Healthcare in the UK : understanding continuity and change / Ian Greener.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greener, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical policy--Great Britain.

Medical policy.

Health care reform--Great Britain.

Health care reform.

Great Britain. National Health Service.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contends that attempts to reform the NHS can only be understood by reference to both the wider social and political context, and to the organisational and ideational legacies present within the NHS itself. It aims to take students beyond a basic understanding of the historical development of health policy in the UK, to one that demonstrates an appreciation of the interactions between health policy, organisation and society. Continuity and change in the NHS: · acts as a crucial bridge between conventional textbooks on the NHS and contemporary health policy research; · provides a theoretically rigorous but accessible account of the development of policy and organisational change not found elsewhere; · presents new scholarship in the political economy of welfare in a clear format. The book is aimed at third year and post-graduate students of politics, public management and health studies. It provides a theoretically inspired account of the development of health policy and organisation in the UK which will also be of interest to academics and researchers in the field.

Contents:

Healthcare in the UK; Contents; List of tables and boxes; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The creation of the NHS and its relevance for today; 3. The tripartite split; 4. The double-bed; 5. Funding the NHS; 6. Managing in the NHS; 7. Nursing; 8. The role of the public inhealth policy; 9. Health policy under Labour; 10. Conclusion; References; Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Jan 2022).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-283) and index.

ISBN:

9786612121265

9781447302490

1447302494

9781282121263

128212126X

9781847424211

184742421X

OCLC:

429118169