Nursing In The New NHS

This book critically explores the fundamental questions about the changes in healthcare policy. It asks such questions as: Will the new approach be better than the internal market? Will the service be truly health-focused and needs-led? Will multi-disciplinary collaborative care ventures really work? Will the users of NHS services have a voice in, and become the central focus of, care? All health professionals need to understand and evaluate the context in which they are practising, and also to be aware of the underlying forces which will shape their practice and the services in which they work into the new millennium. This book is a timely and highly readable guide to the issues which are currently shaping the health service and the challenges posed for professionals working within it.