Power and Influence in the NHS: Oceans Without Continents

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Content: Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword Preface Abbreviations 1 Introduction: manifesto From planning to political processes of development Translation of contemporary NHS into wider UK health care environment 2 The Balance of Power Devolution and difference -- impact of general practice fundholding Scale of NHS internal change Achieving a new balance of power 3 Revolution Impact of choice Implications for public accountability of NHS structural change Subsidiarity and development 4 The Dark Ages Decline in NHS standards of behaviour and morale. A new paradigm of public accountabilityThe spiritual dimension 5 Counter Revolution European influences Consumerist influences Demand pressures 6 Renaissance Leadership by participant observers in the NHS Modern UK health care leaders and their methods 7 Reformation and Enlightenment The subjective reality of the modern NHS Creating a new orthodoxy for the NHS Future hopes Index.