NHS reform continues to be a topical yet contentious issue in the UK.
Reforming healthcare: What's the evidence? is the first major critical
overview of the research published on healthcare reform in England from
1990 onwards by a team of leading UK health policy academics. It
explores work considering the Conservative internal market of the 1990s
and New Labour's healthcare reorganizations, including its attempts at
performance management and the reintroduction of market-based reform
from 2004 to 2010. It then considers the implications of this research
for current debates about healthcare reorganization in England, and
internationally. As the most up-to-date summary of what research says
works in English healthcare reform, this essential review is aimed at
anyone interested in the wide-ranging debates about health
reorganization, but especially students and academics interested in
social policy, public management and health policy.