List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Victorian Values (starting p. 1) -- 2 Royal Appeals and Arrangements (starting p. 22) -- 3 Edwardian Aims and Activities (starting p. 49) -- 4 The First World War and its Aftermath (starting p. 78) -- 5 Embattled in the 1930s (starting p. 107) -- 6 The Second World War and the Creation of the National Health Service (starting p. 134) -- 7 A Fragile Partnership, 1948-1960 (starting p. 164) -- 8 A Decent Anonymity, 1960-1980 (starting p. 195) -- 9 The 1980s: Charitable Revival? (starting p. 224) -- Notes (starting p. 247) -- App. I. Officials of the King's Fund, 1897-1990 (starting p. 287) -- App II. King's Fund Grants Recommended to the General Hospitals with Medical Schools: 1897-1948 (starting p. 289) -- App III. Grants Recommended to a few other Selected Hospitals: 1897-1948 (starting p. 290) -- Select Bibliography (starting p. 291) -- Index (starting p. 299)
Summary
The King's Fund was the leading charitable institution for the support of the voluntary hospitals of London before the creation of the NHS and continues to seek to improve health care and management. This study places the Fund in the context of the history of philanthropy and social provision
