NHS law and practice / David Lock and Hannah Gibbs ; with Samantha Broadfoot [and six others].
By: Lock, David [author.]
.Contributor(s): Gibbs, Hannah [author.] | Broadfoot, Samantha [author.] | Legal Action Group [issuing body.].Publisher: London : Legal Action Group, 2018Description: xcvi, 935 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781912273065.Other title: National Health Service law and practice.Subject(s): Great Britain. National Health Service -- Constitution | Great Britain. National Health Service | Medical laws and legislation -- Great Britain | National health services -- Great BritainDDC classification: 344.4041 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 344.4041 LOC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016458 |
Part I: introduction to the NHS -- 1. Introduction to legal structures of the NHS -- 2.The purpose and effect of the NHS Constitution -- Part II: the roles and responsibilities of NHS bodies -- 3. The powers and duties of the secretary of state -- 4. The powers and duties of NHS England -- 5. The powers and duties of clinical commissioning groups -- 6. Public health -- 7. NHS provider trusts -- 8. NHS regulators -- Part III: the commissioning, provision and accessing of NHS services -- 9. Commissioning NHS services -- 10. NHS acute care contracting -- 11. Primary medical care contracting -- 12. Patient choice -- 13. The responsible commissioner -- 14. Direct payments and personal health budgets -- 15. Who can access NHS care: charges for overseas visitors -- 16. NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care -- 17. --Reconfiguration of NHS services -- GP practice management -- 19. Community dental services -- 20. NHS complaints and the Health Service Commissioner -- 21. The impact of procurement law in the NHS.
"Although the National Health Service is perhaps the most important public service provided by the British state, its complex structures can make it the most difficult public service to understand. There is no single public body called the ‘National Health Service’ and no single legal regime that governs how NHS bodies should operate. Instead, the NHS is made up of a complex network of public bodies which operate as commissioners of NHS services who contract with NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, private businesses and charities that all provide medical, dental and other services to NHS patients. The NHS ‘managed market’ is overseen by both economic and care quality regulators. The rules under which commissioners, providers and regulators operate are both inaccessible and of such complexity that they can be impenetrable for even the most specialist lawyers.
NHS Law and Practice is the first book to describe the large and complex legal structures of the modern NHS. It explains the legal relationships between NHS commissioners and primary care, community and acute providers of NHS services, as well as explaining the structure of NHS regulation. This book provides a detailed guide to enforcing patients’ legal rights around NHS Continuing Healthcare, patient choice and the rules around NHS personal budgets." -- Taken from back cover.