The Royal Commission study on international health services included discussions with experts, visits to other countries by members of the Commission and comparative health service statistics prepared by McKinsey and Co. Inc. This study was commissioned in 1978 and provides a commentary on the unpublished McKinsey statistics. Tables and statistics ...
In recent years, the concept of the expanded role of the nurse has aroused much discussion; some hostile, some favourable, amongst the medical, nursing and administrative professions. This paper explores and documents the vast body of literature covering this area and includes an invaluable bibliography of American and British sources. ...
This short book has been prepared to mark the first five years of Community Health Councils' (CHCs) existence. They came into being in 1974 when the NHS underwent a major administrative reorganisation. Nothing quite like them had ever existed before in the form of a special statutory body with the ...
This paper presents an analysis of the factors underlying the conflict over the pay beds issue which erupted in 1974-76; a conflict which some consider to have been one of the precipitating reasons for the appointment of the Royal Commission. The first section of the paper sets out the basic ...
The publication in 1979 of Asian Patients in Hospital and at Home gave rise to considerable correspondence, and Ms Henley and her colleague, Colette Taylor, have continued to work full time in this area. Other studies in this field have been noted and in many instances provided valuable help. The ...
These papers complement a wide variety of material made available to the Commission on health service finance. The first paper discusses the alternative models of financing health services. The second paper describes one of those models as used in the NHS: health service charges. The third paper discusses efficient management ...
This pamphlet describes three aspects of primary health care which were commonly referred to in the evidence to the Royal Commission. The first gives an outline of the current position of deputising services and examines issues of debate. The appendix gives details of the location and ownership of deputising services. ...
In its report, the Royal Commission on the NHS stated that the NHS should "encourage and assist individuals to remain healthy." These papers describe two means towards achieving that objective: health education and the development of self-help groups. The first paper written by the principal research officer of the Royal ...
Section one of this report deals with consumer involvement in the NHS. It covers the areas of complaints procedures, the role of community health councils, the voluntary contribution to the NHS, the Wolfenden Report and patient participation in general practice. The second section concentrates on community health councils (CHCs), presenting ...
This conference considered that continuing education is the mark of a profession and it looked at the following questions: How does one enthuse British nurses, who generally are not committed to continuing education?; Why the difference in attitude between them and American nurses, who on the whole are more continued ...