Overview
- Offers original political analysis of 30 years of NHS policy reforms
- Presents an evidence-based account of the effects of health policy
- Analyses the arguments for and against, content of and consequences of, ‘market reform’ of and in the NHS
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This book explains the politics of thirty years of ‘market reform’ in the English NHS, with the rest of the UK a counter-factual. Paton shows how each subsequent reform has been shaped by the confusion left by the previous reform. The long-term ideology has been anti-statist but policy-making at each stage of ‘reform’ has been driven by short-term politics. The outcome in England has been ever-increasing complexity in the NHS, with significantly increased management costs and no commensurate benefit.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“Prose - fresh and sparkling. Argumentation - punchy. Altogether good for one’s health.” (Stephen Cropper, Professor of Management, formerly Director of Research Institute of Public Policy and formerly Head of School of Public Policy and Professional Practice, Keele University, UK)
“This is recommended reading for anyone interested in the flow of UK and English health policy and seeking to understand the impact of reforms from a macro-political standpoint.” (Professor Stephen Peckham, Director of the Health Policy Unit, University of Kent, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Calum Paton is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at Keele University, UK. His books include seminal analyses of the Thatcher and Blair reforms to the NHS. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Health Planning and Management. He was Chair of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust from 2000 to 2006, and has advised politicians in the UK, governments abroad and agencies such as WHO, World Bank, UNDP, and the EU.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics of Health Policy Reform in the UK
Book Subtitle: England’s Permanent Revolution
Authors: Calum Paton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47343-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-47342-4Published: 17 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-47343-1Published: 21 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 212
Topics: Public Policy, Health Care Management, Public Administration, Corporate Governance