Index Catalog // The Kings Fund Digital Archive

Author:: Clarke, Carolyn, SHARE (Development Centre, King's Fund), Miller, Dave, London Health and Race Purchasers Forum, and Silvera, Mike
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: 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 ...

Author:: Jennings, Sharon and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: The underlying assumptions of this book are that: partnerships are an essential component for developing alternative mental health services for black people; task-focused and process-focused approaches to achieve set outcomes are an inherent part of working in partnerships; and guidance is needed to help groups, agencies and organisations identify the ...

Author:: Jamdagni, Laxmi and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: The book describes the work of six King's Fund projects where the views of local Black communities were used to influence a range of service developments through changes in commissioning, quality standards and contracts. By bringing together the local lessons within a broad framework, the report maps the progress of ...

Author:: Chandra, Jeff, Department of Health (Great Britain), and Management College (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1996
Abstract:: This toolkit aims to support purchasers and providers who seek to develop culturally competent services. It aims to: enable individual health authorities and trusts to assess how far they have progressed towards cultural competence, and to decide priorities for further action; identify ways of ensuring that the health needs of ...

Author:: Community Care Group (Development Centre, King's Fund) and Yee, Lydia
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This book is an attempt to chart progress in the development of support for black carers around the country and the factors which can inhibit this process, including racism; lack of joint work between health and social services and voluntary organisations; not taking the issue of black carers seriously; and ...

Author:: 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 ...

Author:: 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 ...

Author:: Development Centre (King's Fund) and Jennings, Sharon
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This report attempts to identify key themes within the seminar and highlight questions pertinent to the use of complementary therapies in mental health treatment. It draws selectively from addresses and workshops presented, comments and discussions during the seminar as well as feedback from the evaluation forms. The report addresses three ...

Author:: Nursing Development Units (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Morrison, Paula, and Copperman, Jeanette
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This is the third publication in a series based on the work of the King's Fund Nursing Development Units. Using interviews with staff, this book offers examples from five different units of the way in which patients and clients have become actively involved in delivery of care and service developments. ...

Author:: Begum, Nasa, Living Options Partnership (Development Centre, King's Fund), and Prince of Wales' Advisory Group on Disability
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: Over the past few years the low take-up of services by black disabled people and their general absence from user involvement initiatives have become a source of concern. Evidence suggests that poor access to information, communication barriers and inappropriate services are all factors preventing black disabled people from having their ...

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