scholarly journals Views of public health leaders in English local authorities – changing perspectives following the transfer of responsibilities from the National Health Service to local government

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 842-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Peckham ◽  
Erica Gadsby ◽  
Linda Jenkins ◽  
Anna Coleman ◽  
Donna Bramwell ◽  
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Public Health ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Atkins ◽  
M.P. Kelly ◽  
C. Littleford ◽  
G. Leng ◽  
S. Michie

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
David J. Hunter

AbstractAmidst the NHS’s (National Health Service) success lies its major weakness, although one that Klein overlooks in his reflections on the NHS as it approaches 70. The focus on, and investment in, curing ill-health has been at the expense of attending to the public’s overall health and well-being. This preoccupation poses a greater threat to the NHS’s future than privatisation. Despite the weakness having been diagnosed decades ago, redressing the imbalance has proved stubbornly hard to achieve. Rhetoric has not been translated into reality. Yet, we may be on the cusp of a tipping point where in order to ensure a sustainable NHS, and one that is capable of meeting the 21st century challenges facing it, there is a renewed and overdue interest in promoting health and well-being in communities. But for this to succeed, the NHS will need to embrace its bete noire, local government.


1993 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 341-344
Author(s):  
Robin G. McCreadie ◽  
Douglas J. Williamson ◽  
Lesley J. Robertson

A survey of Scottish psychiatric rehabilitation and support services, carried out in 1983 (McCreadie et al, 1985), found that although there were wide between-hospital differences, the National Health Service in Scotland was making considerable efforts to provide services for the long-term mentally ill. However, services provided by local authorities were seriously deficient.


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