In its report, the Royal Commission on the NHS stated that the NHS should "encourage and assist individuals to remain healthy." These papers describe two means towards achieving that objective: health education and the development of self-help groups. The first paper written by the principal research officer of the Royal ...
Section one of this report deals with consumer involvement in the NHS. It covers the areas of complaints procedures, the role of community health councils, the voluntary contribution to the NHS, the Wolfenden Report and patient participation in general practice. The second section concentrates on community health councils (CHCs), presenting ...
This is the first in a series of 17 papers which were prepared during the life of the Royal Commission on the National Health Service. The paper is an analysis of the evidence submitted to the Royal Commission on the NHS 1976-1979, demonstrating some of the problems and difficulties with ...