BookFrank Honigsbaum.
Summary: The author uses extensive records to describe the process by which the NHS was created. An historian, with an intimate knowledge of current NHS problems, he provides a valuable resource for all those interested in this area. This book should be of interest to students of history, politics, social policy, public administration. Nielsen 9780415017398 20160527
Contents:
Part One: Prelude to Planning 1. Failure of Reform 2. Ministry Rejects Takeover of Voluntary Hospitals 3. Pressure for Hospital Organization
Part 2: GP Service 4. Salaried Service Under Municipal Control 5. Doctors Reject Municipal Control 6. Ministry Resistance to Compromise 7. Doctors Reject White Paper 8. Retreat to Panel System 9. Bevan's Pragmatic Compromise Part Three: Moran's Consultant Service 10. Moran Organizes Consultants 11. Who Is a Consultant? Who Should Decide? 12. Struggle for Regional Control 13. Bevan's Concessions - More to Consultants or GPs? Part Four: National Hospital Service 14. No Charge for Hospital Care 15. Deadlock in Negotiations 16. Hospitals are Nationalized Part Five: Free and Complete Care for All 17.Financial Constraints 18. Beveridge Pressure 19. NHS Costs 20. Medical Movement Toward Universal Coverage Part Six: Assessment 21. Civil Servants and Doctors: Their Influence Compared Appendix: The Crisis in NHS Negotiations, April 1948, Notes and References, Bibliography, Index. Nielsen 9780415017398 20160527