Kings Fund

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• Kings Fund
• as an information resource supporting
  commissioning
• Lynette Cawthra
• Information Library Service Manager
• Kings Fund
• 17.7.06

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• Kings Fund library
• NLH Management
• Future plans

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Kings Fund ILS

• Supports the work of those involved in the
  development and management of health and social
  care services by
• providing public access to a unique collection
• emphasis on grey literature
• links to Fund colleagues

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Kings Fund ILS

• Health and social care
• London health
• Health inequalities
• Older peoples care
• Ethnic minority health
• NHS management and policy
• DH documents, government reports, grey
  literature, statistics

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Kings Fund ILS

• Reading lists
• Practice-based commissioning
• Markets in primary community care
• Improving care for long-term conditions
• Older material on fundholding!

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Kings Fund ILS

• Public walk-in access, and email/phone enquiry
  service
• Plus 60,000 invisible users a month
• And a resource for Fund staff

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NLH Management

• Packages of quality-assessed, timely information
  for NHS managers
• Peer-reviewed digests, hot topics pages, news
  alerts and RSS feeds
• Primary care a particular focus

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NLH Management

• Hot topics
• Practice-based commissioning
• PCTs as commissioners
• GMS contract - enhanced services
• General Dental Services Contract

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Forthcoming attractions

• NLH Patient and Public Involvement
• A new way to get to our database