Healthcare in the UK

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 legacies present within the NHS itself. It aims to give students an understanding that demonstrates an appreciation of the interactions between health policy, organisation and society.

List of contents

Contents: Theory, history and health policy, and organisation; The creation of the NHS; The 1950s: 'golden age' or the NHS under threat?; The 1960s and the changing balance of professional power; Reforming healthcare in the 1960s and the 1970s; The political economy and changing ideology of healthcare; policy in the 1970s; The internal market reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, Continuous revolution? Health policy under New Labour; Long-range explanations of health policy change; Future directions and conclusion.

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 legacies present within the NHS itself. It aims to give students an understanding that demonstrates an appreciation of the interactions between health policy, organisation and society.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Greener, Ian (School of Applied Social Sciences Greener, Ian (University of Strathclyde Greener
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781861346087
• ISBN: 978-1-86134-608-7
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 468 g
• Series: Policy Press Publications (All; Policy Press Publications (All
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien