The reforms in the English NHS have attracted considerable international interest. This page contains a selection of links and references related to theory underpinning them and the ways successive UK governments have implemented them.

The references below have been selected from a huge literature for their interest and accessibility on the internet. We hope this page will be a useful introduction to the many and complex problems associated with improving health sector productibvity and health service quality.

We intend to update this page on a regular basis.  Please let the OPI Webmaster have your comments and suggestions for additional links and references that would be useful to researchers and health service managers.

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The `New Public Management'

Theory

Organisational reforms

Financial reforms

Policy & planning papers

Department of Health policy documents

Comments on the new GP contract

Comments on the new consultants’ contract

Measuring health sector performance

Measurement methodologies

Productivity analysis software

Incentive studies

Manager and provider incentives

Playing the targets game

Consumer incentives

Satisfaction studies

Provider satisfaction studies

Consumer satisfaction studies