This debate is the first of a series organised by the King's Fund. The question posed was: would ill or disabled people and their carers be better off with a community care system guaranteeing them rights to services. The debate was opened by Nasa Begum who argued that elderly and ...
The King's Fund Centre has been in the forefront of developments to change the way in which support is offered to carers. In practice this has meant developing work programmes in different localities around the country to analyse, test and make improvements to the planning and delivery of services for ...
The first briefing gave an indication of some of the major issues involved in joint commissioning services for older people. It also gave an introduction to the work taking place at the five King's Fund development sites which are: Easington; Hillingdon; Oxfordshire; Westminster; and Wiltshire. This second briefing concentrates on ...
This publication is intended to offer practical assistance to mental health service managers who want to initiate or develop user involvement. Its aims are: to draw on the experiences of managers, staff and users; to identify problems and offer solutions and ideas based on those experiences; and to identify ways ...
A workshop was held at the King's Fund Centre on 3 November 1993 in which physiotherapists experienced in the treatment of neurological conditions took part to investigate the effectiveness of physiotherapy for people disabled by stroke. This report provides details of the topics discussed, and reviews the key components related ...
This publication is the seventh in a series aimed at helping health service staff to obtain the views of service users, and it is written for anyone who has been given this responsibility, whether nursing, medical, paramedical or managerial. The series presumes no social science background and offers a flexible ...
This workshop was one of five events sponsored by the NHS Executive to promote clinical effectiveness and the use of clinical guidelines. The day was organised to enable participants to share their experiences of working with guidelines; to feedback comments to the NHS Executive about the lessons learned so far; ...
This report discusses progress and problems arising in the joint commissioning of community care services during 1993. Particular attention is given to the commissioning of services for older people, which in terms of expenditure, size of population and potential for service change represent a major challenge in health and social ...
In response to the latest recommendations on undergraduate medical education from the General Medical Council and other pressures and opportunities for change, innovation in United Kingdom medical schools is flourishing. This report arises out of a conference held at the King's Fund Centre in November 1993 to highlight key issues ...
This item gives the critiques and papers produced for a conference held at the King's Fund Centre in November 1994. The aim of the conference was to use the OXCHECK and British Family Heart studies as a springboard for the future, to critique them for their unique contribution to the ...