| Description |
1 online resource (294 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- The NHS at 75: The State of UK Health Policy -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- 1 The NHS at 75: an unfolding story -- Introduction -- The NHS through anniversaries -- Analytical axes of health policy -- Governing the NHS through hierarchies, markets and networks -- The public and private axis -- The centralisation and decentralisation axis -- The professional and state axis -- Evaluating policy success in 75 years of the NHS -- Evaluating the NHS -- Temporal -- Intrinsic -- Extrinsic |
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Conclusion -- References -- 2 NHS governance: the centre claims authority -- NHS governance: a schematic history -- 1948: the fiduciary model of health policy -- Consensus management -- Management -- Internal market -- Department of Health -- The Blair governments -- The Lansley reforms -- COVID-19 -- Conclusion: rising claims of authority -- References -- 3 Health and care funding at 75 -- Introduction -- The funding settlement for health in England -- Out-of-pocket and private spending -- Government funding for the NHS in England -- A new financial settlement for NHS England |
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Public health spending -- Workforce -- Capital spending -- Social care -- NHS funding after the pandemic -- Increasing capacity -- Social care funding after the pandemic -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 The devolved nations -- Introduction -- Devolved health policy -- Divergence -- Brexit and COVID-19 -- Northern Ireland -- Scotland -- Wales -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 NHS at 75: general practice through the lens of access -- The GP contract -- Access as a lens through which to understand primary care -- Access theory: a new model -- Contemporary policy issues using an access lens |
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Introduction -- Remote-first primary care -- Skill mix change in primary care -- Extended access to primary care services -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 NHS hospitals and the bedpan doctrine: the first 75 years -- Introduction -- What doctrine implies -- Central control -- Responsibilisation -- Policies and events that have triggered the bedpan doctrine -- Consequences for NHS hospitals -- Central control -- Responsibilised management -- Workload -- Workforce -- Hospital infrastructure -- Private income -- Efficiency and performance |
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Evaluating the bedpan doctrine and its consequences -- References -- 7 Quality and the NHS: fair-weather friends or a longstanding relationship? -- Introduction -- Quality: its definition and operationalisation in the NHS -- A brief history of quality in the NHS -- Making sense of quality in the NHS -- Quality ingredients without a recipe? -- Quality as craft or science? -- The (problematic) borrowing of quality improvement methods -- Quality and control -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Improving health and tackling health inequalities: what role for the NHS? -- Introduction |
| Summary |
In its 75th anniversary year, this book examines the history, evolution and future of the NHS. With contributions from leading researchers and experts across a range of fields, it provides a long-term critical review of the NHS and key themes in health policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. National Health Service -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. National Health Service fast |
| Subject |
Medical policy -- Great Britain -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.
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Medical policy
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Exworthy, Mark, editor
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Mannion, Russell, editor
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Powell, Martin, editor
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Project Muse. distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781447368625 |
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1447368622 |
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