This project paper summarises the results of a survey of youth training in the NHS. The survey looked at the extent of involvement by the NHS in the Work Experience on Employers' Premises (WEEP) Scheme sponsored by the Manpower Services Commission and at the youth training being undertaken more generally. ...
This seminar, organised by the Renal Society, began with young dialysis patients talking about their treatment and lifestyles. The report goes on to consider the achievement of independence by the adolescent and the advantages and disadvantages of treating adolescents in a children's unit. Further discussion includes job prospects, educational aspects ...
This study day, organised by the King's Fund, took as its starting point chapter 10 of the Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Handicapped Children and Young People (the Warnock Report). Main problems were that too few further and higher educational opportunities exist for school leavers ...
The conference addressed the problems of identifying the client group usually described as "younger physically disabled" and of providing alternative and appropriate forms of accommodation and care services for them. Eight presentations of different approaches to these problems were given during the proceedings.
Since 1975, a series of study days have been held at the King's Fund Centre to explore the problems of life in residential units for young disabled people. A common theme at these meetings was the isolation felt by both residents and staff. The report covers the type of care ...