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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800064203321

Autore

Storey John <1947-, >

Titolo

Governing the new NHS : issues and tensions in health service management / / John Storey, John Bullivant and Andrew Corbett-Nolan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-90586-3

1-136-90587-1

9786613832511

1-283-52006-0

0-203-84246-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BullivantJohn R. N

Corbett-NolanAndrew

Disciplina

362.1068

Soggetti

National health services - Great Britain - Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Governing the New NHS: Issues and tensions in health service management; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; A note on terminology; Foreword; Preface; 1 The architecture of NHS governance: Issues and tensions; 2 The role of regulators in the governance process; 3 The governance of networks; 4 Governing the commissioning organisations; 5 Governing the provider organisations; 6 Governance between organisations; 7 Board development for better governance; 8 Conclusions and the way ahead; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The new NHS is a very different organisation to the one set up 60 years ago. Two decades of reforms have introduced a market element, unprecedented transparency, patient choice, new incentives, devolved accountabilities and a host of new regulatory bodies. All these changes have made governance a crucial and contested issue in health care.Governing the New NHS makes sense of the new systems and will enable anyone interested in healthcare governance to navigate their way confidently through the maze. It describes, assesses and critiques the new governance arrangements. It exa