Public opinion and the National Health Service.

British public opinion on National Health Service reform.

Rhetoric and Reality in the English National Health Service; Comment on “Who Killed the English National Health Service?”

Despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the National Health Service (NHS) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. But if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.

National Service Frameworks: promoting the public health.

In 1998 the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health argued that the new millennium requires a journal of the times bringing together the strands of public health—the science and art, policy and practice. At around the same time the Department of Health for England announced the National Service Framework (NSF) programme, a programme to transform the way services are delivered for patients ...

Public opinion on systems for feeding back views to the National Health Service.

OBJECTIVES To explore public opinions about different systems for feeding back views about health services to the National Health Service. DESIGN Questionnaire survey. SETTING NHS Grampian, Scotland, UK. PARTICIPANTS A random sample of 10 000 adults registered with a general practitioner in Grampian was invited to opt in to the study; 2449 were sent questionnaires. OUTCOME MEASURES Opin...

Who Killed the English National Health Service?

The death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been pronounced many times over the years, but the time and cause of death and the murder weapon remains to be fully established. This article reviews some of these claims, and asks for clearer criteria and evidence to be presented.