title: Healthcare regulation in the UK (part one).
abstract: Since New Labour came to power in the United Kingdom in 1997, health care and the National Health Service in particular have never strayed far from the top of the political agenda with the Government promising a more patient-centred health service and greater accountability for both hospitals and individual healthcare practitioners.
authors.affiliation: Medical Protection Society, London.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Panting
mesh_terms: D033161:Government Regulation; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom