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'COCK UP' OR 'CONSPIRACY' Peter Walsh, Director, ACHCEW - February 2002 ... 96 pages (downloads slowly) Dissertation - University of Hull ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This dissertation uses the experience of CHCS as a case study of policy development and change management with the National Health Service (NHS). Policy development and theory concerning patient and public involvement and scrutiny of the NHS is reviewed with particular reference to CHCs.
Content: Introduction . Literature Review . Methodology . Results . Discussions . Conclusion . Tables . References and Bibliography
HANDBOOK FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL MEMBERS School of Advanced Urban Studies ... University of Bristol Christopher Ham - July 1986 - 53 pages _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This Handbook is based on material originally prepared in 1978. The material was developed in work with new CHC members and was modified in the light of their comments. The Handbook, now in its 4th Edition, is intended to provide an introduction to the NHS and the work of CHCs for new members. Suggestions for further reading and where to obtain further information, are included at the end of the Handbook.
Content: Introduction . Acknowledgements . Glossary of Abbreviations . How the NHS Works . How CHCs Work . CHCs in Action . Policy Guide . Further Information . Further Reading
HANDBOOK FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL MEMBERS School of Advanced Urban Studies ... University of Bristol July 1982 - 67 pages ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This paper covers a variety of information to help CHC members. The material has been developed in work with other new members and modified in the light of their comments. It is intended to be interesting and easy to use, and to provide basic factual information which all members need to know.
Content: Introduction . Glossary of Abbreviations . How the NHS Works . How CHCs Work . CHCs - The Story So Far . Policy Guide . Further Information Further Reading
'PATIENTS FIRST' A Personal View by R. K. Griffiths ... The Medical School, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TJ 18 pages ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This paper is a personal comment on paragraph 26 of the consultative paper 'Patients First'. It is based upon my experience of CHC at local and national level - See Appendix 1 below). The paper deals with limited aspects of the questions raised, particularly the value of independent representation, the size of administrative units, possible changes in the future and some sources of confusion about alternative proposals.
Content: Introduction . Is independent representation necessary? . Size of Administrative Units . Community Health Councils in Future . Local versus National Issues . Alternatives to Community Health Councils . The Success of Community Health Councils . Recommendations - References and Appendices
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Social Services Research and Information Unit, University of Portsmouth Help for Health Trust, Wessex School of Social and Historical Studies, University of Portsmouth _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Recent reforms in the NHS place great emphasis on the importance of the 'voice of the consumer' in the provision of health care. Health purchasers are now required to adopt the role of 'champ of the people', traditionally that of the Community Health Councils.
Content: Abstract . Introduction . Public Involvement in the NHS . The Role of the CHCs . CHCs and Purchasing . Confrontation and Collaboration . Involvement and Influence . Conclusion . Acknowledgement and References
WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS:HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES O COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCILS IN THE REFORMED BRITISH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 1995 - 12 pages * Carol Lupton, BSc, PhD * Graham Mood, BA, PhD _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ This paper focuses on the perspectives of health care providers regarding the emerging role of CHCs in the post-reform era. It draws upon detailed cast-study research to provide an assessment of the impact of the reforms on CHC-provider relations and on examination of the pattern and nature of current, post-reform provider activity with reference to CHCs.
Content: Introduction .CHCs and Health Care Providers . Research Strategy . Provider Perspectives on CHCs . Acknowledgements and References
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL AND PUBLIC REPRESENTATION IN THE NHS September 1979 - 23 pages Chris Ham - University of Bristol _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ A paper given to the BSA Medical Sociology Group Conference at York - September 1979
Content: Introduction . Parliamentary Control . Health Authority Members . Community Health Councils . Conclusions and Speculations . The Conservative Government's Plans . References
ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCILS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INNOVATION IN SOCIAL POLICY(to download, see below) May 1978 - 163 pages David Richard Phillips ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A dissertation submitted for the degree of Master of Philosophy, University of York, Department of Social Administration and Social Work. The dissertation deals with the creation of Community Health Councils by the 1970-1974 Conservative Government and their establishment by Regional Health Authorities under the guidance of the 1974 Labour Government. A detailed account is given of the establishment process in one region.
Content: Abstract . Introduction . The Development of the Idea . The Background to CHCs . CHCs Invented (Conservative Government 1970-1974) . A Change in Emphasis (Labour Government 1974) . The Establishment of the Institution . The Establishment Process . The Northern RHAs (A Case Study) . Summary and Conclusions . Health Authorities in the Tripartite NHS . Membership of Northern Region CHCs . Establishing CHCs (The Northern Region's Approach) List of References . Bibliography.
Roger French and Lesley Grimshaw (North Western Regional Health Authority)
Margaret Mawhinney and Ian Pilkington (Mersey Regional Health Authority)
Janet Kells (Northern Ireland Staffs Council for the Health and Social Services)
Simon Yates (Welsh Office)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ This paper examine the effectiveness of four CHCs in the North West of England in:
Representing the public's views to the Health Authority
Informing the public of the present and future policies of the Health Authority
Content: Acknowledgements . Project Team . Terms of Reference . Background . Methodology . Summary of the Interviews with CHC Secretaries . Summary of the Interviews with Area Administrators . Analysis of Public Survey . Conclusions . Appendices
PATIENTS: RECEIVERS OR PARTICIPANTS? 1977 ... 43 pages Malcolm L. Johnson, Lecturer in Sociology Nuffield Centre for Health Services Studies and Department of Sociology, University of Leeds _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sociological Change . Illness and People . The Consultation Process . Consumerism, Deference and the Professions . Power to the Patient? . References and Notes
A LADDER OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1969 ... 9 pages Sherry R. Arnstein - AIP Journal ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Empty Ritual Versus Benefit . Limitations of the Typology . Manipulation . Therapy . Informing . Consultation Placation . Partnership Delegated Power . Citizen Control
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH - Towards a Clearer View Edited by: Robert Maxwell and Nigel Weaver Contributors: Rudolf Klein - Sir Patrick Nairne - Sir Douglas Black - Jo Wood - John Bettinson - Ruth Levitt - Stephen Hatch King Edward's Hospital Fund for London ... Undated - 16 pages ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction . The Politics of Participation (Rudolf Klein) . Parliamentary control and accountability (Sir Patrick Nairne)