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NHS politics. Winging it.

Steve Dewar1, Cyril Chantler

  • 1Healthcare Policy Programme, King's Fund.

The Health Service Journal
|March 28, 2002
PubMed
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NHS trusts need more autonomy and new organizational structures, like public interest companies or foundation hospitals, to improve responsiveness. Enhanced accountability to regulators, communities, and patients is crucial for exploring this potential.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Services Management
  • Healthcare Policy
  • Organizational Studies

Background:

  • National Health Service (NHS) managers face significant constraints due to excessive regulation and central control.
  • Current NHS management structures limit trust autonomy and increase performance management burdens.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the potential benefits of granting NHS trusts greater autonomy and alternative organizational forms.
  • To investigate how devolved power and increased patient choice can enhance NHS responsiveness.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of current NHS management and proposed organizational reforms.
  • Discussion of new accountability frameworks for autonomous NHS trusts.

Main Results:

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  • Granting trusts more autonomy, with fewer directives and less performance management, could be invigorating.
  • Adopting new organizational forms like public interest companies or foundation hospitals offers a path to greater freedom without reorganisation.
  • New accountabilities to independent regulators, local communities, and patients are essential alongside devolved power.

Conclusions:

  • Devolving power and enhancing patient choice can lead to a more responsive NHS.
  • Exploring the potential of greater trust autonomy and innovative organizational structures requires experimentation and evaluation.