Beschreibung:
The new NHS is a very different organisation to the one set up 60 years ago. Two decades of reforms have introduced a market element, unprecedented transparency, patient choice, new incentives, devolved accountabilities and a host of new regulatory bodies. All these changes have made governance a crucial and contested issue in health care.
Selected contents: 1.The Architecture of Governance: Issues and Tensions 2.The Role of Regulators in the Governance Process 3.The Governance of Networks 4.Governing the Commissioning Organisations 5.Governing the Provider Organisations 6.Governance Between Organisations 7.Board Development for Better Governance 8.Conclusions and the Way Ahead