This publication summarises 'Prevention rather than cure'. Failure to address avoidable ill health will put huge pressures on the future NHS while deepening health inequalities. This discussion paper asks why, until recently, helping people to stay healthy has had so little emphasis, and what mechanisms and incentives are needed to ...
Failure to address avoidable ill health will put huge pressures on the future NHS while deepening health inequalities. This discussion paper asks why, until recently, helping people to stay healthy has had so little emphasis, and what mechanisms and incentives are needed to put wider population health at the heart ...
The author states that the current development of a national carers' strategy is a significant milestone after two decades of campaigns and policy development to draw attention to the unpaid help that families and friends provide. Various questions are asked: how far have we travelled in meeting the needs of ...
From July 1992 a group of representatives from prison staff and NHS staff across London has worked together using the model of a learning network to develop a better understanding of the health needs of prisoners and to explore new ways of meeting those needs. This report: reviews the health ...
This item gives the critiques and papers produced for a conference held at the King's Fund Centre in November 1994. The aim of the conference was to use the OXCHECK and British Family Heart studies as a springboard for the future, to critique them for their unique contribution to the ...
The seventh King's Fund Forum was held in London from 18th to 20th June. The panel was asked to address four questions: (1) Would the detection and breakout of polyps reduce the incidence of cancer of the colon and rectum? (2) Are there other preventive measures which will safely reduce ...
The sixth King's Fund Forum was held in London from 26 to 28 June. Five questions were addressed; what is the relationship between dietary fats, blood cholesterol and the levels of coronary heart disease; what individual or community-wide dietary or other interventions can reduce blood cholesterol levels and the risk ...
The book discusses the causes and prevalence of dental diseases, methods of preventing disease and promoting dental health, and compares the provision of dental services of other countries with that of Britain. The authors outline a possible future for the organisation, management and staffing of dental services within the National ...