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Understanding Health Policy
Rob Baggott
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Description for Understanding Health Policy
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In recent years the pace of reform in health policy and the NHS has been relentless. But how are policies formed and implemented? This exciting new book takes a fresh look at the processes and institutions that make health policy. Based on original research, including a series of in-depth interviews with health policy actors, the book: examines the role of various institutions in the formation and implementation of health policy, including central government departments and agencies, Parliament, political parties, pressure groups, the media, the NHS, and local government bodies; considers the impact of devolution on health policy and the role ... Read more
In recent years the pace of reform in health policy and the NHS has been relentless. But how are policies formed and implemented? This exciting new book takes a fresh look at the processes and institutions that make health policy. Based on original research, including a series of in-depth interviews with health policy actors, the book: examines the role of various institutions in the formation and implementation of health policy, including central government departments and agencies, Parliament, political parties, pressure groups, the media, the NHS, and local government bodies; considers the impact of devolution on health policy and the role ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861346308
SKU
V9781861346308
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Rob Baggott
Rob Baggott is Professor of Public Policy at De Montfort University, Leicester and Director of the Health Policy Research Unit.
Reviews for Understanding Health Policy
"This book by a leading commentator on health policy breaks new ground in understanding how health policy is made and implemented." Martin Powell, Professor of Health and Social Policy, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham