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National Health Service History

Geoffrey Rivett

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Medical staffnursingshort history1948-1998London's hospsitals

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The decade 1998-2008
HomeThe entry point of this site, and how to contact the author
Introduction

Changes in Britain, the Labour administration, Towards a new pattern of NHS, the NHS and the private sector, patient participation and ethics, medicine and the media, Internet, health service information and computing.   

NHS bodiesSpecial health authorities, Executive Agencies and Non-governmental bodies; these have been changed and amalgamated and this list is derived from the Department of Health web site.
Policy (structure, organisation and finance)
 
Labour's early decisions about NHS structure. "New NHS - Modern, Dependable"  Organizational developments in hospital trusts, health authorities and primary care trusts. A second wave of change under Alan Milburn, the NHS Plan, NHS University, Shifting the Balance and Wanless, Strategic Health Authorities, NHS foundation trusts. financial flows, Payment by Results, practice led commissioning. patient choice, public health/Wanless, NHS Improvement Plan
QualityClinical mishaps and  problems, evidence based medicine, clinical governance, regulation, NICE and CHI /Healthcare Commission
Clinical progressDevelopments in clinical science by specialty including pubic health and infectious disease, and in the drug treatment of disease
Primary careFrom fundholding to primary care groups and trusts, changes in general practice and primary care, personal medical services, NHS Direct, and a new GP contract
HospitalsBed numbers, hospital design and system restructuring, rating hospitals, waiting lists, the NHS Plan, London, workforce development, the Private Finance Initiative (PPP)
Medical education and staffing Medical education and medical schools;  staffing, recruitment problems in hospital and general practice,  consultant contracts and private practice
NursingNurse education and staffing, nursing practice and nursing management

Short NHS history 

Concise account of 50 years of the NHS
Guide to the NHSA brief description of the NHS in its current form in England

Chapters from "From Cradle to Grave, 50 years of the NHS"

inheritance of the NHS

From Cradle to Grave - Introductory chapter on the inheritance of the NHS

1948-1957

From Cradle to Grave chapter 1, 1948-1957

1958-1967

From Cradle to Grave chapter 2, 1958-1967

1968-1977

From Cradle to Grave chapter 3, 1968-1977

1978-1987

From Cradle to Grave chapter 4, 1978-1987

1988-1997

From Cradle to Grave chapter 5, 1988-1997

London's hospital system

The text of Geoffrey Rivett's first book, The Development of the London Hospital System, 1823-1982

A new chapter on 1982-2007 in draft form