New NHS

<p>Dr Alison Talbot-Smith an experienced doctor and researcher and Professor Allyson M. Pollock one of the UKs leading authorities on the NHS give a lucid and incisive account of the new NHS – which has emerged from a far-reaching programme of market-oriented changes.</p><p>Providing an authoritative and accessible overview of the new NHS the book describes:</p><ul> <li>the structures and functions of the new organizations in each of the devolved countries </li> <li>the funding of NHS services education training and research and resource allocation </li> <li>the regulation of the new NHS systems and workforce </li> <li>the relationships between the NHS the Department of Health local authorities and regulatory bodies and between the NHS and the private sector </li> <li>the future implications of current policies. </li> </ul><p>This is an indispensable resource for those working in healthcare today as clinicians academics researchers and managers. It will also be essential reading for academics students and researchers in related fields as well as the general public.</p>