The author explains the maze of jargon surrounding the new technologies and reviews their actual and potential use for health professionals. The report shows how health information could become accessible to the public through GP surgeries, hospitals or libraries, and ultimately on compact disc, the Internet, cable or satellite in ...
This pamphlet provides health professionals with an overview of the 'information revolution'. It is a simple guide to digital information, computers, multimedia, CD-ROMs, CD-Is, the Internet, the World Wide Web, cable and satellite.
This study aimed to involve patients and health professionals in drawing up a set of auditable guidelines for consultations in which patients are given their initial diagnosis of cancer. It resulted from representations from patients and hospital staff, both of which groups were concerned that the way in which the ...
This detailed independent evaluation of the Carers Impact project critically examines the effectiveness of the King's Fund model as a catalyst for change. The book assesses the work in 13 of the project's sites, looking closely at the partnerships created and the resulting benefits for carers. It contains valuable information ...
This paper offers health commissioning agencies and general practice fundholders a practical guide to developing and using health and race standards in their contract quality specifications. It draws on collective experiences of district health authorities over the years 1992-1995. Standards for acute and community providers are specified in the fields ...
This working paper focuses upon opportunities for rehabilitation within a spectrum of support required by people who are ill or disabled. Drawing on consultations held in 1996, it provides insights into common perceptions of shortcomings in the current system of rehabilitation and of potential benefits which would arise from additional ...
This publication looks at how older people can benefit when joint commissioning of services takes place. It outlines the state of joint commissioning around the country, then looks in more detail at the five development sites: Oxfordshire, the Victoria area of London, Easington in County Durham, Hillingdon, and Wiltshire. The ...
The aims of this review were: to strengthen the knowledge base of the Grants Committee with an up-to-date survey of needs and activity in relation to the health needs of homeless people and their access to services in London; to develop an overview of funding resources available to support work ...
This publication gives an account of a project co-funded by the NHS Executive and the King's Fund. It was devised as a response to the crisis in GP morale which began to be recognised in 1994. A participative workshop, 'A Day in the Life of a GP 2010' was designed, ...