...This chapter first considers the programme theory of the effects of the 1990s internal market reorganisation, before taking the story on to the change in government in 1997 and New Labour’s various attempts to reorganise healthcare in the 2000s. It explores the emergence of new approaches...

...The National Health Service (NHS) is undergoing a period of significant reform, with the reintroduction of the internal market, a focus on patient choice and the controversial introduction of ‘foundation hospitals’ — all central to New Labour's strategy for changing healthcare in the UK. This book...

... Foundation Trusts funding and expenditure general practitioners GPs hierarchies internal markets ‘managed competition’ Management Executive Clarke Kenneth Department of Health DoH Department of Health and Social Security DHSS Ministry of Health NHS Review 1988 autonomy Blair Tony Labour Party...

... choice. The chapter also makes a comparison of the internal market of the 1990s with the mixed economy of care of the 2000s and looks at lessons from public and patient involvement programmes in the 2000s. central control community health councils Department of Health DH hospitals local dynamic...

... considering the Conservative internal market of the 1990s and New Labour’s healthcare reorganizations, including its attempts at performance management and the reintroduction of market-based reform from 2004 to 2010. It then considers the implications of this research for current debates about healthcare...

...This chapter examines the health policy in Great Britain under former Prime Minister Tony Blair's government from 1997 to 2007. It suggests that the Labour Party's approach to the NHS was conciliatory and cautious. Labour abolished general practitioner (GP) fundholding, retained the internal market...

... of Europeanisation, comparing national strategies with the European social model. They examine recent reforms and responses to EU initiatives, including the Lisbon strategy and the open method of coordination, the extension of the internal market to services, the Economic and Monetary Union, and EU enlargement...