Index Catalog // The Kings Fund Digital Archive

Publication date:: 2002
Abstract:: Children's physical and emotional health are key determinants of their ability to learn. Since the launch of the government's Healthy Schools Programme, promoting health in schools has become a national priority; but how this translates in practice varies enormously from school to school. This research summary pulls together the findings ...

Publication date:: 2008
Abstract:: Recognising the significance of mental health in terms of both expenditure and the overall health of the population, the King's Fund commissioned a review. This report presents current and projected needs for mental health services and their related costs. It gives details on a number of specific disorders, including depression, ...

Author:: Wyler, Steve and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: This review looks at the problems faced by the 3,000 - 5,000 young people leaving care in London each year. Physical health is poor, with high levels of substance abuse, mental health problems are widespread, and the rate of teenage pregnancy is much higher than in the general population. Unhealthy ...

Author:: Johnson, Sonia, Research Unit (Royal College of Psychiatrists), London Commission (King's Fund), Centre for the Economics of Mental Health (Institute of Psychiatry, University of London), and Centre for Mental Health Services Development (King's College, London)
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: The findings outlined in this book describe a service in inner London that cannot be sustained because it is unable to meet the demands imposed upon it. Services in outer London are comparable with those in other English cities. The mental illness services are in a state of transition, and ...

Author:: Levenson, Ros and Development Centre (King's Fund)
Publication date:: 1997
Abstract:: This report presents some of the main themes that emerged from a series of workshops on various aspects of primary care organised and hosted by the King's Fund in the summer and autumn of 1996. The topics covered in the workshops were change in primary health care, frail elderly people, ...

Author:: Holton, Shirley, Needham, Gill, Buckinghamshire Health Authority, and Purchasing Innovations (King's Fund College, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: The six case studies in this book describe how purchasers, one of them a fundholding practice, bought interventions to improve the health of local populations in direct response to information which had revealed particular needs. The case studies have been published as examples of good practice because this effective and ...

Author:: Clinical Change (King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Farrell, Christine
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: The purpose of this workshop was to provide the NHS Executive Patients Charter Unit with material and ideas for a leaflet on children's services. Services for children in hospital and in the community were discussed. It was recommended that the format of the charter should be accessible to parents and ...

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Hubert, Jane
Publication date:: 1991
Abstract:: This book describes the experiences of twenty families who have, living at home, a teenager or young adult with severe learning difficulties who has been classified by professionals as 'severely' or 'profoundly' mentally handicapped, and who also has 'serious behavioural problems'. It documents the lives of these families, and the ...

Author:: Bosanquet, Nick and King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: This project paper summarises the results of a survey of youth training in the NHS. The survey looked at the extent of involvement by the NHS in the Work Experience on Employers' Premises (WEEP) Scheme sponsored by the Manpower Services Commission and at the youth training being undertaken more generally. ...

Author:: Renal Society and King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1982
Abstract:: This seminar, organised by the Renal Society, began with young dialysis patients talking about their treatment and lifestyles. The report goes on to consider the achievement of independence by the adolescent and the advantages and disadvantages of treating adolescents in a children's unit. Further discussion includes job prospects, educational aspects ...

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