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Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2006
Abstract:: The reconfiguration of acute and community hospital services in England has recently come to dominate discussions about NHS reform - both locally and nationally - and is provoking a great deal of controversy. This briefing examines the background to the current debate, identifies the main factors driving the changes, explores ...

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 ...

Creatore:: Harrison, Anthony, NHS Trust Federation, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: Over the past two or three years, a rapid increase in the number of emergency medical admissions to acute hospitals has been widely reported and a number of studies in different parts of the country have been carried out aimed at explaining why these increases have occurred. In early 1995, ...

Creatore:: Wickings, Iden and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: This is a report on a competition held in 1993 by the King's Fund to find excellent examples of large hospital developments which were opened in Britain between 1980 and 1990. The aims for both National Health Service and independent sector hospitals were: to offer a high quality of life ...

Creatore:: 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 ...

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; ...

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 ...

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Henley, Alix
Publication date:: 1987
Abstract:: In response to the DHSS circular `Patients dying in hospital' (DA(84)17) the Bloomsbury District Management Team asked for an examination of the way that dying patients and their relatives are cared for in Bloomsbury hospitals. This paper arises out of that examination and also out of discussions with nurses, doctors ...

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1987
Abstract:: Participants at this workshop included student nurses, Directors of Nurse Education and people with disabilities. The purpose of the discussion was to focus on the nursing process model of nursing care and how it responds to the needs of people with disabilities in general hospitals. The discussion was limited to ...

Creatore:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1982
Abstract:: This study day arose from the D.H.S.S. study of the same name published in 1981 and was concerned with the policy implications of the D.H.S.S. document. An overview of the 'Respective Roles' study was given before discussing "models" of geriatric care with their advantages and disadvantages, and opportunities for mutual ...

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