The new NHS a guide / Alison Talbot-Smith and Allyson M. Pollock ; with Colin Leys and Nick McNally.

Author/creator Talbot-Smith, Alison, 1968-
Other author Pollock, Allyson.
Other author Leys, Colin.
Other author McNally, Nick.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionxiii, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Contents The original NHS -- The transition to a market -- The emerging market in clinical care -- Organisations with strategic roles -- The Department of Health -- Strategic health authorities (SHAs) -- 'Arm's length bodies of the Department of Health -- Organisations commissioning services -- Primary care trusts -- GP-practice-based commissioning -- Care trusts -- Children's trusts -- Organisations providing services -- Primary care -- Secondary care -- Public health -- Funding and resources -- The allocation of resources for the NHS in England -- The flow of funds: from commissioners to providers -- Financial duties of NHS bodies -- Banking arrangements -- Efficiency and standards -- Contracts -- Strategic health authorities and performance management -- National targets -- National standards -- Accountability: who is responsible -- Clinical standards and safety -- Performance 'frameworks' and performance ratings -- Professional regulation -- Lifelong learning -- Patient and public involvement in healthcare -- Complaints and clinical negligence -- Research and development and research governance -- Research and development policy in the 1990s -- Research and development policy since 2000 -- New strategy for clinical research and development -- Conclusion -- The NHS workforce -- Medical staff -- Nursing staff -- Allied health professionals -- Other staff -- Trade unions -- Devolution: the NHS in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- Funding -- Structures -- The NHS in Scotland -- The NHS in Wales -- The NHS in Northern Ireland -- Summary -- The future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [182]-193) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005031143
ISBN0415328411 (pbk.)
ISBN9780415328418 (pbk.)

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