Nigel Crisp

24 Hours to Save the Nhs

The Chief Executive's Account of Reform 2000 to 2006

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Produktbeschreibung

The inside story of the NHS from 2000 to 2006, written by its Chief Executive at the time. It charts the reforms brought in by the Blair administration, and considers the legacy of change and impact on the future of the organisation.

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'24 hours to save the NHS' is the inside story written by the man with unprecedented authority as both Chief Executive of the NHS and Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health. It describes the successes and failures as well as the pressures and the difficulties of making improvements in the fourth biggest organization in the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 234mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780199639953
• ISBN-10: 0199639957
• Artikelnr.: 34439558

Autorenporträt

Nigel Crisp's earlier book 'Turning the world upside down - the search for global health in the 21st Century' takes further the ideas about mutual learning between rich and poor countries that he developed in his 2007 report for the Prime Minister Global Health Partnerships. Nigel Crisp is an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords where he speaks mainly on global health and international development. He is a member of a number of international organisations and global task forces. He was Chief Executive of the English NHS - the largest health organisation in the world with 1.3 million employees - and Permanent Secretary of the UK Department of Health and led major reforms and improvements in the whole system between 2000 and 2006. Previously he had been Chief Executive of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust, one of the UK's leading academic medical centres. For further information see nigelcrisp.com

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: 24 hours to save the NHS
2: The national and global context
3: The NHS Plan - overview of the story
4: Service improvement and delivery
5: System reform
6: The NHS workforce
7: Knowledge, science and technology
8: Finance and productivity
9: Leadership
10: Patients, health and society
11: Conclusions and key points
12: The future of the NHS in England
13: Reforming and strengthening health systems around the world
14: The global challenge
Appendix 1. Glossary of terms
Appendix 2. NHS structure
Appendix 3. Time line
Appendix 4. "Must do " targets in the NHS Plan
Index