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Table of Contents:
Contents Forewords 6 The NHS Confederation 8 Introduction: 9 New decade, new government, new policies: 12 The structure of the NHS in England Parliament 16 The Department of Health 18 Arm's-length bodies 22 Special health authorities 22 Strategic health authorities 23 Primary care trusts 23 NHS trusts 26 Foundation trusts 27 Care trusts 29 Children's trusts 29 Independent providers 30 Working in partnership 34 Commissioning The basics 38 World-class commissioning 40 Commissioning and competition 42 PCTs and commissioning 44 Practice-based commissioning 48 Joint commissioning 50 Public health 54 Providing services Primary care 70 Community health services 80 Integrated care 84 Secondary care 91 Urgent and emergency care 96 Maternity services 104 Mental health 104 Care for special groups 113 Policy and strategy: creating a 'vision' for the NHS Envisaging the future 120 The planning framework 121 NHS priorities 2008-11 124 Quality and safety Ensuring quality 132 Ensuring patient safety 145 Accountability and regulation The role of boards 154 Engaging patients and the public 161 Complaints 166 Regulation and inspection 170 Professional regulation 176 Financing the NHS Sources of funding 186 Resource allocation 189 Capital 193 NHS spending 197 Buying goods and services 205 Staffing and human resources Workforce planning 208 Productivity 213 Pay and pensions 213 The NHS as an employer 217 Evidence, research and development Government, strategy and infrastructure 222 Funding R&D 228 Research organisations 229 Information technology National Programme for IT 234 IT infrastructure 238 Collecting and using data 243 The NHS in Scotland The structure of NHSScotland 248 Strategy and policy 257 Financing NHSScotland 263 Staffing and human resources 266 Information technology in NHSScotland 270 The NHS in Wales The structure of NHS Wales 274 Strategy and policy 281 Financing NHS Wales 284 Staffing and human resources 285 Information technology in NHS Wales 287 The NHS in Northern Ireland The structure of the NHS in Northern Ireland 290 Strategy and policy 295 Financing HSC in Northern Ireland 297 Staffing and human resources 299 Information technology in HSC 300 The NHS in Europe EU health policy 305 Key work priorities for 2010 306 Acronym buster 309 Index 320 Acknowledgements 328

About the Author :
Peter Davies is a freelance writer and editor. He has written extensively on health policy and management issues for which he won a major award from the Medical Journalists Association. He was editor of Health Service Journal from 1993 to 2002, and has contributed a regular column to Guardian Unlimited. He is married with two children and lives in London.

Review :
"A key and thorough guide to today's NHS" - Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE Chief Executive of the NHS in England


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781859471791
  • Publisher: NHS Confederation
  • Publisher Imprint: NHS Confederation
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • ISBN-10: 185947179X
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 208 mm
  • Width: 144 mm


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