This report provides a comprehensive review of the health and health care of the population of London, based on a variety of published and unpublished data sources. The report considers London in three ways: first, by providing comparisons between different parts of the capital; second, by comparing areas of London ...
Total purchasing is potentially the most significant development in NHS purchasing of health services since the introduction of general practitioner fundholding in 1991. It offers fundholding practices the opportunity to purchase all of the health care not included in fundholding for patients on their lists. The study of 53 total ...
This report focuses on the provision of equipment and adaptations for older people with disabilities. It looks at the problems which older people with disabilities experience in gaining access to the help with equipment and adaptations that they require, sets out some examples of ways in which service provision can ...
This is a pamphlet produced when the S.H.A.R.E. project closed. It is a brief update on remaining information providers and key organisations in the field of race and health.
Organisational solutions to problems arising in community care were discussed at a debate organised by the King's Fund. The debate took place during a period of continuing organisational upheaval associated with the NHS and Community Care reforms. Calls were nevertheless being made for further radical change in the organisation of ...
This document is intended to take further the diagnostic and analytical work which was produced by the King's Fund Mental Health Support Group for the London Commission. An executive summary of that report is attached to this paper.
The National Health Service in London faces profound challenges. Currently, services are under intense strain. Access to appropriate care for Londoners is jeopardised, and public confidence has declined. In inner London, in particular, there are high levels of deprivation and growing health inequalities. While some of the country's leading hospitals ...
The National Health Service in London faces profound challenges. Currently, services are under intense strain. Access to appropriate care for Londoners is jeopardised, and public confidence has declined. In inner London, in particular, there are high levels of deprivation and growing health inequalities. While some of the country's leading hospitals ...