PMID: 15242162Jul 10, 2004Paper

Political devolution and the health services in Great Britain

International Journal of Health Services : Planning, Administration, Evaluation
K J Woods

Abstract

This article reviews the effects of political devolution on health care in the countries of Great Britain at the end of the first term of the new political institutions created in 1999. In the light of the powers transferred, an assessment is made of the nature and extent of policy autonomy exercised by the devolved administrations. The author considers the question of whether political devolution is leading to local variations in health care provision that threaten established concepts of equity in a U.K. National Health Service. Policy areas discussed include the personal care of older people, mental health, governance, competition, the role of the private sector, and the health care workforce. Also discussed are the dynamics of intergovernmental relations in the longer term, including the effects of the developing European Union. The article concludes by assessing the extent to which the individual countries within Great Britain are likely to develop health care systems with distinctive identities.

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