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Transforming the NHS: what chance for the new government?
Author(s) -
Dixon Jennifer
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00317
Subject(s) - centralisation , modernization theory , government (linguistics) , investment (military) , public administration , business , economics , finance , market economy , political science , economic growth , law , linguistics , philosophy , politics
This paper reviews Labour's record on the NHS since the 1997 general election. The record shows increased financial investment especially since 2002, coupled with a marked centralisation of strategy and management which is proving counter‐productive to further modernisation.