Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: What Difference Do Governments Make?
- 1 Thirteen Wasted Years (1951–1964)?
- 2 External Shocks
- 3 The Economy
- 4 Foreign and Defence Policy
- 5 Health
- 6 Education
- 7 Environment
- 8 Parting the Unions
- 9 Society and Health Inequalities
- 10 Science
- 11 Culture
- 12 Government, Parliament and the Constitution
- 13 The Conservative Party
- 14 The Realigning Party System
- 15 Elections and Voting
- Conclusion: Fourteen Wasted Years? The Verdict
- Acknowledgements
- Index
5 - Health
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: What Difference Do Governments Make?
- 1 Thirteen Wasted Years (1951–1964)?
- 2 External Shocks
- 3 The Economy
- 4 Foreign and Defence Policy
- 5 Health
- 6 Education
- 7 Environment
- 8 Parting the Unions
- 9 Society and Health Inequalities
- 10 Science
- 11 Culture
- 12 Government, Parliament and the Constitution
- 13 The Conservative Party
- 14 The Realigning Party System
- 15 Elections and Voting
- Conclusion: Fourteen Wasted Years? The Verdict
- Acknowledgements
- Index
Summary
The NHS, the great survivor of the post-war consensus, faced a period of considerable uncertainty. This chapter will examine if, and how, the Conservatives have changed the NHS in the face of economic pressures, technological advances, demographic change, changing expectations and the pandemic. Any analysis of the health policy of a government is incomplete without examining the wider state of social care and its relation to healthcare policy.
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- The Conservative Effect, 2010–202414 Wasted Years?, pp. 131 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024