Index Catalog // The Kings Fund Digital Archive

Créateur:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Marks, Linda
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: This briefing paper critically reviews the proposals, assesses financial implication and highlights major omissions in the White Paper 'Promoting Better Health' : the Government's review of primary care services. It concludes that, despite welcome attention to issues of accountability and value for money, some basic questions remain unanswered : which ...

Créateur:: Hunter, David J., Institute of Gerontology (Age Concern), King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Warnes, Tony, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Kalache, Alex
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: The report was prepared by a small study group composed of individuals drawn from organisations concerned with the health and welfare of elderly people throughout the United Kingdom. Following an introductory section setting out the W.H.O. approach to health promotion the report is organised in three parts. Part one - ...

Créateur:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Price, Sarah, and Hunter, David J.
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this report is to draw on the literature on joint planning focusing on practice in England and Wales with a view to identifying potentially useful lessons which might be of value in a Scottish context. The report is in five sections. Section One provides a general ...

Créateur:: Hunter, David J., Price, Sarah, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Judge, Ken
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: In order to gauge the reactions to the Griffiths proposals on community care, the King's Fund Institute sampled opinion across health and social services in the UK by conducting a survey of health and social services managers and a scan of principal practitioner journals. The review of reaction demonstrates a ...

Créateur:: Hunter, David J., Judge, Ken, and King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: This briefing paper provides a detailed description of the proposals of the Griffiths Report, Community care; agenda for action, together with a critical assessment of the challenge they pose to all involved in planning, management, delivery and receipt of community care. Griffiths poses a number of major challenges. If progress ...

Créateur:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Judge, Ken, and Harvey, Sarah
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: The King's Fund Institute was invited by the Acheson Committee to conduct a survey of community physicians in English health authorities. This report first gives an outline of the history of the specialty of community medicine. The methodology of the survey is then described, followed by a presentation of the ...

Créateur:: Harvey, Sarah and King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: This report analyses the impact of employment on health in Britain and reviews the disparate elements of Government policy which affect worker's health. At national level, the report argues for a comprehensive approach to occupational health, requiring the co-ordination of strategies across government departments. Drawing on international experiences, the report ...

Créateur:: Hunter, David J., Ham, Chris, and King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: This briefing paper analyses the management of clinical activity in the NHS. It does so against a background of increasing concern that practices are not always as effective or efficient as is sometimes claimed. The paper considers critically the various policy options that have been put forward for tackling this ...

Créateur:: Ham, Chris, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: This paper reviews the available evidence on medical negligence and analyses the options facing policy makers. It shows that claim rates in the United Kingdom are much lower than in the United States. Differences between the two countries in legal, health care and social insurance systems mean that it is ...

Créateur:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Tester, Sue, and Brawn, Nick
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: Family Practitioner Committees are required to provide statistics and returns to the DHSS. Among these returns are the annual programmes which form the basis of this study and which combine with five yearly profile and strategy statements , annual scrutinies and periodic performance reviews to fulfil FPCs' responsibility for accountability. ...

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