The aim of the conference was to provide a forum for owners of homes and registration officers to discuss joint problems and to further good working relationships. This report marks a stage in the growing debate between owners and inspectors and should serve to stimulate and contribute to the growing ...
This document reviews some elements of health services which have been or may be the subject of standards and some characteristics of the standards themselves.
Public, political and professional pressures have led to a greater interest in quality assurance in the NHS, but there has been no national policy or framework prescribed. The development of, and approach to, quality assurance has therefore varied widely between districts and between regions. This report aims to reflect managerial ...
This project paper provides detailed information on the main products available for the practical management of incontinence. The author has brought together in a succinct and easily readable form all the essential facts. These include the theory underlying each type of product, differences in manufacture and presentation, costs, the research ...
This report examines the present state of the 1987 expenditure plans in the light of the most up to date information available. It discusses the different ways in which public expenditure can be measured, followed by an examination of expenditure on Hospital and Community Health Services during the 1980's. The ...
Arthur Andersen and Co. Management Consultants has been involved with a number of research projects designed to measure value for money in health and local authority services. This booklet describes the components which they believe make up a successful joint planning exercise. Its purpose is to present some lessons and ...
This is the fourth paper published by the King's Fund and NAHA on the need to change the way in which pay is determined in the NHS. This paper outlines a proposed structure for determining pay, based on principles described in the earlier documents. The system has three elements: a ...
In this publication the author states:- A new approach is needed for agenda-setting in primary health care. It should draw on the public health and participatory model espoused by W.H.O.; build on the experiences of local projects and initiatives, and seek to create planning and management structures which achieve change ...