Following on from the King's Fund London initiative in 1992 the authors investigated the extent to which acute services in London have moved from hospital into primary or community care. This article considers the extent of movement away from traditional acute care in hospital into the following settings: general practice; ...
This report discusses progress and problems arising in the joint commissioning of community care services during 1993. Particular attention is given to the commissioning of services for older people, which in terms of expenditure, size of population and potential for service change represent a major challenge in health and social ...
This Review is based on the financial year 1993 to 1994. The first part describes developments in each of the main policy areas of `The health of the nation', the Patient's Charter and community care implementation. For the first time results of the systematic research into the effects of the ...
This is a report of Seminar II held at the King's Fund Centre on 1 October 1993, and was organised by the King's Fund Centre and Nuffield Institute for Health as part of their monitoring of developments in community care. The purpose was to identify progress and problems arising six ...
Launched in October 1992 Carers Impact is a three year development project working alongside health and local authorities to stimulate initiatives that will provide greater practical support for carers looking after elderly, ill or disabled people who cannot manage at home without help. The goal is to make effective carer ...
This report is based on a search conference which provided a forum for people who share a common concern about a particular issue, that is, community care but who approach that issue from different perspectives. This conference focussed on London and its community services, and how better services could be ...
This Review is based on the financial rather than the calendar year, and once again attempts to describe and assess the main developments in health policy. The calendar of events aims to describe what has actually happened and also to reflect on some of the wider issues that events within ...
This workbook outlining the ENQUIRE system is intended to be a practical guide to establishing and running quality assurance programmes for health and social care. The workbook is based on a number of conceptual tools, which provide both a framework for quality assurance, and assistance in appreciating its full potential. ...
The care of elderly people is a matter of both increasing urgency and major uncertainty. Community care policies have come under increasing scrutiny over the past decade, and three factors have been particularly influential: an awareness of an ageing population, allied with other demographic and social changes that are likely ...
This publication is intended for senior managers and members of health and local authorities who are grappling with the challenges posed by the NHS and community care reforms to services for people with learning disabilities. Its subject is the ways in which public authorities can stimulate large scale change in ...