English As the National Health Service (NHS) celebrates its 50th birthday, the new Labour
government has proposed a radical shake-up in the way it is organised. The most innovative …

Health policy in the UK is experiencing a curious double movement. On the one hand, in
what was long considered a highly centralized unitary state, the central UK government is …

Decentralisation has returned as a key theme in English health policy in recent years in
policies such as Patient Choice and Foundation Trusts, among many others. The goal of …

The role of local government in health care matters in Britain has never been trouble‐free.
From the dissolution of the Boards of Guardians in 1929, through to the creation of the NHS …

This article examines some important and interesting differences in the designs of the 'New
NHS'in England and Scotland in respect of two common guiding imperatives–localization …

This paper discusses the decentralisation in the English National Health Service (and the
new organisational form of Foundation Trusts, in particular) in the context of the trend for …

Abstract The United Kingdom is ostensibly one country and yet public policy often varies
between its constituent territories–England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Health …

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 …

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

The NHS White Paper (Department of Health, 2010) seems to herald the introduction of a
greater role for local government in running health services in England than at any time …