Index Catalog // The Kings Fund Digital Archive

Author:: Living Options Partnership (Development Centre, King's Fund) and Prince of Wales' Advisory Group on Disability
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This document builds on work carried out by a group of blind and partially sighted people who were invited to identify the issues which they considered to be most important in shaping their experiences of community care. These issues include access to information, assessment for entitlement to services, inflexibility and ...

Author:: McIver, Shirley and King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1994
Abstract:: This publication is the seventh in a series aimed at helping health service staff to obtain the views of service users, and it is written for anyone who has been given this responsibility, whether nursing, medical, paramedical or managerial. The series presumes no social science background and offers a flexible ...

Author:: NHS Management Executive (Department of Health, Great Britain), Prince of Wales Advisory Group on Disability, Wilson, Melba, and King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: The purpose of this document is to take the debate and practice concerning the situation of Black people who are diagnosed as suffering from mental illness beyond the point of counting heads, and instead to focus more on acknowledging and highlighting positive methods of diagnosing and treating mental health problems ...

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Gunaratnam, Yasmin
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: This publication provides guidance for managers in regional and purchasing authorities and in provider units on how to improve NHS services provided to people from black populations. It should also be a basis on which community organisations and users' groups can evaluate race equality initiatives in local service provision. Managers ...

Author:: [Joint] Working Party on Black Non Executive Members, King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: There is no shortage of people from black or ethnic minority communities who could make a positive contribution to NHS boards, yet few board members are from these communities. This situation must change otherwise a disservice is being done to both the NHS and the community at large. This book ...

Author:: Au, Kerrie P. K. Lin, Carers' Unit (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Health Education Authority, Merseyside Chinese Community Development Association, and Au, Wing Kwong L.
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: All carers have social, emotional, medical, financial and practical needs. Those of Chinese carers are compounded by isolation brought about through language and cultural differences, and unusually long work hours. This book helps people in statutory and voluntary organisations contact Chinese carers, identify their needs and provide the services they ...

Author:: Au, Wing Kwong L., Merseyside Chinese Community Development Association, Carers' Unit (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Health Education Authority, and Au, Kerrie P. K. Lin
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This publication provides useful information for Chinese carers in the following areas: financial assistance, medical and health services; personal support for the carer; practical help at home; help with transport; aids, equipment and supplies; interpreting and translation services; advisory services; death and dying; London research; useful national organisations; Chinese organisations ...

Author:: Gunaratnam, Yasmin, King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Health Education Authority
Publication date:: 1991

Author:: Blunden, Roger, Christie, Yvonne, and Community Living Development Team (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1991
Abstract:: This briefing paper is part of the King's Fund Centre's effort to promote good mental health services for all members of the community. Serious attention needs to be paid to the development of services which address the needs of a multi-racial society. Two papers submitted to the Department of Health ...

Author:: Community Living Development Team (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1991
Abstract:: This conference was planned as an event for, and facilitated by, black people. This was to enable participants to feel at ease and to express their feelings openly without being constrained by the presence of white people. It was aimed specifically at service users as well as service providers in ...

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