This study arose from an invitation from the King's Fund to study the job of the district administrator in the NHS and to find out what it is really like. 41 senior administrators were interviewed and eight of them observed at work for three days. The findings show wide variation ...
This short book has been prepared to mark the first five years of Community Health Councils' (CHCs) existence. They came into being in 1974 when the NHS underwent a major administrative reorganisation. Nothing quite like them had ever existed before in the form of a special statutory body with the ...
Three surveys in this book follow up the first study which Professor Brocklehurst undertook for the King's Fund and illustrates ten years of progress by the N.H.S. in the provision of day care for elderly patients. The first provides general data on geriatric day hospitals in the UK: buildings, facilities ...
This is an account of two workshops held to discuss factors which should be considered when briefing the design team on the planning of a major new health care facility. Current capital planning methods in the NHS and the formal Capricode procedure tend to concentrate on the `hard' objectives which ...
This is the fourth in the series of do-it-yourself surveys of hospitals published by the King's Fund. The report describes the views of elderly people who are likely to spend the rest of their lives in hospital, together with the views of their visitors and the hospital staff. The survey ...
In July 1978, the King's Fund held a conference to discuss the report Education and Training of Senior Managers in the National Health Service, commonly referred to the Thwaites report after the chairman of the working party. This publication is not just an account of the conference, but a personal ...
To win back the power of speech after a stroke demands bravery, determination and persistence, backed by the patience and understanding of family and friends. Written from personal experience, the book takes the form of an exercise book for daily practice and is well-adapted for the patient to read himself. ...
Hospital and community health services in nearly every large town in Britain are now caring for Asian patients from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and East Africa. Since the British health services have developed to fit the needs of British patients, many health workers find it difficult to understand and to cater ...
This report deals with the immediate welfare of patients who have just been discharged from hospital: how they manage, what help they need and who provides the help. The authors, both voluntary help co-ordinators, interviewed 250 patients about their experiences and their problems. There are many direct quotations from the ...