The new NHS : a guide /
Talbot-Smith, Alison,1968-
Pollock, Allyson.
Leys, Colin.
McNally, Nick.
London : Routledge,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-193) and index.
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.
Great Britain. National Health Service.
National health services