This report outlines and discusses the King's Fund Ward Sister Training Project being piloted at Guy's Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital in London. This arose from debate in 1977 about how the Fund could respond to the climate of management awareness and professional concern about the role of the ward ...
The essence of successful management of day hospital care concerns relationships between the staff and patients and also communication between staff and patients' relatives. The report concentrates on the multidisciplinary approach to day hospitals and examines the roles of nurse, physiotherapist and occupational therapist in detail. Further discussion centres on ...