The new NHS
Subtitle: a guide
By: Alison Talbot-Smith and Allyson Pollock ; with Colin Leys and Nick McNally.
Contributors: Pollock, Allyson.; Leys, Colin.; McNally, Nick.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Great Britain. National Health Service; National health services -- Great Britain -- Administration; State Medicine -- organization & administration -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The original NHS; title: The transition to a market; title: The emerging market in clinical care; title: Organisations with strategic roles; title: The Department of Health; title: Strategic health authorities; title: "Arm's length bodies" of the Department of Health; title: Organisations commissioning services; title: Primary care trusts; title: GP-practice level commissioning; title: Care trusts; title: Children's trusts; title: Organisations providing services; title: Primary care; title: Secondary care; title: Public health; title: Funding and resources; title: Funding of the NHS; title: The allocation of resources for the NHS in England; title: The flow of funds: from commissioners to providers; title: Other sources of funding: cross-charges and joint ventures; title: Financial duties of NHS bodies; title: Audit arrangements; title: Banking arrangements; title: Efficiency and standards; title: Contracts; title: Strategic health authorities and performance management; title: Accountability: who is responsible; title: Clinical standards and safety; title: Performance "frameworks" and performance ratings; title: Professional regulation; title: Lifelong learning; title: Patient and public involvement; title: Complaints and clinical negligence; title: Research and development and research governance; title: Research and development policy in the 1990s; title: Research and development policy since 2000; title: New strategy for clinical research and development; title: Conclusion; title: The NHS workforce; title: Medical staff; title: Nursing staff; title: Allied health professionals; title: Other staff; title: Trade unions; title: Devolution: the NHS in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; title: Funding; title: Structures; title: The NHS in Scotland; title: The NHS in Wales; title: The NHS in Northern Ireland; title: The future.