The main purpose of this information note is to provide, for those concerned with ethnic minorities' health care in London, an up-to-date source document listing local projects and initiatives. Other information has also been included to help the reader: some data on the ethnic composition of London's population; a list ...
The Sheffield Development Project arose from the thinking behind the 1971 White Paper "Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped", which was a government effort to provide clear leadership and a long-term strategy for the development of services for people with learning difficulties. The Sheffield Development Project has been a major ...
In encouraging innovation and experimentation in health authorities the idea of a development agency for the N.H.S. has been explored under the aegis of the Royal Institute of Public Administration. This report examines the development agency model, setting out the case for an agency, presenting a range of critical appraisals ...
This report is a study of the work of voluntary service co-ordinators (VSCs) : people, either paid or unpaid, whose function is to mobilise voluntary resources. The study focuses on Berkshire and examines the job as it exists in a wide variety of settings, both statutory and voluntary. One of ...
Those who have been suffering from mental health problems present particularly difficult problems with re-integration into the community. This project paper examines a scheme for volunteer support for discharged psychiatric patients. With the help of a grant from Oxford R.H.A. a befriending scheme was set up and this report describes ...
This discussion paper is about the provision of services for people with learning difficulties who may also be: blind or partially sighted; deaf or have partial hearing; physically disabled, epileptic, autistic, elderly, profoundly disabled or may show very disturbed behaviour at times. The paper deals with the philosophy or fundamental ...
This book is about taking the drabness and regimentation out of long-term hospital care. It is not so much about attitudes as about how, in hundreds of small, practical ways, behaviour can be changed to make hospitals more human. The book is a joint effort between staff of the King's ...
This report contains the findings of a survey of chief officers on management teams in the NHS in England and Wales. The survey, carried out in 1981, was part of an initiative by the King's Fund to develop a management education programme for the most senior officers in health services ...
This conference was arranged by the King's Fund Centre to promote informed debate about the report of the Social Services Committee of the House of Commons on Medical Education, and the Governments response published in its White Paper in February 1982. Reactions to the proposal for change were debated and ...