Our review of literature reveals there has not been extensive, systematic research into
intermediate tiers of the health service in England over the last seven decades. During this …

The article considers the role of public involvement in the British National Health Service in
the context of the wider shift from government to governance. Based on a comparative case …

Health governance internationally has become more complex, with both hierarchical and
network modes of governance explicitly represented within single public systems. Objective …

The health care systems of the Nordic countries share basic features with the National
Health Service (NHS) models in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and southern Europe …

This paper considers recent health care reform in New Zealand in the context of the
continuing evolution of the 'neoliberal project'. It advocates the adoption of a Foucauldian …

This article examines the policy process in Wales prior to the introduction of a National
Assembly for Wales and uses this as a framework for assessing the potential impact of …

In the Nordic countries, health care is an integral part of what is often termed the
Scandinavian (or Nordic) model of the welfare state (Esping-Andersen 1990). Thus, health …

A paradox of the 1991 British NHS reforms is that increased central control over policy and
strategy goes hand in hand with greater operational de‐centralisation. Some commentators …

In this paper, we examine how space is integral to the practices and politics of restructuring
health and care systems and services and specifically how ideas of assemblage can help …

Much of the work on contemporary governance points either to a strong central government
that continues to operate hierarchically or else to a relatively weak centre which relies on …