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Markets and networks
— contracting in community health services | | Author(s) | Rob Flynn, Gareth Williams, Susan Pickard |
| Publisher | Open University Press, Buckingham, 1996 |
| Pages | 162 pp |
| Source | Open University Press, Celtic Court, 22 Ballmoor, Buckingham MK18 1XW. |
| Keywords | Home nursing ; Grant allocation ; District nursing ; Health visiting ; Therapeutic services [domiciliary] ; National Health Service. |
| Annotation | This book examines the impact of the National Health Service internal market on community health services, by looking at the commissioning and purchasing of district nursing, health visiting and community-based therapy services. It discusses the process and recent experience of contracting between health authority and GP fundholder purchasers and community health service providers, and the relationship between managers, professionals and client/user groups. The central argument is that community health services are difficult to specify and evaluate, as their organisation and delivery are based on networks requiring interdependence and trust, which do not necessarily fit in with the prevailing marketing ethos in the NHS. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970423216 B |
| Classmark | N4: QCG: N6: N8: N3: L4 |
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