This paper outlines the way in which professional self regulation of quality of healthcare was
integral to the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, and to the way the …

The Health Systems in Transition (‎ HiT)‎ country profiles provide an analytical description of
each health system and of reform initiatives in progress or under development. They aim to …

This book contrasts the proposals of the Royal Commission of the late 1970s with the very
different set of priorities enshrined in the 1989 White Paper and describes how the changes …

Objectives This paper examines the contested organizational legitimacy of hospital
reconfiguration, which continues to be a central issue in health care management. Methods …

Two terms in the title of this chapter require an introductory comment. The first concerns the
reference to the British health care system. Under conditions of devolved government, the …

Brian Harvey is an independent social research consultant, based in Dublin, specialising in
issues of social policy, poverty, equality, community development and European integration …

Little work has been done to consider the roles of different forms of knowledge and civil
society actors in health policy development. Research on the role of knowledge in policy …

This paper takes an overview of the organizational and managerial literature on recent large-
scale change efforts within health care organizations. Such literature refers to issues of …

New models of care are being pursued throughout England to balance increasing demand
for improved health and social care services against reducing public expenditure. A …