An Ordinary Life explores what is meant by training, and discusses the importance of education in values and the formation of beliefs and ideas. The role of parents as part of the care team is examined, as is the need for a clear definition of tasks ranging from policies to ...
This workshop arose from a meeting at the DHSS stimulated by Dr. Peter Pritchard in July 1980 between officers of the DHSS who were interested and involved in management and general practice, the King's Fund and Dr. Pritchard. The aim of the workshop was to identify some of those who ...
This report outlines and discusses the King's Fund Ward Sister Training Project being piloted at Guy's Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital in London. This arose from debate in 1977 about how the Fund could respond to the climate of management awareness and professional concern about the role of the ward ...
In 1979, the King's Fund College and the Institute of Health Service Administrators agreed to collaborate in making arrangements for this Workshop to explore the role, needs and training requirements of those involved in administration at operational level. Strengthening administration at this level has since been stressed by both the ...
These notes are offered as a memory jog for those attending the colloquium. In it is included a delegates list and questions for group discussion. The questions were: selecting students for courses; what are the expectations of graduate nurses? (to include consideration of the underlying philosophy of the undergraduate courses); ...
A small number of British nurses, representing the nursing services, nursing education, higher education, the General Nursing Council for England and Wales, and the DHSS, attended this seminar. The seminar aimed to further the work of the Thwaites Report on the training of senior managers in the NHS, published by ...
This seminar described the present organisation of infection control in the UK within the hospital and its links with the community. The role and responsibilities of the infection control nurse, infection control officer and other members of the infection control team were discussed with particular reference to relationships and co-operation. ...
In July 1978, the King's Fund held a conference to discuss the report Education and Training of Senior Managers in the National Health Service, commonly referred to the Thwaites report after the chairman of the working party. This publication is not just an account of the conference, but a personal ...
This document reports a conference on chiropody which was arranged in three parts. The first included some of the less well-known aspects of chiropody which the Society of Chiropodists believes should be developed both because they are of benefit to patients and cost-effective in various ways. The second was directed ...