Planners face a series of dilemmas and choices involving the centralisation of widespread distribution of services, the balance of specialist and generalist, the training needs of professionals and the welfare of families. These papers were given at the first NAWCH conference on planning children's services and hope to provide a ...
This is a review of recent British initiatives based upon the principles of "An ordinary life", for both children and adults with learning difficulties. Key issues discussed include establishing commitment to basic principles, planning comprehensive services, acquiring appropriate housing, financing and staffing the residential service, operational policies and management, staff ...
This conference was organised by the King's Fund to provide a forum for discussion about the implications for service planning in the National Health Service of the proposals outlined in the DHSS consultative paper HN(81)4. The topic was discussed under the following headings: new policies: old problems; health service planning ...
The King's Fund organised this conference because of its interest in and concern about the relationships between "epidemiology" and developments in service planning in the NHS. The number of applications to attend the conference indicated this interest was widely shared. To many, epidemiology and service planning appear to proceed in ...
The purpose of this conference was to provide an opportunity for those with service planning responsibilities to learn about some current studies and to assess the potential contribution of operational research to the planning process. It was organised in conjunction with the Health and Welfare Services Study Group of the ...
This workshop was held to discover and discuss the extent and range of service planning work currently being undertaken by various disciplines in the NHS. Group discussion examined ideas for future development of the role of each discipline in relation to planning in the service, and considered the educational implications ...
This publication contains reports on a series of five conferences held at the King's Fund Centre between September 1972 and January 1973 on the subject of psychogeriatric services. The reports are entitled: 1) planning services for the elderly; 2) priorities for psychogeriatric care; 3) organisation of psychogeriatric care; 4) care ...