986
Abstract:: This book aims to provide an account of the range of work carried out by the Family Practitioner Committees, the bodies responsible, in England and Wales, for administering the contracts of general practitioners, dentists, opticians and pharmacists. This is the first comprehensive study of FPCs. It analyses the political environment ...

Nurse practitioners : working for change in primary health care nursing

Creatore:: World Health Organization and King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1991

Introducing quality assurance

Creatore:: Shaw, Charles D. and King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1986
Abstract:: Increasing interest in the quality of health services and the appointment of officers with designated local responsibilities has generated an urgent demand for ideas on implementing quality assurance, especially from district officers. This collection is one individual's view of relevant literature and activity. It reflects the initial emphasis of the ...

Primary health care in the inner cities after Acheson

Creatore:: Rhodes, Gerald, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, and Policy Studies Institute
Publication date:: 1986
Abstract:: In January 1980 the Conservative Government appointed a study group under Sir Donald Acheson to produce ambitious proposals for rapid and effective action on primary care in London. This report examines how and why the study group was established, the issues it confronted, the route by which it reached its ...

Deputising services, prescribing in general practice and dispensing in the community

Creatore:: Gravelle, H. S. E. and King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1980
Abstract:: This pamphlet describes three aspects of primary health care which were commonly referred to in the evidence to the Royal Commission. The first gives an outline of the current position of deputising services and examines issues of debate. The appendix gives details of the location and ownership of deputising services. ...

Pimlico patch committee : an experiment in locality planning

Creatore:: Dunford, Helen, King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Hughes, Jane
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: In 1986 the King's Fund, with the financial support of the DHSS, established three experimental projects in inner London to explore the possibilities for improving primary health care by developing small scale management and planning of services. One of these projects was located in Riverside HA. This report describes how ...

`Primary health care : an agenda for discussion' : a response from the King's Fund London Programme

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1986
Abstract:: This response to the Green Paper `Primary health care : an agenda for action' steers a middle course between `alternative' green papers and detailed comments on the few firm proposals. The structure of the response follows that of the six objectives outlined in the Green Paper: 1) raising standards of ...

`Primary health care : an agenda for discussion' : background papers, London Programme workshops

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1986
Abstract:: The publication of "Primary health care: an agenda for discussion" was welcomed by the London Project Executive Committee of the King's Fund as an opportunity to contribute to the debate on the future of primary health care. In order to prepare a response which would contain practical recommendations for improving ...

Developing primary care : opportunities for the 1990s

Creatore:: Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, Taylor, David, and King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1991
Abstract:: This report presents an appreciation of the significance of Primary Care Development Fund supported schemes for the future of UK primary care generally, and offers a point of common entry into a vital area of national health debate to a range of audiences amongst NHS service providers, users and purchaser ...

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

Creatore:: 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 ...

Planning for primary health care : a report of a conference held at the King's Fund Centre [on] Tuesday 14 December 1982

Creatore:: Blair, Pat and King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: The conference sought to discuss, in the broadest terms, what the definition, function, purpose and relationship of primary health care should be in the future. The conference was held within the context of 'Health for All by the Year 2000' as resolved by the World Health Assembly in 1977. One ...

Management education and primary care : report of a workshop held at the King's Fund Centre, Wednesday 21st October 1981

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1982
Abstract:: This workshop arose from a meeting at the DHSS stimulated by Dr. Peter Pritchard in July 1980 between officers of the DHSS who were interested and involved in management and general practice, the King's Fund and Dr. Pritchard. The aim of the workshop was to identify some of those who ...

Understanding the NHS : a question of incentives

Creatore:: West, Peter A. and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: The NHS is a vast and complex organisation, never out of the public eye and now the focus of major political argument. The author examines the way the NHS works and the incentives that motivate everyone concerned - the general public, the health professionals and managers, and the government. There ...

Information on obtaining the views of users of primary health care services

Creatore:: Consumer Feedback Resource (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1991

An optimal balance? : primary health care and acute hospital services in London

Creatore:: Gordon, Pat, King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Hughes, Jane
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This working paper is based on the assumption that change in the direction of primary health care is desirable and inevitable. It explores the interface between acute hospitals and primary care, and describes developments that improve integration and show how a shift towards primary care might be achieved. It goes ...

London health care 2010 : changing the future of services in the capital

Creatore:: King's Fund Commission on the Future of London's Acute Health Services (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Hussey, Marmaduke
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This report analyses the interlocking set of problems posed by health services, medical education and research in London. It demonstrates that Londoners receive a poor deal from present-day services. It warns that health care in the inner-city may become unsuitable unless there is the political will to back a strategy ...

Audit and development in primary care

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Humphrey, Charlotte, and Hughes, Jane
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This report describes how audit can be made effective. Drawing on the experience of people who have been involved in organising audit in primary care, it suggests how medical audit advisory groups (MAAGs) could help all practitioners to take part in relevant and worthwhile audit. With the help of lively ...

Doing different things in a different way : possibilities for the post-Tomlinson primary and community health services development programme for London

Creatore:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: The aim of this unpublished paper is to provide all Londoners with primary and community health services which both meet their needs for high quality health care and which - over time - can appropriately substitute for certain services currently provided in acute hospitals. If Sir Bernard Tomlinson's recommendations are ...

Obtaining the views of users of primary and community health services

Creatore:: McIver, Shirley and King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: This publication is the fifth in a series aimed at helping health service staff to obtain the views of service users, and it is written for anyone who has been given this responsibility, whether nursing, medical, paramedical or managerial. The series presumes no social science background and offers a flexible ...

Purchasing patient centred care : integrating primary, secondary and community health services

Creatore:: Heginbotham, Chris and King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: The impetus for this publication came from a seminar which was set up on behalf of the NHS Management Executive to investigate the lessons learned for the development of integrated purchasing from the Localities Project. Purchasing patient-centred health (and social) care requires deliberate focus on the patient through: patient centred ...

Hospitals and primary care : breaking the boundaries

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Gordon, Pat, and Hughes, Jane
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: This working paper is based on the assumption that change in the direction of primary health care is desirable and inevitable. It explores the interface between acute hospitals and primary care, and describes developments that improve integration and show how a shift towards primary care might be achieved. It goes ...

Primary health care in London : quantifying the challenge

Creatore:: Smaje, Chris, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Boyle, Sean
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: The imbalance in London between primary health care and hospital services has long been recognised. Attempts are now being made to address this issue by strengthening community-based services. This paper quantifies the nature of the challenge facing primary health care in the capital relative to the rest of the country. ...

Eighty-five not out : essays to honour Sir George Godber

Creatore:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: This is a collection of short papers based on a seminar to mark the eighty fifth birthday of Sir George Godber. They examine issues of substantial relevance to the present and future of the National Health Service.

London Monitor : focusing on London's health services

Creatore:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: This is the first issue charting the progress of developments in London's health services. Included are: a calendar of events from October 1992 to December 1993; a commentary on the development of the planning process in London including the series of reports from the Government and other professional bodies. There ...

London : the key facts : a briefing paper about health and health care in London

Creatore:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: This briefing paper aims to contribute some background analysis and data to inform a debate in the House of Commons on 28 April 1994 about London's health care system. It begins with comparative considerations; whether high needs and poor community based care lead to greater pressure on hospitals; and key ...

What next for London's health care?

Creatore:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Maxwell, Robert J.
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: The author looks at the NHS in London two years after the report of the King's Fund Commission on London and the Tomlinson report and three years before the next general election. Policies shaping the NHS in London have become increasingly controversial. He argues that despite the growing resistance to ...

Community-oriented primary care : a resource for developers

Creatore:: Plamping, Diane, McClenahan, John, Harries, John, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Department of Social Medicine (Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah Medical Organisation and Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Gillam, Steve, and Epstein, Leon
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: Reorientating the NHS to be both needs led and responsive to users has to be a joint endeavour for both commissioners and providers. A new synthesis is required to combine the best of personal patient care with a focus on population health. The King's Fund has recognised community oriented primary ...

A proposal to form an investment fund for primary care development for London

Creatore:: Gordon, Pat and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: This paper proposes an alliance of charitable foundations, together with Government, to make a distinctive contribution to the way in which health services for Londoners are being shaped. It explains how an investment fund could form the basis of a high profile three year development programme; how it could be ...

Widening the horizons of medical education : a report on the issues involved in moving medical education into the community

Creatore:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Department of General Practice and Primary Care (King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: The Innovation in Medical Education project, based in the Department of General Practice and Primary Care, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry aimed to explore the implications of a substantial move of medical education into the community. The main areas covered were: interviews with a wide range of interest ...

Working with GPs

Creatore:: Pratt, Julian and Primary Care Group (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: This report summarises the brief which was given to the King's Fund on finding the views of GPs following the Tomlinson report; setting up GP networks; clarifying what the King's Fund might expect from the Investment Fund launch; and improving working with GPs.

London Monitor : focusing on London's health services

Creatore:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This is the second edition of this publication which was published for the first time in 1994. This edition is structured in four parts. The first is a calendar of events in London's health care during 1994, followed by a commentary by the editor. The third section presents the relevant ...

Successful purchasing : from information to action : case studies in the use of health related information for purchasing and commissioning

Creatore:: Purchasing Innovations (King's Fund College, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Holton, Shirley, Needham, Gill, and Buckinghamshire Health Authority
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: The six case studies in this book describe how purchasers, one of them a fundholding practice, bought interventions to improve the health of local populations in direct response to information which had revealed particular needs. The case studies have been published as examples of good practice because this effective and ...

Progress in the movement of acute services from hospital to primary and community care

Creatore:: Clinical Change (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Farrell, Christine, and Glucklich, Caroline
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: Following on from the King's Fund London initiative in 1992 the authors investigated the extent to which acute services in London have moved from hospital into primary or community care. This article considers the extent of movement away from traditional acute care in hospital into the following settings: general practice; ...

Throw out the bricks, build the service : shifting acute hospital-based care into alternative settings

Creatore:: King's Fund and Spiby, Jackie
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This report is the result of a major study examining the links between acute, primary and community services in Bromley, Kent. Results of the study, funded by the King's Fund and South Thames Regional Health Authority, contributed to Bromley Health's future strategy for change and led to the redevelopment of ...

London Monitor : the guide to health services in the capital

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This is the third edition of this publication which was published for the first time in 1994. This edition is structured in three parts. The first is a calendar of events in London's health care during 1995, followed by a commentary by the editor. The second section presents the relevant ...

Primary health care commissioning : organisational standards and criteria

Creatore:: Organisational Audit (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This manual contains organisational standards for primary health care commissioning. It forms one part of the King's Fund Organisational Audit project for health authorities and primary health care commissioners. The standards apply to all primary care commissioning organisations, whether these are GP fundholding practices, multi funds or non-fundholding practices that ...

London health care 2010 : changing the future of services in the capital : review

Creatore:: King's Fund Commission on the Future of London's Acute Health Services (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Hussey, Marmaduke
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This is the review of the full report which analyses the interlocking set of problems posed by health services, medical education and research in London. It warns that health services in the city may become unsustainable unless tehre is the political will to back a strategy of fundamental reform. It ...

The health economy of London : a report to the King's Fund Commission

Creatore:: Hamblin, Richard, Boyle, Sean, and London Commission (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This report provides a comprehensive review of the health and health care of the population of London, based on a variety of published and unpublished data sources. The report considers London in three ways: first, by providing comparisons between different parts of the capital; second, by comparing areas of London ...

Exploring new roles in general practice

Creatore:: Plamping, Diane and Primary Care Group (Development Centre, King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This publication gives an account of a project co-funded by the NHS Executive and the King's Fund. It was devised as a response to the crisis in GP morale which began to be recognised in 1994. A participative workshop, 'A Day in the Life of a GP 2010' was designed, ...

Delivering the future : responses to the government's white paper

Creatore:: Johnson, Lucy and Library (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: Reactions to the government's white paper 'Delivering the Future' are listed and summarised.

Health care UK 1995/96 : an annual review of health care policy

Creatore:: Policy Institute (King's Fund) and New, Bill
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This Review is based on the financial year 1995 to 1996. The first part examines the main events of the year in five key policy areas: creating the new NHS ; community care ; public health strategy; serving the consumer; and clinical knowledge. The second part of the work contains ...

Choice and opportunity : responses to the government's white paper 17 December 1996

Creatore:: Johnson, Lucy and Library (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: Reactions to the government's white paper 'Choice and Opportunity' are listed and summarised.

Choice and opportunity : responses to the government's white paper 26 November 1996

Creatore:: Johnson, Lucy and Library (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: Reactions to the government's white paper 'Choice and Opportunity' are listed and summarised.

COPC depression and anxiety intervention guide

Creatore:: Freeman, Richard, Shearin, Chris, Gillam, Stephen, Plamping, Diane, and Primary Care Group (Development Centre, King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This guide has been written for members of primary health care teams (PHCTs) where the team has decided to run a community -oriented primary care (COPC) programme on depression or anxiety. It is designed to assist at the two stages of detailed problem assessment and intervention planning. As a result ...

Accident and emergency care at the primary-secondary interface : a systematic review of the evidence on substitution

Creatore:: Roberts, Emilie, Mays, Nicholas, and London Commission (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This report is a case study of primary-secondary substitution as an achievable means of reconfiguring health care in London and the UK more generally. It systematically reviews the available local, national and international evidence on the potential for cost-effective primary-secondary substitution of emergency care. The evidence relating to substitution and ...

Evaluating primary care development : a review of evaluation in the London Initiative Zone primary care development programme

Creatore:: Newman, Penny, King's Fund, Boyle, Sean, Morley, Virginia, Mays, Nicholas, and Towell, David
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This report is a review of the evaluation of the London Initiative Zone (L.I.Z.) primary care development projects which were established through the former London Implementation Group (LIG) and which were in progress in 1995/6. It particularly focuses on the evaluation of revenue projects aimed at service development in primary ...

Health authorities : organisational standards

Creatore:: Organisational Audit (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This manual has been produced to meet the demand for the development of standards and a peer review process for commissioning organisations. It provides an organisation with the means to question practice and to stimulate development work. It has been introduced at a time when health authorities and family health ...

Community development and involvement in primary care : a guide to involving the community in COPC

Creatore:: Gillam, Stephen, Primary Care Group (Development Centre, King's Fund), Shearin, Chris, Pratt, Julian, and Freeman, Richard
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This guide explores the benefits of introducing community development health programmes. Using a community-oriented primary care approach (COPC), the guide explains how to use resources more effectively, set health goals and health programmes linked to local needs, identify those who most need health care, and support people's desire to take ...

COPC : a public health experiment in primary care

Creatore:: Gillam, Stephen, Primary Care Group (Development Centre, King's Fund), and Miller, Rachel
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: Community-oriented primary care (COPC) is an approach to health care which combines the principles and skills of public health and family practice. It offers participants an action-oriented framework for working together on health needs at practice level. In 1992, the King's Fund, in association with other organisations, initiated a pilot ...

Primary care : themes from a series of workshops held at the King's Fund in the Summer-Autumn of 1996

Creatore:: Development Centre (King's Fund) and Levenson, Ros
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This report presents some of the main themes that emerged from a series of workshops on various aspects of primary care organised and hosted by the King's Fund in the summer and autumn of 1996. The topics covered in the workshops were change in primary health care, frail elderly people, ...

Transforming health in London : summary

Creatore:: London Commission (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: The National Health Service in London faces profound challenges. Currently, services are under intense strain. Access to appropriate care for Londoners is jeopardised, and public confidence has declined. In inner London, in particular, there are high levels of deprivation and growing health inequalities. While some of the country's leading hospitals ...

Transforming health in London

Creatore:: London Commission (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: The National Health Service in London faces profound challenges. Currently, services are under intense strain. Access to appropriate care for Londoners is jeopardised, and public confidence has declined. In inner London, in particular, there are high levels of deprivation and growing health inequalities. While some of the country's leading hospitals ...

Primary health care : organisational standards and criteria

Creatore:: Organisational Audit (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This publication consists of organisational standards and criteria for primary health care service providers which have been revised to reflect changes in general practice since the previous edition of this publication in 1994.

London's mental health : the report to the King's Fund Commission

Creatore:: Research Unit (Royal College of Psychiatrists), Johnson, Sonia, Centre for Mental Health Services Development (King's College, London), Centre for the Economics of Mental Health (Institute of Psychiatry, University of London), and London Commission (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: The findings outlined in this book describe a service in inner London that cannot be sustained because it is unable to meet the demands imposed upon it. Services in outer London are comparable with those in other English cities. The mental illness services are in a state of transition, and ...

London Health Partnership : progress report December 1994

Creatore:: London Health Partnership and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: The London Health Partnership is an alliance of charitable foundations, business interests and government, formed in June 1994. Its purpose is to generate a distinctive programme of work over the next few years to help develop urban health care. This is a report of their progress at the end of ...

Hubs, spokes and policy cycles : an analysis of the policy implications for the NHS of changes to medical staffing : a paper for the King's Fund London Commission

Creatore:: Smith, Judith, Temple, John, London Commission (King's Fund), Ham, Chris, and Health Services Management Centre (University of Birmingham)
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This paper examines four major policy developments which are forcing changes in medical staffing arrangements and also in the reconfiguration of clinical services within and between hospitals. These developments are the primary care-led NHS, the New Deal on junior doctors' hours, the Calman report on specialist medical training and the ...

From individual illness to community health : how five general practices are learning with their 'difficult to treat' patients and local communities to develop teamwork, partnership and locality resources for health : a King's Fund workshop

Creatore:: Primary Care Group (Development Centre, King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This workshop explored the approaches developed by five NHS general practices who are learning from their patients and communities to develop resources which provide new health creating options. Human considerations are kept to the fore, teamwork and an active partnership with patients are encouraged and a wide range of integrated ...

Projectitis : spending lots of money and the trouble with project bidding

Creatore:: Plamping, Diane, Harries, John, Gordon, Pat, King's Fund, and Fischer, Martin
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This paper reconsiders the meaning and impact of projects, the most common device for spending development monies. They argue that projects can distort the priorities of the host organisation. There are four aspects to this problem: the disruption caused to an organisation by the existence of a project; the project ...

Linkworkers in primary care

Creatore:: Levenson, Ros, King's Fund, and Gillam, Steve
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This paper examines what is known about linkworkers, using information derived from a review of the literature and from interviews with those working in the field. It discusses how linkworkers might make a contribution to primary care in the future, and considers some of the organisational issues that will need ...

Primary health care in cities : a whole systems approach

Creatore:: King's Fund and London Health Partnership
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This pamphlet describes the whole systems approach taken by the London Health Partnership to achieve their aim of improving the well-being of older people by addressing long-standing problems of providing care and promoting health in cities. This summary was presented to the 1996 British Urban Regeneration Association Conference.

Mapping primary care groups in London

Creatore:: King's Fund, Arora, Shona, and Gillam, Steve
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: The White Paper "The new NHS" set out the Government's health policy for the next ten years. All general practices in England are to belong to a Primary Care Group (PCG), whose core functions will be to: improve the health of their community and reduce inequalities; commission a range of ...

Working across the boundaries : experiences of primary health and social care partnerships in practice

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: In this collection of stories, six managers and practitioners talk about their experiences of working with their counterparts in health and social services in development initiatives that were supported by the King's Fund in the period 1993-98. All of the accounts provide insights into the way people in primary health ...

Elephant problems and fixes that fail : the story of a search for new approaches to inter-agency working

Creatore:: Fischer, Martin, Harries, John, King's Fund, Gordon, Pat, and Plamping, Diane
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: This paper tells the story of the first two years (1994-96) of the London Health Partnership's primary care development programme. It describes the background to the project and its guiding principles, and then goes on to describe the diagnostic phase of its work and how systems theories influenced the ongoing ...

Primary care group standards

Creatore:: Primary Care Programme (King's Fund) and Health Quality Service (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: The King's Fund Primary Care Programme and the Health Quality Service have collaborated on a project to define standards of good practice for primary care groups in England. The purpose of the standards is to define good practice from inception and to guide primary care groups in developing as effective ...

Visions of primary care

Creatore:: New Health Network, King's Fund, Wallace, Peter, Smith, Linda, Coffey, Tom, and Boersma, Guy
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: New Health Network exists to encourage the NHS to fulfil its potential by stimulating an environment of innovation and change in the NHS for the benefit of patients. Its aim in publishing this book is to stimulate debate and provide a space for thinking that will be necessary to achieve ...

Mental health priorities for primary care : essential steps for practices and primary care groups

Creatore:: King's Fund, Peck, Edward, Greatley, Angela, and Centre for Mental Health Services Development
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: Policy changes in health and social care present new opportunities for primary care to work in partnership with others to improve provision for people with mental health problems. Policy connections between mental health services, primary and community care were not always made effectively in the past and attention to implementation ...

Developing primary care for patients with long-term mental illness : your guide to improving services

Creatore:: King's Fund, Single, Helen, and Byng, Richard
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: People with long-term mental health problems suffer considerable disability and are at risk of relapse or deterioration. Primary and secondary care have traditionally been separated, leading to poor communication and lack of role definition. Furthermore, there has been no national programme aiming to improve service delivery for this group of ...

Evaluating a whole systems approach to primary health care development

Creatore:: Everitt, Angela, King's Fund, Jee, Maggie, Eversley, John, and Popay, Jennie
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: This is the final report on the evaluation of an urban primary health care development programme undertaken by the London and Northern Health Partnerships (L&NHP). These partnerships were established in 1994 to generate a distinctive programme of work aiming to improve primary health care in urban areas, particularly in London. ...

The health of refugees : a guide for GPs

Creatore:: King's Fund, Coker, Naaz, and Levenson, Ros
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: This booklet is a brief guide for general practitioners (GPs) and colleagues in the primary health care team who have patients who are refugees or asylum seekers, and wish to ensure that they have the knowledge and skills to deliver an appropriate service to those patients. It provides information on ...

Cardiovascular prevention in primary care : the way forwards?

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: This item gives the critiques and papers produced for a conference held at the King's Fund Centre in November 1994. The aim of the conference was to use the OXCHECK and British Family Heart studies as a springboard for the future, to critique them for their unique contribution to the ...

The capacity of primary care practitioners to undertake public health work : a broadbrush literature review

Creatore:: Johnson, Lucy and Library and Information Service (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: This review analyses selective UK literature from 1994 to the present day on the attitudes towards, experiences of and comments by and about the capabilities of primary care.

Developing primary care in London : from 1990 to PCGs

Creatore:: Malbon, Gill, Florin, Dominique, King's Fund, Arora, Shona, Lewis, Richard, Morley, Virginia, and Gillam, Steve
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: The aim of this work is to support primary care groups (PCGs) in developing primary care in London. It is directed at all those involved in primary care development , including members of PCGs, trusts and health authorities. Primary care development is taken here to mean the constellation of ideas, ...

Improving health at a local level : the role of primary care

Creatore:: King's Fund, Johnson, Lucy, and Levenson, Ros
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: The fundamental questions about the role of primary care in public health are: how can primary care develop its input into public health while also remaining focused on meeting the health care needs of individual patients and their families, and, how can GPs and others in the primary health care ...

Clinical governance in primary care : a review of baseline assessments

Creatore:: King's Fund, Wye, Lesley, Rosen, Rebecca, and Dewar, Steve
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: This report summarises a review of the clinical governance baseline assessments prepared by 36 London primary care groups. As every primary care group (PCG) was required to undertake and publish a baseline assessment , they provide insights into the range of approaches being taken to implementing clinical governance.

What has New Labour done for primary care? a balance sheet

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: Since 1997, the Labour government has made some momentous changes to the way primary care is managed and delivered. The creation of Primary Care Groups, the development of NHS Direct and the implementation of clinical governance will all have an effect on GP services for decades to come. In "What ...

Health care UK : the King's Fund review of health policy

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: This publication is a comprehensive review of health care and policy issues. It contains a calendar of events for the months June to August 2000 as well as discussion of key policy issues. Specific areas dealt with in this issue include: the NHS Plan; public attitudes towards the NHS between ...

Improving health at a local level : the role of primary care : issues arising from a King's Fund review

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: This publication summarises the key points from the publication 'Improving Health at Local Level : the role of primary care' by Ros Levenson and Lucy Johnson. The fundamental questions about the role of primary care in public health are: how can primary care develop its input into public health while ...

New beginnings : towards patient and public involvement in primary health care

Creatore:: Institute for Health Services Research (University of Luton) and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: Primary care is the life-blood of the NHS. At the core of health care in this country are the relationships between GPs, practice nurses, therapists and their patients. What matters most for these users of health services is that they have access to professionals they can trust. Yet for many ...

Personal medical services pilots : modernising primary care?

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: The first wave of personal medical services (PMS) pilots have now been 'live' for more than three years. Having started life in the shadow of better publicised reforms, they are now at the centre of government strategy for primary care. This publication aims to share the lessons emerging from this ...

Five-year health check : a review of Government health policy 1997-2002

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2002
Abstract:: This publication reviews the Labour Party's inheritance when it came to power in 1997, its early promises and its actions to date. It analyses performance against pledges in the areas of funding, waiting, rationing, primary care, workforce, quality assurance, the private sector, long-term care, patient and public involvement and health ...

Modernisation and the future of general practice

Creatore:: King's Fund, Gillam, Stephen, and Meads, Geoff
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: The purpose of this publication is to examine the implications of contemporary policy and organisational change for the future of general practice. The opening chapter sets modernisation in context. The next two chapters examine the historical roots of the current situation and the profession's response to current crises. The fourth ...

South West London primary care organisation personal medical services (PMS) pilot : King's Fund evaluation report April 1998-March 2001

Creatore:: Gillam, Steve, Jenkins, Clare, King's Fund, and Lewis, Richard
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: The King's Fund has been working with the SWLPCO for three years as part of an evaluation of four PMS pilots in London. Using a variety of research methods, including in-depth interviews and a focus group with key stakeholders, a patient satisfaction questionnaire, an audit of chronic disease management and ...

Isleworth Centre Practice personal medical services (PMS) pilot : King's Fund evaluation report April 1998-March 2001

Creatore:: King's Fund, Jenkins, Clare, Gillam, Steve, and Lewis, Richard
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: The King's Fund has been working with the Isleworth Centre Practice for three years as part of an evaluation of four PMS pilots in London. Using a variety of research methods, including in-depth interviews and a focus group with key stakeholders, a patient satisfaction questionnaire, a registration questionnaire, an audit ...

Edith Cavell Practice personal medical services (PMS) pilot : King's Fund evaluation report April 1998-March 2001

Creatore:: Jenkins, Clare, King's Fund, Lewis, Richard, and Gillam, Steve
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: The King's Fund has been working with the Edith Cavell Practice for three years as part of an evaluation of four PMS pilots in London. Using a variety of research methods, including in-depth interviews and a focus group with key stakeholders, a patient satisfaction questionnaire and a practice profile questionnaire, ...

North Hillingdon Personal Medical Services (PMS) pilot : King's Fund evaluation report April 1998-March 2001

Creatore:: Gillam, Steve, Jenkins, Clare, King's Fund, and Lewis, Richard
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: The King's Fund has been working with the North Hillingdon PMS pilot for three years as part of an evaluation of four PMS pilots in London. Using a variety of research methods, including in-depth interviews, a patient satisfaction questionnaire, an audit of chronic disease management and a practice profile questionnaire, ...

London's state of mind : King's Fund Mental Health Inquiry 2003.

Creatore:: Levenson, Ros, Robinson, Janice, The King's Fund, and Greatley, Angela
Publication date:: 2003
Abstract:: In 2002, the King's Fund commissioned a major inquiry into the state of the capital's mental health and mental health services and how far they meet the needs of service users. The inquiry set out to: investigate whether mental health care had improved in the capital since the King's Fund ...

Organisational audit for health authorities and primary care commissioners : project evaluation report

Creatore:: Organisational Audit (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: At the beginning of 1995 King's Fund Organisational Audit set up a project to develop organisational audit for health service commissioning. Six health authorities and five primary care organisations agreed to become pilots for the newly developed process. This report presents the results of the evaluation process, including the findings ...

Primary care : making a better environment for patients and staff : King's Fund/CABE conference : 1st May 2002

Creatore:: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2002
Abstract:: This publication is a transcript of the plenary sessions from the conference 'Primary care - making a better environment for patients and staff'.

Practice-based commissioning

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2006
Abstract:: Practice-based commissioning is a policy that aims to give more influence and control to GP practices in England over how money is spent on health care services. At the moment, the bulk of NHS money is allocated to primary care trusts (PCTs) who then commission and reimburse hospitals (and other ...

Access to GPs : how to estimate weighted populations from models of utilisation

Creatore:: Benzeval, Michaela, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Judge, Ken
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: The aim of this paper is to develop statistical models which explain the utilisation of GP services and which can also subsequently be linked to the 1991 census data to calculate weighted population estimates for areas based on their need for health care

Grenada : the organisation of primary care

Creatore:: Morley, Virginia, Mohammed, Safder, and King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1988

Primary care : a view from across the water

Creatore:: King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1990

Personal medical services pilots in London : rewriting the Red Book

Creatore:: Gillam, Steve, Jenkins, Clare, King's Fund, and Lewis, Richard
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: The NHS (Primary Care) Act 1997 made possible local contracts for general practice services and spawned Personal Medical Services (PMS) pilots. These are intended to make primary care services more sensitive to local needs and are therefore particularly useful in London where long-term infrastructural problems have proved intractable. The King's ...

Health care UK 1999/2000 : the King's Fund review of health policy

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: This publication is a comprehensive review of health care and policy issues. It includes a detailed description of health events in the last twelve months, as well as discussion of key policy issues. Specific areas dealt with in this issue include: influencing the diffusion of new medical technologies; the future ...

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