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This book is for everyone who is concerned about the successful future of a very special institution - the National Health Service (NHS).
List of contents
Preface. The History of the NHS: A Chronology of UK Health, Social Care and Equity Policies, Statutory Legislation, and Regulatory Requirements – 1940–2024, PART ONE: Health Care for All? 1. Our Unequal Health, What Now, and Where Next? 2. Fairness in the NHS: Some Ethical Pointers, PART TWO: Governance and Leadership, 3. Fairness in Boards and Governance, 4. Fairness in Governance in the NHS, 5. Fairness and Finance in the NHS, 6. Fairness and Organisational Leadership in the NHS, PART THREE: Policy and Skills, 7. Questions of Fairness in Health and Social Care Policy Decisions – A Socratic Approach, 8. Faith, Spirituality, and the Concept of Fairness, PART FOUR: Access, Equity and Fairness of Delivery, 9. Contemporary Specialist Provision: Access, Equity, and Fairness of Delivery in the NHS, 10. Fairness in the NHS: Patient and Employee Perspectives: April 2023, PART FIVE: Conclusion, 11. Fairness in the NHS, Appendix A: Fairness in Health and Social Care Policy Decisions: Socratic Questions – Designed by Tony Culyer
About the author
Mike Thomas is Chair of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Chair of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative Board, and Chair of the mental health and learning disability charity, Making Space.
Gay Haskins is former Dean of Executive Education of London Business School and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and co-author, with Mike Thomas and Lalit Johri of Kindness in Leadership, Routledge, 2018.
Summary
This book is for everyone who is concerned about the successful future of a very special institution – the National Health Service (NHS).
