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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Overview Closing the gaps: the 2002 review; Public health and inequalities: the 2004 review; Where the money went: the current reviewChapter 2 Summary of NHS funding and performance since 2002Introduction; Funding: how much was spent?;Input costs: the impact of the new staff contracts; Resources: staff, premises and equipment; Outputs: use of NHS services; Productivity: unit costs and quality; Health outcomes and determinants of health; Implications for long-term resource needsChapter 3 The policy frameworkPolicy development: moving away from central direction; Organisational change: a costly process; Service redesign to improve performance; Support programmes: from workforce to research; How effective is the policy process?Chapter 4 RecommendationsChapter 5 Funding: what was spentFunding recommendations of the 2002 review; Actual health care spending since 2002; Health care spending beyond 2008/9Chapter 6 Input costs: why they rosePay and the new contractsChapter 7 Resources: investment in staff, buildings and equipmentChanges in staffing levels; Taking a long-term view on workforce capacity building; New hospitals and premises; Information and communication technology; New scannersChapter 8 Outputs: the services deliveredHospital services; Mental health; Primary care: general practice and prescribing; Other services: NHS Direct, walk-in centres and ambulance servicesChapter 9 Outcomes and determinants of healthHealth determinants: smoking, obesity, exercise and diet; Process outcomes: safety, choice, access and satisfaction; Health outcomes: life expectancy, mortality and cancer survivalChapter 10 Productivity: efficiency and qualityThe 2002 review's productivity assumptions; How has NHS productivity changed since 2002?; Unit costs of NHS services; Quality: changes in health outcomesAppendix 1 Key drivers of overall spending paths in the 2002 review scenariosAppendix 2 2002 review recommendationsAppendix 3 Achieving full engagement: securing good health for the whole populationReferencesIndex

About the Author :
Derek Wanless has prepared two significant reports for the government on the NHS,Our Future Health: Taking a Long-Term View (2002), and Securing Good Health for the Whole Population (2004). Also, in March 2006 his report on social care - SecuringGood Care for Older People: Taking a long-term view - was published by the King's Fund. He graduated in mathematics from King's College, Cambridge, and then qualified as a member of the Institute of Statisticians and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers,of which he was President in 1999. He is a banker, having joined NatWest Group in 1970, and progressing to become its Group Chief Executive from 1992 until 1999. He is currently a Director of Northern Rock plc, Chairman of Northumbrian Water Group, Vice Chairman of the Statistics Commission, and a Member of the Board for Actuarial Standards.John Appleby is Chief Economist at the King's Fund. John has researched and published widely on many aspects of health service funding, rationing, resource allocation and performance. He previously worked as an economist with the NHS in Birmingham andLondon, and at the universities of Birmingham and East Anglia as senior lecturer in health economics. He is a visiting professor at the Department of Economics at City University.John's current work includes research into the impact of patient choice and Payment by Results. He is also acting as an adviser to the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel in respect of the implementation of his recommendations following a review ofhealth and social care services in Northern Ireland.Anthony Harrison is a Senior Associate of the King's Fund. He has published extensively on the future of hospital care in the United Kingdom, the Private Finance Initiative, waiting list policies and publicly funded research and development.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781857175622
  • Publisher: King's Fund
  • Publisher Imprint: King's Fund
  • Height: 297 mm
  • Sub Title: A Review of NHS Funding and Performance
  • ISBN-10: 185717562X
  • Publisher Date: 12 Sep 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Width: 210 mm


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