This book is an attempt to chart progress in the development of support for black carers around the country and the factors which can inhibit this process, including racism; lack of joint work between health and social services and voluntary organisations; not taking the issue of black carers seriously; and ...
This is the third publication in a series based on the work of the King's Fund Nursing Development Units. Using interviews with staff, this book offers examples from five different units of the way in which patients and clients have become actively involved in delivery of care and service developments. ...
The King's Fund Centre has been in the forefront of developments to change the way in which support is offered to carers. In practice this has meant developing work programmes in different localities around the country to analyse, test and make improvements to the planning and delivery of services for ...
This book is based upon the King's Fund Centre's experience over the past four years of developing carers' support in different local authorities around the United Kingdom. The briefings aim to provide a map to guide people through the maze of creating and sustaining a service development programme. Using the ...
The aim of this unpublished paper is to provide all Londoners with primary and community health services which both meet their needs for high quality health care and which - over time - can appropriately substitute for certain services currently provided in acute hospitals. If Sir Bernard Tomlinson's recommendations are ...
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 ...
The Living Options In Practice project aims to help service planners and providers in statutory and voluntary agencies build effective and comprehensive services to meet the needs of people with severe physical and sensory disabilities. It has developed an outline of the elements that should be encompassed within a comprehensive ...
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 ...
In June 1987 the King's Fund convened the first meeting of a working party on the future shape of paediatric surgery in the four Thames regions, with special reference to Greater London. The working party was composed primarily of paediatric surgeons. This document is their report. The emphasis is on ...
The development of a network of services and support for people with A.I.D.S. is a challenge for voluntary agencies, for the NHS and for local authorities. There is a consensus that services should, as far as possible, be provided to enable people to be cared for in their own homes. ...