authors:- Talbot-Smith, Alison.
- Pollock, Allyson.
- Leys, Colin.
- McNally, Nick.
subjects:- National health services -- Great Britain -- Finance.
- National health services -- Great Britain -- Administration.
publishers:ISBN:- 0415328411 (pbk.)
- 9780415328418
notes:- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The original NHS -- The transition to a market -- The emerging market in clinical care -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Organisations with strategic roles -- The Department of Health -- Strategic health authorities -- 'Arm's length bodies' of the Department of Health -- Chapter 3: Organisations commissioning services -- Primary care trusts -- GP-practice level commissioning -- Care trusts -- Children's trusts -- Chapter 4: Organisations providing services -- Primary care -- Secondary care -- Public health -- Chapter 5: Funding and resources -- Funding of the NHS -- The allocation of resources for the NHS in England -- The flow of funds: from commissioners to providers -- Other sources of funding: cross-charges and joint ventures -- Financial duties of NHS bodies -- Audit arrangements -- Banking arrangements -- Chapter 6: Efficiency and standards -- Contracts -- Strategic health authorities and performance management -- Accountability: who is responsible -- Clinical standards and safety -- Performance 'frameworks' and performance ratings -- Professional regulation -- Lifelong learning -- Patient and public involvement -- Complaints and clinical negligence -- Chapter 7: Research and development and research governance, by Nick McNally -- Research and development policy in the 1990s -- Research and development policy since 2000 -- New strategy for clinical research and development -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: The NHS workforce -- Medical staff -- Nursing staff -- Allied health professionals -- Other staff -- Trade unions -- Chapter 9: 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 -- Chapter 10: The future.
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