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

by Calum Paton

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137473428
• ISBN13: 9781137473424
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.7"