National Health Service: A Political History
by: Charles Webster
National Health Service: A Political History
By Charles Webster
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2002-06-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 019925110X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199251100
Product Description:
The foundation of the National Health Service on 5 July 1948 was a momentous development in the history of the United Kingdom. Webster’s political history is an entirely new and original examination of the NHS from its inception through to its management under the first term of the current Labour government, providing the necessary framewrork for assessing its future as we enter the new millennium.
Synopsis
“This is the history of the NHS from the heroic age of Beveridge and Bevan to the impact of the reformist missions of Thatcher and Blair. From its inception the NHS has rarely been free from political controversy and in recent times it has consistently occupied the front line of UK politics. In this revised and extended edition Charles Webster has included an entirely new and extensive chapter on New Labour reaching to the first year of Tony Blair’s second term of office.” Charles Webster focuses on key issues affecting the NHS today, such as difficulties in overcoming resource limitations and the indifferent results of successive waves of reorganization. He also outlines the course of policy failure that has brought the NHS to the verge of catastrophe.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abbreviations
1Creation and Consolidation12Planning and Reorganization653Continuous Revolution1404New Age of Labour208
Conclusions253AppGeneral Elections, Prime Ministers, and Health Ministers from 1945259
Notes262
Further Reading274
Index277
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