This paper offers health commissioning agencies and general practice fundholders a practical guide to developing and using health and race standards in their contract quality specifications. It draws on collective experiences of district health authorities over the years 1992-1995. Standards for acute and community providers are specified in the fields ...
The underlying assumptions of this book are that: partnerships are an essential component for developing alternative mental health services for black people; task-focused and process-focused approaches to achieve set outcomes are an inherent part of working in partnerships; and guidance is needed to help groups, agencies and organisations identify the ...
The book describes the work of six King's Fund projects where the views of local Black communities were used to influence a range of service developments through changes in commissioning, quality standards and contracts. By bringing together the local lessons within a broad framework, the report maps the progress of ...
This toolkit aims to support purchasers and providers who seek to develop culturally competent services. It aims to: enable individual health authorities and trusts to assess how far they have progressed towards cultural competence, and to decide priorities for further action; identify ways of ensuring that the health needs of ...