Hopes and fears for the Future of Health

It is essentially a story about the future drawing on a series of futures exercises conducted with the Hospital Management Associations of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, a European Conference in Switzerland and futures meetings in Portugal Germany and the Netherlands conducted by the author. In all more than 250 health managers and professionals from across Europe have participated in these exercises and helped to develop the scenario. It also draws on the research based examination of evidence of trends and the future direction of health and care in the UK, contained in the Nuffield Trust’s recent “Policy Futures for UK Health”, edited by Dr Charlotte Sausman with Professor Sandra Dawson and Pam Garside .