The King's Fund has carried out an international survey of health initiatives by city-wide authorities and analysed the potential of the new Greater London Authority. In this draft version of priorities for action on health, the King's Fund states that the Mayor and GLA should: tackle health inequalities; regenerate deprived ...
This is a background paper prepared for a symposium held at the King's Fund. Its aims were to: consider the significance of recent and current research on the role of primary care teams in promoting public health; identify the areas where further research is needed; share and consider the experiences ...
This review analyses selective UK literature from 1994 to the present day on the attitudes towards, experiences of and comments by and about the capabilities of primary care.
Health Improvement Programmes (HImPs) are a key innovation in the Government's health policy. They are intended to bring together the main statutory and voluntary bodies in each health authority area, to plan and deliver measures to improve the health of the local population. The first round of HImPs was completed ...
This publication is a comprehensive review of health care and policy issues. It includes a detailed description of health events in the last twelve months, as well as discussion of key policy issues. Specific areas dealt with in this issue include: influencing the diffusion of new medical technologies; the future ...
This Review is based on the financial year 1996 to 1997. The first part examines the main events of the year in five key policy areas: creating the new NHS ; community care ; public health strategy; serving the consumer; and clinical knowledge. The second part of the work contains ...
In September and October 1997, the King's Fund held two seminars for the professions allied to medicine (PAMs) in order to discuss their actual and potential contribution to public health. This contribution is varied and spans the categories of input to commissioning, health promotion, clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice, and ...
This bulletin is based on ideas developed from two seminars for professions allied to medicine (PAMs) organised by the King's Fund in order to discuss their actual and potential contribution to public health. This bulletin covers the subject areas of what PAMs do in relation to public health, health promotion, ...
These comments on the Green Paper on public health, 'Our Healthier Nation', reflect the views of a group of individuals from a wide range of local and national agencies with a role to play in implementing the national public health strategy. These views were expressed during three seminars jointly organised ...
'The Health of Londoners' is the first public health report for Greater London. London lags behind other UK and European cities in its lack of a strong city-wide approach to health and this report is a vital initial step in putting the health of Londoners on the map. The report ...