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The government's health reform programme since 2000 has covered many aspects of the organisation of health care and was accompanied by a sizeable increase in spending on healthcare. Many of these reforms have the potential to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of the health care system and ultimately health outcomes. This chapter provides an overview of the organisation and financing of the National Health Service, reviews its performance, assesses the reforms since the start of the decade and provides recommendations for further development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on reforms on health care public expenditure in Great Britain in the 1990s. Basis of regional budgets for hospitals and community care services; Improvements brought about by the advent of the quasi-market; Impact of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme; Key elements of the revamped National Health Service.