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Incentives for reform in the NHS
— an assessment of current incentives in the south-east London health economy | | Author(s) | Jenny Grant |
| Corporate Author | King's Fund |
| Publisher | King's Fund, London, 2005 |
| Pages | 32 pp (King's Fund working paper) |
| Source | King's Fund Publications, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London W1N 6AN. E-mail: publications@kingsfund.org.uk Also available at: http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications |
| Keywords | Health services ; National Health Service ; Planning [admin] ; Social policy ; Social surveys ; London. |
| Annotation | As part of its continuing efforts to reform the National Health Service (NHS), the government has introduced a number of incentives to help the health sector to meet national targets and objectives for improving health care. South-east London was chosen for investigation, as it exemplifies the key issues being experienced across London and throughout the NHS as a whole. The area covers primary care trusts (PCTs) and NHS trusts in the London Boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. The key questions investigated were: how do national policies impact at local level; how far are tensions in the current policy framework perceived to be important by those responsible for implementation; and what solutions are being pursued locally? The research examined four areas: competition and collaboration; managing demand of care; transfer of services from hospitals to primary or community settings; and the role of the district general hospital (DGH). Most of this paper is based on information from interviews with chief executives, chairs and finance directors from each trust in the South East London Strategic Health Authority (SHA). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051006001 B |
| Classmark | L: L4: QA6: TM2: 3F: 82L |
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