This report describes one way of helping health authority staff adjust not only to the prospect of major organisational change but also to significant changes in traditional ways of practice. It reports on a 2-day workshop held for the community nursing staff and their managers of one District Health Authority ...
The workshop was held to provide an opportunity for London DHA community units to discuss whether the approach to community nursing as advocated in the Cumberlege report was viable in the inner city. Health authorities were invited to send small teams of people form their community units together with a ...
The fifth King's Fund Forum was held in London on 27-29 June 1988. Five questions were addressed: 1) What are the responsibilities of service providers for patients and their carers? ; 2) For presumed stroke sufferers what has been shown to be of diagnostic value? ; 3a) What treatments have ...
Early in 1987 five health visitor managers and five district nurse managers came together from across London to explore ways of working together in the 'spirit of Cumberlege'. The focus was caring for elderly people in the community. A record was kept of the process of the workshop with a ...
The philosophy of 'an ordinary life' has been the basis of a wide range of local initiatives, and increasingly influences large-scale changes in community care. This book includes contributions from seventeen people who as users, innovators and evaluators have been involved centrally in these developments. They review current practice in ...
Family Practitioner Committees are required to provide statistics and returns to the DHSS. Among these returns are the annual programmes which form the basis of this study and which combine with five yearly profile and strategy statements , annual scrutinies and periodic performance reviews to fulfil FPCs' responsibility for accountability. ...
This project paper has been written for staff concerned with resettling people who are being discharged from long-stay hospitals or who are developing housing schemes for people with serious psychiatric disabilities living in hostels or with their families. It attempts to distil the lessons from current examples of good practice ...
This booklet offers guidelines and general advice on organising a carers information exhibition, based on experience gained in Evesham, Worcestershire on 4 April 1987.
In the current debate surrounding methods of health finance, there has been no shortage of proposals for reform, but there has been a serious shortage of careful analysis of these proposals. This is the main aim of this briefing paper. Through a systematic examination of policy choices, it seeks to ...