The Politics of Health Policy Reform in the UK: England’s Permanent Revolution

Paton, Calum

This book explains  the politics of thirty years of ‘market reform’ in the English NHS, with the rest of the UK a counter-factual. Paton shows how each subsequent reform has been shaped by the confusion left by the previous reform. The long-term ideology has been anti-statist but policy-making at each stage of ‘reform’ has been driven by short-term politics. The outcome in England has been ever-increasing complexity in the NHS, with significantly increased management costs and no commensurate benefit.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-10-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137473424

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-47343-1

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 212