title: Charting the developments in the NHS.
abstract: In this paper, key changes taking in the development of the UK health sector from the 1940s to the mid-1990s are briefly sketched. The changes originating from a variety of socio-economic and political circumstances have largely been responsible for the current shape and position of the NHS. In a forthcoming paper, we will review the status of the NHS under the new Labour Government and examine implications of new changes for the future of the NHS.
authors.affiliation: University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cadenhead
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003284:Contract Services; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics; D005380:Financing, Government; D006075:Governing Board; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011057:Politics; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom