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Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: This Review is based on the financial year 1993 to 1994. The first part describes developments in each of the main policy areas of `The health of the nation', the Patient's Charter and community care implementation. For the first time results of the systematic research into the effects of the ...

Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: This Review is based on the financial rather than the calendar year, and once again attempts to describe and assess the main developments in health policy. The calendar of events aims to describe what has actually happened and also to reflect on some of the wider issues that events within ...

Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Henwood, Melanie
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: The care of elderly people is a matter of both increasing urgency and major uncertainty. Community care policies have come under increasing scrutiny over the past decade, and three factors have been particularly influential: an awareness of an ageing population, allied with other demographic and social changes that are likely ...

Author:: Wistow, Gerald, Nuffield Institute for Health Services Studies (University of Leeds), Jowell, Tessa, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Henwood, Melanie
Publication date:: 1991
Abstract:: The phasing in of the National Health Service reforms over two years from April 1991 to 1993 has a number of implications. The uncertain climate which has long surrounded community care will be protracted, and financial pressures will increase as the demand driven social security budget continues to rise. The ...

Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Community Living Development Team (King's Fund Centre, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1991
Abstract:: This publication consists of the agenda and supporting material produced for this seminar. The items discussed included: good and bad news on Living Options and support services; strengths, weaknesses and gaps in local services; community support systems; implementation challenges; and key provisions of the NHS and Community Care Act.

Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Beardshaw, Virginia, and Towell, David
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: This briefing paper sets out to review the literature on models of assessment and case management in order to identify key issues which will need to be addressed as Social Services Departments implement the changes outlined in 'Caring for People' and the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. It attempts ...

Author:: 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 ...

Author:: 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 ...

Author:: King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1987
Abstract:: This report is derived from a memorandum submitted to the Griffiths review of community care. It endorses the Audit Commission's diagnosis of the problems besetting community care while expressing reservations over its proposed solutions. The report recommends the adoption of a set of measures designed to build upon what is ...

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