The introduction of the Royal Society for Health Diploma in Dental Health Education has come at a time of increasing pressure for professional recognition within the NHS hierarchy. It poses questions both of the role and career prospects for dental health educators, and also of their relationship to general health ...
The purpose of this day conference was to demonstrate the opportunities which exist to put preventive health policies into practice. Topics discussed were: current government policy on preventive health care; the role of health education; preventive mental health in primary care; prevention in obstetrics and gynaecology; health education in primary ...
Prison medicine is a unique branch of medical practice undertaken by a number of doctors who have chosen to work in penal establishments either full-time or part-time. It comprises the provision of a comprehensive medical service within certain legal constraints. The four papers in this document were given at a ...
The purpose of this review is to provide a ready means of reference to the work of the King's Fund Centre. It continues the series of previous years and covers the period from the move to the new premises at Albert Street in August 1976 to the end of 1977. ...
This report describes a system, devised by Cambridge Health District, by which a computer can regularly be used as the means to provide management information. The basis of the system is the standardisation of staff documentation (application form, appointment form, personal details amendment form and leaving form). It is not ...
This report concerns the design of a questionnaire for hospitals to assess the views of their own outpatients. The survey was conducted between 1974 and 1976 in nine general hospitals. In addition supplementary surveys in one or more specialties were held in three small hospitals attached to one of the ...
This publication gives guidance on teaching English to catering staff in hospitals. It details reasons why alternative forms of language education are unsuitable, and gives ideas on teaching the different aspects of English the staff will need to know. [SMD}
The decision making process in area health authorities is often slow. This is because of the absence of formal management arrangements, the complexity of the consultative machinery and consensus decision making. The case for speedy decision making in the NHS is discussed, expectations and reality are compared and possible remedies ...
The Doncaster nursing audit system attempts to supply a review of the whole range of nursing activity within a health district. This is accomplished using job descriptions for each grade of staff, outlining job requirements and individual responsibilities. The foundation of each audit is a check list for the individual ...
This is the eighth edition of this index to be produced since 1962 and is compiled from information received in December 1976. Although many companies known as suppliers of disposable products were invited to provide details of their products only those represented in the index submitted entries in time for ...