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Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: Since 1997, the Labour government has made some momentous changes to the way primary care is managed and delivered. The creation of Primary Care Groups, the development of NHS Direct and the implementation of clinical governance will all have an effect on GP services for decades to come. In "What ...

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: The NHS Plan was launched a year and a half ago, and this edition of Health Care UK brings together views on the key health care policy issues the Plan addressed. Articles deal with: patient involvement; access to health services; delivering the NHS Plan; capacity and service delivery; public-private partnerships ...

Creatore:: New, Bill, Harrison, Anthony, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: Since the Labour government came to power in 1997, waiting lists have attracted unprecedented attention. For a time, the number of patients recorded as waiting for hospital treatment fell, but at the same time, numbers waiting more than 13 weeks for an outpatient appointment rose. This outcome had been anticipated ...

Creatore:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: This briefing looks at who Britain's minority ethnic groups are and if they are more or less healthy than average. It also discusses the particular health problems for minority ethnic groups, and what causes ethnic variations in health. It then asks if health services are able to deal with the ...

Creatore:: Boersma, Guy, Smith, Linda, King's Fund, Wallace, Peter, Coffey, Tom, and New Health Network
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: New Health Network exists to encourage the NHS to fulfil its potential by stimulating an environment of innovation and change in the NHS for the benefit of patients. Its aim in publishing this book is to stimulate debate and provide a space for thinking that will be necessary to achieve ...

Creatore:: Grants Committee (King's Fund), Centre for Housing Policy (University of York), Pleace, Nicholas, and Quilgars, Deborah
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: 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 ...

Creatore:: SHARE (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Smaje, Chris, and King's Fund Institute (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This book reviews the literature on the health of minority ethnic populations in Britain. It focusses principally upon current knowledge about the health status of minority ethnic populations in Britain and the use of health care resources made by them, as well as describing the suggested factors which underlie these ...

Creatore:: Living Options Partnership (Development Centre, King's Fund), O'Halloran, Geraldine, Prince of Wales' Advisory Group on Disability, and d'Aboville, Etienne
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This document builds on work carried out by a group of deaf and partially deaf people who were invited to share views and experiences of community care services. It discusses communication, interpreting services, individual needs, social services and health issues relevant to deaf people. Service provision to deaf people from ...

Creatore:: Holton, Shirley, Needham, Gill, Buckinghamshire Health Authority, and Purchasing Innovations (King's Fund College, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: The six case studies in this book describe how purchasers, one of them a fundholding practice, bought interventions to improve the health of local populations in direct response to information which had revealed particular needs. The case studies have been published as examples of good practice because this effective and ...

Creatore:: Fletcher, Sheila, Begum, Nasa, Prince of Wales' Advisory Group on Disability, and Living Options Partnership (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This publication aims to provide a quick guide to improving disability services for senior managers in health and social services who may have overall responsibility for services for adults with physical or sensory impairments yet not have a detailed involvement at an operational level. The guide is written primarily for ...

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