National Health Service reform continues to be a contentious issue in the UK. Reforming Healthcare offers the first major critical overview of health care reform research in England. Analyzing research from 1990 on, a team of leading UK health-policy academics consider the implications of this research for current debates about health care reorganization both in England and internationally. As the most up-to-date summary of what research reveals as successful in English health care reform, this essential review is aimed at anyone interested in the wide-ranging debates about health...

National Health Service reform continues to be a contentious issue in the UK. Reforming Healthcare offers the first major critical overview of health care reform research in England. Analyzing research from 1990 on, a team of leading UK health-policy academics consider the implications of this research for current debates about health care reorganization both in England and internationally. As the most up-to-date summary of what research reveals as successful in English health care reform, this essential review is aimed at anyone interested in the wide-ranging debates about health...

Global health has seen an influx of investment and interest over the last two decades, fueling significant gains in areas such as infectious disease and maternal and child health. As new threats continue to emerge -- pandemics, health impacts of climate change, the growing burdens of an aging population -- it's clear that global health will require fresh thinking and continued investment in order to build on its early successes.

Readings in Global Health is a collection of authoritative review articles on topics in global health excerpted from the New England Journal of...

The United Kingdom s reforms of the National Health Service and public health system now require a strong focus on partnerships, a move that has largely been met with praise. But a growing body of evidence shows that such partnerships are in fact very difficult to achieve and make effective. This book draws on a detailed study of recent public health partnerships in Englandmost of which have been made under the new Health and Wellbeing Boardsto assess their effectiveness. Ultimately, the authors argue that the current forms of partnership must be drastically rethought if they are going to...

Health care systems across the world are in a state of permanent revolution as they struggle to cope with multiple pressures arising from changing demography, the rise of noncommunicable disease, the growing demand for health services, and limited resources in a time of austerity. Focusing on reforms of the British National Health Service, this book offers a fresh look at how it is coping with such pressures. By exploring the complexity and interconnectedness of health policy and health services concerns, David J. Hunter offers a critical perspective on such issues as integrated care and the...