The DHSS funded three development workers to work in three differing health authorities to explore the possibilities for improving primary health care in the inner city by developing patch or locality management and planning of services work more closely together; and to establish three local experiments with different approaches to ...
The future of community services was the title of a conference held in November 1988 at the King's Fund. This report follows the format of the conference, with speakers' presentations followed by reports of the discussions which took place in the afternoon workshops. Also explored are the role of the ...
This report from the Primary Health Care Group of the King's Fund Centre explores the context of primary care planning and provides examples of how joint working may be successfully achieved. It outlines why FPCs and DHAs need to work together and argues that primary care planning has been neglected ...
The NHS is a vast and complex organisation, never out of the public eye and now the focus of major political argument. The author examines the way the NHS works and the incentives that motivate everyone concerned - the general public, the health professionals and managers, and the government. There ...
This briefing paper critically reviews the proposals, assesses financial implication and highlights major omissions in the White Paper 'Promoting Better Health' : the Government's review of primary care services. It concludes that, despite welcome attention to issues of accountability and value for money, some basic questions remain unanswered : which ...
In 1986 the King's Fund, with the financial support of the DHSS, established three experimental projects in inner London to explore the possibilities for improving primary health care by developing small scale management and planning of services. One of these projects was located in Riverside HA. This report describes how ...
In this publication the author states:- A new approach is needed for agenda-setting in primary health care. It should draw on the public health and participatory model espoused by W.H.O.; build on the experiences of local projects and initiatives, and seek to create planning and management structures which achieve change ...
Increasing interest in the quality of health services and the appointment of officers with designated local responsibilities has generated an urgent demand for ideas on implementing quality assurance, especially from district officers. This collection is one individual's view of relevant literature and activity. It reflects the initial emphasis of the ...
In January 1980 the Conservative Government appointed a study group under Sir Donald Acheson to produce ambitious proposals for rapid and effective action on primary care in London. This report examines how and why the study group was established, the issues it confronted, the route by which it reached its ...