The NHS handbook 2012/13: The essential guide to the new NHS (The NHS Handbook: The Essential Guide to the New NHS) - Softcover

Peter Davies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859471943 ISBN 13: 9781859471944

Publisher: The NHS Confederation, 2012

Synopsis

This edition is now out of print. The new 2013/14 edition of the NHS handbook will be available to order in June 2013............................................. The NHS handbook 2012/13 is the must-have guide to help you navigate and make sense of the changing shape of the NHS. Fully revised and updated, this comprehensive guide is where you will find out all about the new NHS, including: The structure of the NHS / Clinical commissioning groups / The changing provider landscape / The NHS Commissioning Board / Health and wellbeing boards / A comprehensive acronym buster to help conquer all those NHS acronyms

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Review:

A timely and informative must-have. --Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE, Chief Executive of the NHS in England

I joined the Health Service Journal in April 2012 after working as a health correspondent on a regional daily in the West Midlands. As the Health and Social Care Act had just become law it was vital for me to get up to speed on the new NHS landscape and policy universe which had not been previously been my focus. The NHS Handbook was invaluable reading, it answered many questions, and is still a vital tool I often refer back too. Anyone who needs to know about the structure and operation of the NHS needs to own a copy of the handbook. --Shaun Lintern, News Reporter, Health Service Journal and Nursing Times

The NHS Handbook 2012 is a very easy-to-read resource which describes the 'ins and outs' of the NHS as we know it today. I found it useful as a trainee physicians since it gave me an accurate insight into the healthcare system that I am working in. The handbook is organised into 'easy-to-follow' chapters, starting with the new structure of the NHS and ending with the NHS in Europe. I recommend the book to anyone who wants to know more about the NHS. --Rakesh Patel, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Medical Education, University of Leicester

The NHS Handbook 2012 is a very easy-to-read resource which describes the 'ins and outs' of the NHS as we know it today. I found it useful as a trainee physicians since it gave me an accurate insight into the healthcare system that I am working in. The handbook is organised into 'easy-to-follow' chapters, starting with the new structure of the NHS and ending with the NHS in Europe. I recommend the book to anyone who wants to know more about the NHS. --Rakesh Patel, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Medical Education, University of Leicester

About the Author:

Peter Davies is a freelance writer and editor. He has written extensively on health policy and management issues, for which he won a major award from the Medical Journalists Association. He was editor of Health Service Journal from 1993 to 2002, and has contributed a regular column to Guardian Unlimited. He is married with two children and lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: The NHS Confederation
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1859471943
• ISBN 13: 9781859471944
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268