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A survey of acute hospital configurations in London

Author:

Mallender, Jacqueline, Goswami, Nilesh, and London Commission (King's Fund)

Publication date:

1997

Abstract:

This is a report of a survey undertaken on behalf of the King's Fund London Commission. It provides an overview of the current configuration of acute hospital services in London, and consists of a description of the method and data sources used for the survey, a profile of acute services ...
Medical advances : the future shape of acute services

Author:

King's Fund London Initiative (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Stocking, Barbara

Publication date:

1992

Abstract:

This working paper argues that the development of acute services should be a managed process, one in which they are positively reshaped and not just one in which development is coped with in isolation. The paper highlights some of the technological developments which have recently taken place, and those which ...
Homelessness and the utilisation of acute hospital services in London

Author:

Judge, Ken, Gill, Mike, Black, Mary, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Scheuer, Mary Ann, Benzeval, Michaela, and Victor, Christina

Publication date:

1991

Abstract:

It is widely believed that homeless people place considerable demands on emergency hospital services, but quantifying this in a systematic way has proved difficult. The primary purpose of this paper is to develop a better empirical understanding of the nature and extent of unplanned admissions to acute hospitals in London ...