The Executive Years of the NHS : The England Account 1985-2003

A guide to clinical effectiveness and governance, this second edition includes clinical governance issues. It aims to increase awareness of, and skills in, an evidence-based approach to health care, and there is advice on collecting, evaluating, interpreting and applying evidence. This authoritative review provides a 'big picture' look at the progression of the NHS executive boards in their various guises. It questions how government should manage public services and health, and whether the constitutional principle of parliamentary accountability will always demand that a Minister be ultimately in charge. With a useful timeline to chart important developments, this practical and easy to follow reference is invaluable reading for senior healthcare managers, academics and researchers interested in the NHS, and policy makers and shapers Content: Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword About the authors The Nuffield Trust Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Office holders during the period 1970-2003 Introduction Chapter 1 Timeline Roots of the Griffiths Inquiry Chapter 2 Timeline Victor Paige, 1985-86 Chapter 3 Timeline Len Peach, 1986-89 Chapter 4 Timeline Duncan Nichol, 1989-94 Chapter 5 Timeline Alan Langlands, 1994-2000 Chapter 6 Nigel Crisp, 2000- Chapter 7 Reflections References Index This book provides a 'big picture' look at the progression of the NHS executive boards in their various guises. It questions how government should manage public services and health, and whether the constitutional principle of parliamentary accountability will always demand that a minister be ultimately in charge