Written for those involved in care services, this book aims to improve understanding of communication and relationships in health and social care settings, enabling critical reflection on practice and experience.

Proposes possible organisational changes for the NHS to reduce the impact of fragmentation brought about by Conservative policies since 1979.

Along with full evaluation of the NHS reforms, this title presents important research results on the consequence of NHS reform.

Liberating the NHS : Legislative Framework and Next Steps: Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by Command of Her Majesty, December 2010

The Human Rights Act is now in force. Any NHS body that acts in a way that is incompatible with the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights may be acting unlawfully. This workbook is a personal perspective based on the authors' experience of health service management and the law. It explains the impact of the Act, raises issues surrounding its implementation, and asks questions about its implications for the future. It has practical exercises to help readers respond to the challenges of the Act, individually or in team sessions. The Human Rights Act and The European Convention on Human Rights are reproduced in full. There is a great deal in the Act that will have subtle implications for how and when health care is provided and for many of the assumptions that are taken for granted.

This title was first published in 2002: Health systems across the globe face similar problems: controlling costs while maintaining or improving health care quality and access. Notwithstanding the unprecedented health system reforms of the past decades, many outstanding problems remain in these areas. Drawing on experts from Europe and America this eclectic collection of leading edge research examines the impact of organizational development on improving quality and efficiency in health care. A series of chapters provide accounts of organizational reconfiguration in the UK and elsewhere. The contributors examine how structural and procedural changes must be matched by the development of human resource services if increases in efficiency and effectiveness are to be achieved. The book will be of interest to health care academics, policy makers, managers and practitioners who are interested in keeping abreast of the latest developments in health care research.

First Published in 2018. CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Additional written evidence is contained in Volume 3, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/healthcom

Reprinted June 1998. On cover: NHS Executive