Studies in Social Policy

Professor Sir Chris Ham CBE is a health policy academic who started life as a political scientist. He has been chief executive of the King's Fund since 2010. He was professor of health policy and management at University of Birmingham's health services management centre from 1992 to 2010. He was seconded to the Department of Health where he was Director of the Strategy Unit working with Alan Milburn and John Reid until 2004

Figures and Tables Preface to the First Edition
•Preface to the Second Edition
•Abbreviations
•Acknowledgments
•Introduction

The Development of Health Services and Health Policy •Public Health Services
•Mothers and Young Children
•Health Insurance
•Hospital Services
•The Establishment of the National Health Service
•The Structure of the National Health Service
•The NHS between 1948 and 1974
•The Reorganisation of the NHS
•The Reorganised National Health Service
•The Griffiths Inquiry into NHS Management
•Conclusion

Contemporary Issues in Health Policy •Health Services Financing
•Private Health Care
•Health and Efficiency
•Resource Allocation in the NHS
•Primary Care, Community Health and Prevention
•Hospital Services
•Services for Elderly People
•Mentally Handicapped People
•Mental Illness
•Maternity and Child Health Services
•Planning and Priorities
•Joint Planning
•Conclusion

The Policy-Making Process in Central Government •What is Policy?
•The Policy Process
•British Central Government
•Parliament
•The Prime Minister and Cabinet
•Ministers and Civil Servants
•Relationships between Departments
•Outside Interest
•Pluralism or Corporatism?
•Conclusion

Making and Changing Health Policy • The Policy Community
•The Policy Process
•The Sources of Policy Inputs
•Policy Analysis in the DHSS

Implementing Health Policy •The Administration of the NHS
•The Role of the DHSS
•Professional Influences on Policy Implementation
•Policy-Making in Health Authorities
•Conclusion

The Impact of Health Services •The Availability of Health Services
•Monitoring and Evaluating Services
•Conclusion

Power in Health Services •Marxist Approaches
•Pluralism
•Structuralist Approaches
•Concepts of Health
•Power, Interests and Ideology
•Conclusion and Summary
•Guide to Further Reading References
•Index