This document is the review of services to adults with mental ill health and people with learning difficulties commissioned from the King's Fund College by Hillingdon Health Agency.
This document is a personal view of the current issues of acute care in London based on the author's experience of working in the south east segment of inner London. It is a view informed by impressions gained in working in five different London teaching and postgraduate hospitals and the ...
The mental health services within Mid Glamorgan are in a period of considerable change and renewal. The joint county plan for Mid Glamorgan sets out strategic planning objectives to achieve these changes, reflecting the views of service users, statutory agencies and voluntary organisations. Contained within the plan is the commitment ...
Health care professionals face increasing pressure to obtain the views of service users and yet many are concerned that there may be some users, such as those suffering from mental distress, who are unable to provide useful or valid opinions about services received. This publication aims to reassure those who ...
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 ...
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 ...
This document is a report on a workshop held at the King's Fund. Its aim was to highlight the issue of contracts with small groups of black professional workers in the field of mental health. The participants exchanged what was currently known about contracts, looked at some of the issues ...
This is a pamphlet publicising the Better Futures project, a two-year initiative to encourage the development of effective, comprehensive local services which are responsive to the needs and wants of users and their families.