2nd Edition

Health Policy in Britain The Politics and Organization of the National Health Service

By Christopher Ham Copyright 1992
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Covers Britain's National Health Service: its policy and structure. 'Christopher Ham's book provides an historical and theoretical introduction to the making, implementation and evaluation of health policy in Britain. It has been completely revised throughout for this third edition with new chapters added on the current health service reforms and key issues for the future of health policy setting... Read more
Lists of Figures and Tables, Acknowledgements, Preface to the Fourth Edition, Abbreviations, Introduction, 1. The Development of Health Services and Health Policy, 2. Health Policy under Thatcher and Major, 3. New Labour and the NHS, 4. Contemporary Issues in Health Policy, 5. The Policy-making Process in Central Government, 6. Making and Changing Health Policy, 7. Implementing Health Policy, 8. Monitoring and Evaluating Health Policy, 9. Power in Health Services, Guide to Further Reading, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Christopher Ham, School for Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol.