The New Primary Care
Modern, Dependable, Successful?
Published on 16. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-335-21250-7 (ISBN)
Description
The 'modernization' of the NHS is at the heart of the UK government's policies for public sector services. This modernization programme represents the most radical and ambitious restructuring of the NHS since its inception in 1948. The new Primary Care Groups and Trusts (PCG/Ts) are the main organizational mechanism for delivering the modernization agenda and are therefore key to the success or otherwise of these reforms. To date there has been no comprehensive evaluation of how PCG/Ts have been performing in implementing the modernization programme; this book fills that important gap in knowledge. It provides a strong text of first evidence about the performance of PCG/Ts to date; this forms the basis for discussions about future success and a benchmark for future research.
The New Primary Care will be an essential resource for all advanced students of health care as well as academics, researchers and policy makers.
The New Primary Care will be an essential resource for all advanced students of health care as well as academics, researchers and policy makers.
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Persons
Bernard Dowling is Research Fellow in the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester. Current and past research includes the role of general practice and primary care in the wider development of health care, the organization and governance of primary care institutions, and the use of quasi-markets in service provision and the resulting consequences on equity.
Caroline Glendinning is Professor of Social Policy in the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester. She currently leads a research programme on partnerships between NHS and local authorities. Her previous research has included community care, diability policies, aged and informal care. She is co-editor (with Martin Powell and Kirstein Rummery) of Partnerships, New Labour and the Governance of Welfare (Policy Press, 2002).
Caroline Glendinning is Professor of Social Policy in the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester. She currently leads a research programme on partnerships between NHS and local authorities. Her previous research has included community care, diability policies, aged and informal care. She is co-editor (with Martin Powell and Kirstein Rummery) of Partnerships, New Labour and the Governance of Welfare (Policy Press, 2002).
Content
Introduction
modernization and the reform of primary care
Primary care organizations, the NHS and the public sector modernization
English primary care organizations in an international perspective
Primary care organizations, inequalities and equity
The new funding regimes
risks to the doctor-patient relationship
Organizing and governing primary care organizations
Improving the quality of care through clinical governance
Information for health
Shifting the balance between hospitals and primary care
Improving local health
Primary care organizations, public involvement and democratic accountability
Looking outwards
primary care organizations and local partnerships
Conclusions
References
Index.
modernization and the reform of primary care
Primary care organizations, the NHS and the public sector modernization
English primary care organizations in an international perspective
Primary care organizations, inequalities and equity
The new funding regimes
risks to the doctor-patient relationship
Organizing and governing primary care organizations
Improving the quality of care through clinical governance
Information for health
Shifting the balance between hospitals and primary care
Improving local health
Primary care organizations, public involvement and democratic accountability
Looking outwards
primary care organizations and local partnerships
Conclusions
References
Index.