Edited by Neil Churchill
Published 2010 Price £9.99
Healthcare is a top policy priority for the new government and the opposition. However, despite promises to protect the health budget, the pressures of growing demand, rising costs and minimal investment mean that radical reform is no longer a choice but now a necessity. These essays explore innovations and new approaches that can help meet the productivity and cost challenge in a fairer way. The authors identify some significant opportunities for ensuring that recent progress can be carried forward. Although many of these solutions seem feasible, even in the current climate of fiscal austerity the biggest challenge may well be gaining the support of health professionals, patients and citizens.