Health policy in the UK is experiencing a curious double movement. On the one hand, in what was long considered a highly centralized unitary state, the central UK government is showing steadily less interest in the health policies and outcomes of devolved Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. ...
Since the Health in All Policies approach was introduced, related ideas and practices such as “joined-up government” or “whole of government” approaches [9,10], “collaborative governance” [11], “networked governance” [12], “policy integration” [13], and horizontal and vertical coordina...
Scott Greer explores how political variation in the UK has led to differences between the health systems of its four nations since devolution Devolution and spending will probably be the two main health legacies of Tony Blair's Labour government. Spending, because the historically low cost NHS ...
interests, and purposes, and Govt. is the main actor of the society that is responsible to develop the education system and policies to convert their unskilled labor into human capital (Jongbloed
UK health policies should be redesigned to become more accessible for men, according to a new report by the Work Foundation. Terms such as 'mental health' risk alienating men, so services should be marketed differently and as part of targeted, gendered campaigns to reach men at greatest risk ...
Because of misguided government policies, health care in America is expensive and inefficient. But it’s always possible to have a system that is even worse. I have often cited the United Kingdom, which has genuine socialism (government employs the doctors and runs the hospitals). However, as...
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