Index Catalog // The Kings Fund Digital Archive

Créateur:: Mahon, Ann, Stoddart, Helen, King's Fund, Baxter, Kate, and Leese, Brenda
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: Innovations introduced into the NHS such as total purchasing (TP) have raised issues about information requirements and information technology. Information and information systems for TP are inadequate, with major problems being centred on a lack of guidance on specific systems for TPPs and an absence of software standardisation. Poor activity ...

Créateur:: Goodwin, Nick, Baxter, Kate, Leese, Brenda, Mahon, Ann, Scott, Judith, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: There have not been any set criteria against which to assess the merits of the various ways in which total purchasing has developed nationally. An important part of the evaluation of total purchasing in the first year was, therefore, an attempt to derive success criteria which would enable comparison between ...

Créateur:: King's Fund, Gillam, Steve, and Levenson, Ros
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This paper examines what is known about linkworkers, using information derived from a review of the literature and from interviews with those working in the field. It discusses how linkworkers might make a contribution to primary care in the future, and considers some of the organisational issues that will need ...

Créateur:: Farrell, Christine, King's Fund, and Levenson, Ros
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: In September and October 1997, the King's Fund held two seminars for the professions allied to medicine (PAMs) in order to discuss their actual and potential contribution to public health. This contribution is varied and spans the categories of input to commissioning, health promotion, clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice, and ...

Créateur:: Levenson, Ros, King's Fund, and Farrell, Christine
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This bulletin is based on ideas developed from two seminars for professions allied to medicine (PAMs) organised by the King's Fund in order to discuss their actual and potential contribution to public health. This bulletin covers the subject areas of what PAMs do in relation to public health, health promotion, ...

Créateur:: New, Bill, Klein, Rudolf, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This paper explores the many meanings of democracy, seeks to define some criteria for assessing whether or not there is a 'democratic deficit' in the NHS, and examines the policy options that have been put forward for making the NHS more 'democratic'. The first section analyses the various ways in ...

Créateur:: Griffiths, Jenny, York Health Economics Consortium (University of York), Mays, Nicholas, King's Fund, Killoran, Amanda, Posnett, John, and West Surrey Health Authority
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This paper draws on the findings of three studies of the management costs of total purchasing (National Management Functions and Costs Study, and two studies undertaken as part of the National Evaluation of the Total Purchasing Pilots), to shed some light on the management costs of Primary care Groups (PCGs). ...

Créateur:: King's Fund, Mitchell, John, McNair, Bardy, and Jones, Judith
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: In the 1960s, the King's Fund caused a major stir when it developed a new specification for hospital beds. Manufacturers implemented the specification as the 'King's Fund bed', which was revolutionary in its time and a major step forward in patient care. Today, more than 30 years later, the bed ...

Créateur:: Fischer, Martin, Plamping, Diane, Harries, John, King's Fund, and Gordon, Pat
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This paper reconsiders the meaning and impact of projects, the most common device for spending development monies. They argue that projects can distort the priorities of the host organisation. There are four aspects to this problem: the disruption caused to an organisation by the existence of a project; the project ...

Créateur:: Pickard, Susan, Ham, Chris, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This book tells the story of Jaymee Bowen (Child B) whose case has come to epitomise the dilemmas involved in making tragic choices in health care. It shows that the story was complex and not simply an example of health care rationing. While media reports at the time emphasised the ...

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