Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Recalling the medical officer of health : writings by Sidney Chave

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Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1987
Abstract:: This book describes the first appointment of the Medical Officer of Health, and sets out the development of the office and its increasing responsibilities and achievements. An epilogue outlines the influences which led to the abolition of the post in 1974. This collection provides a timely opportunity to reconsider the ...

Working together : a study of co-ordination and co-operation between general practitioner, public health and hospital services

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Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1968
Abstract:: After 19 years it is clear that the foundations of the NHS are sound, but there is still much readjustment to be achieved within the general plan. It has become increasingly clear that somehow much better cooperation must be achieved if the main divisions of the NHS, hospitals, public health ...

Community physicians and community medicine : a survey report

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Author:: Judge, Ken, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Harvey, Sarah
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: The King's Fund Institute was invited by the Acheson Committee to conduct a survey of community physicians in English health authorities. This report first gives an outline of the history of the specialty of community medicine. The methodology of the survey is then described, followed by a presentation of the ...

The nation's health : a strategy for the 1990's : a report from an Independent Multidisciplinary Committee ; chaired by Professor Alwyn Smith

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Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: This publication reviews the progress in public health over the last decade. It seeks to interpret trends in health and to identify measures likely to be effective in promoting the public health. It outlines a national strategy for the next decade, identifying the public responsibilities of government and of the ...

Media and public health : a consultation conducted by the King's Fund on behalf of the Department of Health

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Author:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2004
Abstract:: As the government seeks to encourage individuals, organisations and communities to take more responsibility for improving health, the role of the media is considered to be crucial. To find out more about why and how the media deals with public health issues, the King's Fund was asked by the Department ...

How much should we spend on the NHS? : issues and challenges arising from the Wanless review of future health care spending

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Author:: King's Fund, Centre for Health Economics (University of York), and Office of Health Economics
Publication date:: 2004
Abstract:: Derek Wanless' 2002 report on the future course of NHS spending was immensely important. Not only did it directly inform the Chancellor's spending plans for the NHS for the next five years - which gave the NHS an unprecedented real increase of over 40 per cent by 2007/8 - but ...

Prevention rather than cure : making the case for choosing health

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Author:: Coote, Anna and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2004
Abstract:: Failure to address avoidable ill health will put huge pressures on the future NHS while deepening health inequalities. This discussion paper asks why, until recently, helping people to stay healthy has had so little emphasis, and what mechanisms and incentives are needed to put wider population health at the heart ...

Health in the news : risk, reporting and media influence

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Author:: Allen, Jessica, Coote, Anna, King's Fund, and Harrabin, Roger
Publication date:: 2003
Abstract:: This publication presents a study of how the news media cover health issues. It tests the premise that television news programmes and newspaper stories distort perceptions of risk to health by under reporting serious public health issues that kill many people, such as obesity and smoking, focusing instead on 'scare' ...

Health and the London Mayor : learning from other cities : a discussion paper prepared for a King's Fund workshop February 2000

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Author:: King's Fund and Kendall, Liz
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: This paper analyses the experiences of other city-wide authorities in the UK and internationally in improving health. It sets out which cities were studied and why, outlines the different ways in which Mayors work to affect change, identifies the available evidence of action to improve health in selected cities, and ...

Evidence, policy and practice : developing a new shared evidence base for public health

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Author:: Coote, Anna, King's Fund, and Gowman, Natasha
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: This discussion paper sets out the key points which have emerged from the King's Fund's participation in the public health evidence debate. It addresses four central issues: the need for change (how adequate is the existing public health evidence base?; what issues need to be addressed?; what are the consequences ...

Claiming the health dividend : unlocking the benefits of NHS spending.

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Author:: The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2002
Abstract:: The NHS is the largest single organisation in the UK. Its potential impact on the environment, the health of the public and the fabric of their lives is huge, whether as employer, purchaser of goods and services, cause of travel, producer of waste, consumer of energy or commissioner of building ...

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

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Author:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: This publication is a comprehensive review of health care policy issues. This edition takes London as its theme. It contains a calendar of events from February to May 2001 and articles on areas of health policy such as: public health; mental health services; refugees and asylum seekers' health experience; public ...

Medicine and humanity

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Author:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: Based on six King's College London debates, this book explores the moral dilemmas raised by modern medicine. The public debates tackled issues such as health and poverty, bioengineering, euthanasia and mental health. In each of the six topics, two speakers exchanged views and their talks are published in this volume, ...

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

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Author:: 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 ...

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

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Author:: 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 ...

P.A.M.S and public health : a bulletin for the professions allied to medicine

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Author:: Farrell, Christine, Levenson, Ros, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This bulletin is based on ideas developed from two seminars for professions allied to medicine (PAMs) organised by the King's Fund in order to discuss their actual and potential contribution to public health. This bulletin covers the subject areas of what PAMs do in relation to public health, health promotion, ...

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

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Author:: Johnson, Lucy, Levenson, Ros, and King's Fund
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 ...

Improving London's health : the role of the Greater London Authority

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Author:: Davies, Anne, King's Fund, and Kendall, Elizabeth
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: The Greater London Authority, which provides London with its first directly elected Mayor, has important strategic powers and responsibilities that include a duty to improve the health of Londoners. This report considers how the GLA can best contribute to health improvement and to reducing health inequalities across the capital. It ...

Professions allied to medicine and public health

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Author:: Farrell, Christine, Levenson, Ros, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: In September and October 1997, the King's Fund held two seminars for the professions allied to medicine (PAMs) in order to discuss their actual and potential contribution to public health. This contribution is varied and spans the categories of input to commissioning, health promotion, clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice, and ...

Declaration for health in the millennium : priorities for the Mayor and GLA : draft

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Author:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: The King's Fund has carried out an international survey of health initiatives by city-wide authorities and analysed the potential of the new Greater London Authority. In this draft version of priorities for action on health, the King's Fund states that the Mayor and GLA should: tackle health inequalities; regenerate deprived ...

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

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Author:: 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.

Primary care and public health : a background paper prepared for a King's Fund Symposium on Monday 1 November 1999.

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Author:: Johnson, Lucy, Levenson, Ros, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: This is a background paper prepared for a symposium held at the King's Fund. Its aims were to: consider the significance of recent and current research on the role of primary care teams in promoting public health; identify the areas where further research is needed; share and consider the experiences ...

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

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Author:: 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 ...

Our healthier nation : a response to the public health Green paper

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Author:: KIlloran, Amanda, Duggan, Maria, King's Fund, and Benzeval, Michaela
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: These comments on the Green Paper on public health, 'Our Healthier Nation', reflect the views of a group of individuals from a wide range of local and national agencies with a role to play in implementing the national public health strategy. These views were expressed during three seminars jointly organised ...

From principles to practice : policies for health promotion and public health

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Author:: Marks, Linda, Beardshaw, Virginia, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Harvey, Sarah
Publication date:: 1987

Developing Health Improvement Programmes : lessons from the first year

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Author:: Davies, Anne, Arora, Shona, Thompson, Sarah, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: Health Improvement Programmes (HImPs) are a key innovation in the Government's health policy. They are intended to bring together the main statutory and voluntary bodies in each health authority area, to plan and deliver measures to improve the health of the local population. The first round of HImPs was completed ...

Health care UK 1997/98 : the King's Fund annual review of health care policy

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Author:: New, Bill and Policy Institute (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This Review is based on the financial year 1996 to 1997. 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 ...

The health of Londoners : a public health report for London

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Author:: Health of Londoners Project
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: 'The Health of Londoners' is the first public health report for Greater London. London lags behind other UK and European cities in its lack of a strong city-wide approach to health and this report is a vital initial step in putting the health of Londoners on the map. The report ...

Health care UK 1996/97 : an annual review of health care policy

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Author:: New, Bill and Policy Institute (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This Review is based on the financial year 1996 to 1997. 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 ...

Developing public health in the NHS : the multidisciplinary contribution : the report of a research project commissioned by the NHS Executive

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Author:: Development Centre (King's Fund), Levenson, Ros, Joule, Nikki, and Russell, Jill
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This report explores the multidisciplinary contribution to developing public health in the NHS. It reports on a research project commissioned by the NHS Executive and undertaken by the King's Fund in 1996. The project comprised a one-day workshop of 32 invited experts in the public health field to identify key ...

Developing public health in the NHS : the multidisciplinary contribution

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Author:: Development Centre (King's Fund), Levenson, Ros, Joule, Nikki, and Russell, Jill
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This newsletter reports on a project undertaken by the King's Fund and commissioned by the NHS Executive in 1996. The project explored the multidisciplinary contribution to developing public health in the NHS, mainly in health authorities.

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

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Author:: New, Bill and Policy Institute (King's Fund)
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 ...

Health care UK 1994/95 : an annual review of health care policy

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Author:: Policy Institute (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This Review is based on the financial year 1994 to 1995. The first part examines the events of the year in four key policy areas: creating the new NHS ; promoting community care ; promoting public health ; promoting the interests of users. The second part of the work looks ...

Health care UK 1993/94 : an annual review of health care policy

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Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: This Review is based on the financial year 1993 to 1994. The first part describes developments in each of the main policy areas of `The health of the nation', the Patient's Charter and community care implementation. For the first time results of the systematic research into the effects of the ...

Community-oriented primary care : a resource for developers

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Author:: Harries, John, Department of Social Medicine (Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah Medical Organisation and Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Gillam, Steve, McClenahan, John, Epstein, Leon, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, and Plamping, Diane
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 ...

The commissioning experience : learning the art of purchasing

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Author:: King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Mitchell, John
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: The experience of purchasing over the last two and a half years has demonstrated what might be possible. What seems clear is that the future agenda is massive, complicated and feels different both quantitatively and qualitatively. It is not just that people are busy, but they are addressing new dilemmas ...

The nation's health : a strategy for the 1990s : a report from an Independent Multidisciplinary Committee

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Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1991
Abstract:: The second edition of 'The Nation's Health' is an extensively revised and updated assessment of trends in health status and public health policy and practice over the last decade. Its wide-ranging scientific analysis forms the basis for developing 17 health priorities and a clearly defined strategy for improving health over ...

Healthy public policy : a role for the HEA

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Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1987
Abstract:: Healthy public policy argues for a revitalised public health policy, in which the HEA should play a major role. The paper's main contention is that the HEA must help give health promotion greater national prominence by becoming an active advocate for the public health. A central task for the new ...

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