Index Catalog // The Kings Fund Digital Archive

Author:: London Health Partnership, Appleton, Nigel, Development Centre (King's Fund), and Leather, Philip
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This report focuses on the provision of equipment and adaptations for older people with disabilities. It looks at the problems which older people with disabilities experience in gaining access to the help with equipment and adaptations that they require, sets out some examples of ways in which service provision can ...

Author:: Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: The aim of this book is to help more people with learning difficulties get involved in evaluating their own services. It has been written for people with learning difficulties and for supporters and staff who work closely with them, and is based on a meeting held at the King's Fund ...

Author:: Development Centre (King's Fund) and Wallace, Simon
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: The author explains the maze of jargon surrounding the new technologies and reviews their actual and potential use for health professionals. The report shows how health information could become accessible to the public through GP surgeries, hospitals or libraries, and ultimately on compact disc, the Internet, cable or satellite in ...

Author:: Wallace, Simon and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This pamphlet provides health professionals with an overview of the 'information revolution'. It is a simple guide to digital information, computers, multimedia, CD-ROMs, CD-Is, the Internet, the World Wide Web, cable and satellite.

Author:: Development Centre (King's Fund), Batstone, Gifford, and Robinson, Janice
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This working paper focuses upon opportunities for rehabilitation within a spectrum of support required by people who are ill or disabled. Drawing on consultations held in 1996, it provides insights into common perceptions of shortcomings in the current system of rehabilitation and of potential benefits which would arise from additional ...

Author:: Poxton, Richard and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This publication looks at how older people can benefit when joint commissioning of services takes place. It outlines the state of joint commissioning around the country, then looks in more detail at the five development sites: Oxfordshire, the Victoria area of London, Easington in County Durham, Hillingdon, and Wiltshire. The ...

Author:: Jowett, Sandra and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This report has been written for practitioners who would like to consider how marketing, particularly in the context of the purchaser-provider system, might be relevant to their work. It seeks to clarify some of the issues around marketing and purchasing in a way that will be helpful to practitioners, and ...

Author:: Jennings, Sharon and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: The underlying assumptions of this book are that: partnerships are an essential component for developing alternative mental health services for black people; task-focused and process-focused approaches to achieve set outcomes are an inherent part of working in partnerships; and guidance is needed to help groups, agencies and organisations identify the ...

Author:: Jamdagni, Laxmi and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: The book describes the work of six King's Fund projects where the views of local Black communities were used to influence a range of service developments through changes in commissioning, quality standards and contracts. By bringing together the local lessons within a broad framework, the report maps the progress of ...

Author:: Hope, Tony, Anglia and Oxford Regional Health Authority, and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This report, commissioned by Anglia and Oxford RHA aims to clarify the concept of evidence-based patient choice (EBPC), provide guidance and make recommendations for the development and funding of future projects in EBPC, and describe those projects under way within Anglia and Oxford RHA which are centred around EBPC. It ...

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