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This was the first time the NHS had been reorganised in the UK since it was established in 1948. [1] The next major reorganisations would be the Health Services Act 1980 and the Health Authorities Act 1995 which repealed the 1973 Act. It created a two-tier system of area health authorities (AHAs) which answered to regional health authorities ...
In August 2000, the Labour government announced the NHS Plan 2000, then known as the "NHS Plan", which was described as the "biggest shake up of the NHS since it was established in 1948". [2] The plan was described in an opinion piece for the British Medical Journal as "As good as it gets—make the most of it" [3]
Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled the full details of Labour’s plan to reform the NHS and reduce waiting times from 18 months to 18 weeks. The prime minister claimed the reforms were about providing ...
Although strikes in the NHS remained rare, changes in everyday industrial relations were more profound. The NHS saw a significant expansion in the number of workplace representatives in this period, sometimes forcing managers to consider the views of sections of the workforce, like the ancillary staff, who they had long ignored. This sometimes ...
General Practice under the National Health Service 1948–1997 (1998) online Archived 23 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Rintala, Marvin. Creating the National Health Service: Aneurin Bevan and the Medical Lords (2003) online Archived 18 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Rivett G. C. From Cradle to Grave: The First 50 (65) Years of the NHS ...
The NHS Long Term Plan, also known as the NHS 10-Year Plan is a document published by NHS England on 7 January 2019, which sets out its priorities for healthcare over the next 10 years and shows how the NHS funding settlement will be used. It was published by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens and Prime Minister Theresa May. [1]
As a corollary to these initiatives, the NHS was required to take on pro-active socially "directive" policies, for example, in respect of smoking and obesity. The NHS encountered significant problems with the information technology (IT) innovations accompanying the Blair reforms.
However, within two months a white paper outlined what the Daily Telegraph called the "biggest revolution in the NHS since its foundation". [7] The white paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, [10] was followed in December 2010 by an implementation plan in the form of Liberating the NHS: legislative framework and next steps. [11]