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Government and the NHS : time for a new relationship? / Steve Dewar.
- Title
- Government and the NHS : time for a new relationship? / Steve Dewar.
- Author
- Dewar, Steve.
- Publication
- London : King's Fund, 2003.
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- Additional Authors
- King Edward's Hospital Fund for London.
- Description
- 59 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "Government and the NHS: Time for a New Relationship? probes the conceptual and practical challenges - as well as the potential benefits - of arm's-length governance for the NHS. It reviews past arguments, and considers how a contemporary 'arm's-length' NHS agency, accountable to Parliament, could work with government to improve health care. The paper concludes that this new relationship could help make the NHS more accountable, encourage a more transparent and inclusive approach to setting national health policy, and create greater ownership of targets by NHS staff. It could also liberate government from a narrow focus on health care, to engage with important issues such as the impact of poverty, environment, food, housing and education to health. It will be invaluable reading for policy-makers, academics and general readers interested in the respective roles of government, Parliament and professionals in building modern systems of devolved governance and public service accountability."--From cover.
- Series Statement
- King's Fund discussion paper
- Uniform Title
- Discussion paper (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
- Alternative Title
- Shaping the new NHS
- Subject
- Note
- "October 2003"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [51]-53).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 185717481X
- OCLC
- 55570625
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library