This report gives an account of the development of the King's Fund London Programme. It was launched in 1979 to develop activities in relation to health care in London. Its broad aim is to identify, encourage and disseminate good practice in inner city areas through a coordinated programme of research ...
The Royal Commission study on international health services included discussions with experts, visits to other countries by members of the Commission and comparative health service statistics prepared by McKinsey and Co. Inc. This study was commissioned in 1978 and provides a commentary on the unpublished McKinsey statistics. Tables and statistics ...
Prison medicine is a unique branch of medical practice undertaken by a number of doctors who have chosen to work in penal establishments either full-time or part-time. It comprises the provision of a comprehensive medical service within certain legal constraints. The four papers in this document were given at a ...
This monograph attempts to bring together, for all members of health care planning teams, but especially for administrators and community physicians, the nature and place of planning in the NHS, and its relationship to research and administration.
The concern of this report is to review some of the problems involved in the future collaboration between the health services and the personal social services after NHS reorganisation in 1974: in particular to highlight certain specific issues which seem to warrant more careful or detailed consideration. The problems of ...
The papers in this booklet consist of reports prepared by multidisciplinary advisory groups as part of a project concerned with the integration of health services. This project originated in an application to the King's Fund from the South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board for support for a study to see ...
The papers in this booklet consist of reports prepared by multidisciplinary advisory groups as part of a project concerned with the integration of health services. This project originated in an application to the King's Fund from the South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board for support for a study to see ...
After 19 years it is clear that the foundations of the NHS are sound, but there is still much readjustment to be achieved within the general plan. It has become increasingly clear that somehow much better cooperation must be achieved if the main divisions of the NHS, hospitals, public health ...