This series of study days was organised by the King's Fund Centre with help and advice from the DHSS and the Centre for Policy on Ageing. It provided an opportunity for members of staff who are responsible for the inspection and registration of homes and the officers in charge of ...
This conference was organised by the King's Fund Centre in conjunction with the Management Support and Computers Division of the DHSS. The purpose was to present and discuss progress made in developing and applying `performance criteria' in relation to assessing effectiveness and efficiency in the NHS. The performance criteria technique ...
The purpose of this Annual Review is to look back over the past twelve months as well as to look forward to the next year or so and try and identify how best the Centre can respond to the very rapid changes that are being made in the way health ...
In 1976, the Jubilee Project was established by the King's Fund to commemorate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee by upgrading wards in ten of London's older hospitals. Many of London's district general hospitals had not been rebuilt as had been planned in the early 1960s, and little renovation had ...
This report explores a number of issues concerning the relationship between education and employment; changing views on employment and work in view of present unemployment trends; integration compared with the use of specialist provision, and special inputs to support integration on ordinary courses. The report includes individual case studies, lists ...
This report gives an account of the development of the King's Fund London Programme. It was launched in 1979 to develop activities in relation to health care in London. Its broad aim is to identify, encourage and disseminate good practice in inner city areas through a coordinated programme of research ...
The objectives of the seminar were to review some of the current initiatives in the nursing field in the United Kingdom to see what methods could wisely be incorporated in the new financial systems being tested in those Districts currently working with CASPE. Cost planning is defined in the terms ...
This workshop explored the role, needs and training requirements of those involved in administration at operational level within unit general management. The objectives of the workshop were: to clarify the role of the unit administrator; to identify key issues to take into account in establishing effective teamwork and leadership; to ...
The many disciplines concerned in antenatal care are anxious that the services available should reach all mothers and young children, where the reduction of perinatal mortality begins. Several aspects of antenatal care were discussed at the conference, with the overall view that all staff needed to be more sensitive to ...