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Managing the pressure : emergency hospital admissions in London, 1997-2001

Author:

King's Fund, Damiani, Michael, and Dixon, Jennifer

Publication date:

2001

Abstract:

This report examines the nature of emergency admissions in London, pointing out that the main peaks in demand appear to be due to respiratory disease during the Christmas period. Chronic disease in the elderly is a major factor, and residents of the East End of London seem to be affected ...
Health care UK : the King's Fund review of health policy

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 ...
Modelling urgent events

Author:

Tansley, Jeff, Harrison, Anthony, King's Fund, Bryan-Jones, Jane, and Boyle, Sean

Publication date:

1998

Abstract:

A major policy concern for the NHS is how to deal with the increase in emergency hospital admissions widely observed in the 1990s. This paper presents a systems approach to understanding the way in which unpredictable events are dealt with by health care services. It does this by developing a ...
Analysing changes in emergency medical admissions : a report by the NHS Trust Federation in collaboration with the King's Fund

Author:

King's Fund, Harrison, Anthony, and NHS Trust Federation

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, ...