1 The NHS at 75: an unfolding story
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Mark Exworthy
Abstract
This introductory chapter outlines the key analytical dimensions which frame this edited collection. The NHS has been analysed in various ways through its 75 years. We do so through four analytical axes and evaluative perspectives. We assess the NHS in terms of four axes: governance (markets, hierarchies and networks), public/private, central/local, and professional/state. The policy ‘success’ of the NHS is also considered through temporal, intrinsic and extrinsic measures.
Abstract
This introductory chapter outlines the key analytical dimensions which frame this edited collection. The NHS has been analysed in various ways through its 75 years. We do so through four analytical axes and evaluative perspectives. We assess the NHS in terms of four axes: governance (markets, hierarchies and networks), public/private, central/local, and professional/state. The policy ‘success’ of the NHS is also considered through temporal, intrinsic and extrinsic measures.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Foreword x
- The NHS at 75: an unfolding story 1
- NHS governance: the centre claims authority 21
- Health and care funding at 75 40
- The devolved nations 71
- NHS at 75: general practice through the lens of access 90
- NHS hospitals and the bedpan doctrine: the first 75 years 112
- Quality and the NHS: fair-weather friends or a longstanding relationship? 136
- Improving health and tackling health inequalities: what role for the NHS? 157
- NHS managers at a crossroads: part of the problem or the solution? 177
- Forgotten, neglected and a poor relation? Reflecting on the 75th anniversary of adult social care 197
- The NHS at 75 in comparative perspective 216
- Our NHS? The changing involvement of patients and the public in England’s health and care system 232
- After 75 years, whither the NHS? Some conclusions 253
- Index 270
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Foreword x
- The NHS at 75: an unfolding story 1
- NHS governance: the centre claims authority 21
- Health and care funding at 75 40
- The devolved nations 71
- NHS at 75: general practice through the lens of access 90
- NHS hospitals and the bedpan doctrine: the first 75 years 112
- Quality and the NHS: fair-weather friends or a longstanding relationship? 136
- Improving health and tackling health inequalities: what role for the NHS? 157
- NHS managers at a crossroads: part of the problem or the solution? 177
- Forgotten, neglected and a poor relation? Reflecting on the 75th anniversary of adult social care 197
- The NHS at 75 in comparative perspective 216
- Our NHS? The changing involvement of patients and the public in England’s health and care system 232
- After 75 years, whither the NHS? Some conclusions 253
- Index 270
