Part One: Before the NHS 1. Before ‘New Liberalism,’ The Long History of the State and Health Care 2. From ‘New Liberalism’ to the ‘Pre-War Near-Consensus’ 3. War, Beveridge and Health Care 4. Political Parties and Pressure Groups Part Two: The NHS, July 1958-May 1979 5. The Search for Efficiency and Planning 6. The Search for Equity 7. The Search for More Community Health Care 8. The Search for Better Organisation 9. The Search for Better Health Part Three: The NHS, 1979 – 2010 10. Money, Managers and Markets (The Conservative Years, 1979-1997) 11. The Labour Governments 1997-2010 Part Four 12. London (1601-2010) A Case Study 13. The Coalition Government 2010-2014 14. The Health and Social Care Bill 2012 15. The Act and After 16. Conclusions
John Carrier is a retired academic who has spent most of his
teaching career at the London School of Economics mainly in the
Department of Social Policy and also, since retirement, in the
Department of Law. He was also Dean of Graduate Studies. He has
long experience as a lay member of NHS Trust Boards, is an Honorary
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and an Honorary Bencher
of Lincoln’s Inn.
Ian Kendall is a retired academic who spent his teaching career at
the University of Portsmouth in the School of Social and Historical
Studies, where he was also Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences for several years.
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