Part 1 Central government and the NHS: the executive; the central
administration and the health service; the legislature. Part 2 The public
presentation of health policy: the changing structure of health care; public
expenditure and cuts in the health service; privatisation; health policy and
the politics of the 1980s. Part 3 Putting the policy into practice: planning
in the NHS; RAWP (Resource Allocation Working Party); economics and
managerialism; general management. Part 4 Conclusions.
