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Will Anderson, Dominique Florin, Stephen Gillam, Lesley Mountford
Public involvement is at the heart of NHS modernisation, but putting it into practice is a challenge for many practitioners. This publication looks at the potential difficulties and offers solutions.
Tackling age discrimination in health and social care
1 Jan 2002
Emilie Roberts, Janice Robinson, Linda Seymour
Identifies a lack of tools to help combat age discrimination in the health and social care sectors, and offers guidance on policies to help eradicate ageist practices from the NHS.
Explores how the NHS could reverse the growing number of experienced, skilled older workers taking early retirement, and argues that sustained commitment is needed to make older people feel valued.
A whole-systems approach to understanding service capacity and planning change
1 May 2001
Jan Stevenson
This paper argues that a whole-systems approach to strategic development and operational change is needed to develop a range of flexible intermediate care and rehabilitation services.
Looks at the issues facing stakeholders working on building healthy, safe communities, and asks what role the NHS can play in improving community safety.
Contested Decisions, by Chris Ham and Shirley McIver, offers ways for health professionals to reach difficult decisions about whether to fund individuals' drugs or treatments.
Argues that integrated improvements across all aspects of nurses' working lives are needed to boost low morale in nursing and improve recruitment and retention rates.
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging responsibilities of primary care groups (PCGs) in relation to the health of older people and carers.
The government wants to link its spending on public health initiatives to evidence of 'what works'. This publication discusses current approaches to establishing evidence, and offers a new framework.
