After 19 years it is clear that the foundations of the NHS are sound, but there is still much readjustment to be achieved within the general plan. It has become increasingly clear that somehow much better cooperation must be achieved if the main divisions of the NHS, hospitals, public health ...
In recent years considerable advances have taken place in understanding the processes by which people learn, and this has lead to the development of new techniques in learning. The underlying purpose of this survey is: to discover areas of knowledge that cause nurses, especially pupil nurses, particular difficulty; to indicate ...
During the influenza epidemic of December 1967 - January 1968 the Emergency Bed Service (EBS) encountered serious difficulties in securing admission to hospital for many acutely ill patients. In the light of these experiences the King's Fund decided to appoint a working party to investigate the effect of coloured warnings ...
This document originates from a one-day conference and its purpose is to report on studies of issues and options in the field of hospital traffic and supply which were carried out within the context of the Greenwich District Hospital development project which was seen as a laboratory situation in which ...
Part I of this directory contains homes within the four Metropolitan Hospital Regions and the Wessex Region arranged alphabetically according to the name of the town or the village in which the home is situated. Where there is more than Home in a particular town, they are arranged in alphabetical ...
Through a travel grant awarded by King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, the author spent three weeks visiting Royal Air Force establishments in order to compare the general pattern of Royal Air Force hospital administration with National Health Service administration.
Criticisms of hospital food arise mainly from the effects of delay between cooking and eating. The Catering Advisory Service of king Edward's Fund has been particularly interested in studying ways and means of shortening this interval. This study on peripheral finishing kitchens is one of the possible solutions. It has ...