Health Policy in Britain

ISBN-13: 9780230507579 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 336 str.

Christopher Ham

Opis

Systematically updated throughout, the 6th edition of this leading text takes the story of health policy to the end of the Blair era and into the early years of the Brown premiership. It offers a clear and thorough introduction to the history of the NHS, its funding and priorities, and to the process of policy making.

Spis treści

The Development of Health Services and Health Policy.- Health Policy under Thatcher and Major.- Health Policy under Blair and Brown.- Financing Health Services and the Rediscovery of Public Health.- Policy and Priorities in the NHS.- Policy-making in Westminster and Whitehall.- Policy-making in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.- Policy-making in the Department of Health.- Implementing Health Policy.- Auditing and Evaluating Health Policy and the NHS.- Power in Health Services.- Looking Back and Looking Ahead.- Conclusion.

O autorze

CHRISTOPHER HAM is Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was Director of the Strategy Unit in the Department of Health between 2000 and 2004 and was awarded a CBE in 2004.