Management and Competition in the NHS

This second edition reviews recent reforms and the likely impact of future developments in management and competition in the NHS. In particular, it reflects the growing importance of primary care and the continuing debates about health care rationing. It concentrates on the realities and how they can be interpreted to help strategists, managers, clinicians, students and those supplying the NHS understand the mechanism of efficient health care delivery.

1. The Background to the NHS Reforms 2. Implementing the NHS Reforms 3. The Impact of the NHS Reforms 4. The Future of the Reforms