The decommissioning of a health‐care service is invariably a highly complex and
contentious process which faces many implementation challenges. There has been little …

In the context of an austere financial climate, local health care budget holders are
increasingly expected to make and enact decisions to decommission (reduce or stop …

Recent re-structurings of the National Health Service (NHS) in England have illustrated the
British government's commitment to a policy of devolving resources and responsibilities to …

Decentralization provides graphic illustrations of many of the recurrent themes in
contemporary health policy and management as power and control are re-located within …

Although the NHS operates throughout the United Kingdom, it is organised, and services are
planned, differently in each of the four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern …

Change is an enduring facet of health care policy and practice. Service change ranges from
far reaching macro-level political reforms such as the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 in …

Costs will rather increase: Actions and arguments against decommissioning in local health
services in Sweden | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings …

This paper develops a relational analysis (drawing on the insights of historical
institutionalism and economic sociology) of the ongoing process of radical health sector …

Abstract In 1993, New Zealand implemented radical health sector reform, separating
purchaser from provider and creating a competitive market. This paper reports on a 1994 …

Objectives Calls for major reconfigurations of health services have been accompanied by
recommendations that wide ranging stakeholders be involved. In particular, patients and the …