This hospital description seeks to establish a method of describing a new hospital and its planning which could be applied to any new hospital project. It is hoped that the description presents the project in a concise and readable form giving essential information about the hospital under the headings development, ...
After 19 years it is clear that the foundations of the NHS are sound, but there is still much readjustment to be achieved within the general plan. It has become increasingly clear that somehow much better cooperation must be achieved if the main divisions of the NHS, hospitals, public health ...
During the influenza epidemic of December 1967 - January 1968 the Emergency Bed Service (EBS) encountered serious difficulties in securing admission to hospital for many acutely ill patients. In the light of these experiences the King's Fund decided to appoint a working party to investigate the effect of coloured warnings ...
This document originates from a one-day conference and its purpose is to report on studies of issues and options in the field of hospital traffic and supply which were carried out within the context of the Greenwich District Hospital development project which was seen as a laboratory situation in which ...
Part I of this directory contains homes within the four Metropolitan Hospital Regions and the Wessex Region arranged alphabetically according to the name of the town or the village in which the home is situated. Where there is more than Home in a particular town, they are arranged in alphabetical ...
Criticisms of hospital food arise mainly from the effects of delay between cooking and eating. The Catering Advisory Service of king Edward's Fund has been particularly interested in studying ways and means of shortening this interval. This study on peripheral finishing kitchens is one of the possible solutions. It has ...
This report considers how, if at all, the present pattern of hospital administration might need alteration in the light of changes that have taken place since 1948 and of further changes that may be brought about during the next 15 years by the development of district hospitals. The terms of ...