Index

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vii
4. Notes on contributors viii
5. Foreword x
6. The NHS at 75: an unfolding story 1
7. NHS governance: the centre claims authority 21
8. Health and care funding at 75 40
9. The devolved nations 71
10. NHS at 75: general practice through the lens of access 90
11. NHS hospitals and the bedpan doctrine: the first 75 years 112
12. Quality and the NHS: fair-weather friends or a longstanding relationship? 136
13. Improving health and tackling health inequalities: what role for the NHS? 157
14. NHS managers at a crossroads: part of the problem or the solution? 177
15. Forgotten, neglected and a poor relation? Reflecting on the 75th anniversary of adult social care 197
16. The NHS at 75 in comparative perspective 216
17. Our NHS? The changing involvement of patients and the public in England’s health and care system 232
18. After 75 years, whither the NHS? Some conclusions 253
19. Index 270