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Incentivizing preventive services in primary care: perspectives on Local Enhanced Services (2011)
Journal Article
Marks, L., Cave, S., Wallace, A., Mason, A., Hunter, D. J., Mason, J., & Peckham, S. (2011). Incentivizing preventive services in primary care: perspectives on Local Enhanced Services. Journal of Public Health, 33(4), 556-564. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr016

Background: General practitioners in the UK play a key role in prevention but provision of preventive services is variable. The 2004 General Medical Services contract allows Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to address health needs through providing locally... Read More about Incentivizing preventive services in primary care: perspectives on Local Enhanced Services.

A labour of Sisyphus? Public policy and health inequalities research from the Black and Acheson Reports to the Marmot Review (2011)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., Smith, K., Garthwaite, K., Joyce, K., & Hunter, D. (2011). A labour of Sisyphus? Public policy and health inequalities research from the Black and Acheson Reports to the Marmot Review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(5), 399-406. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2010.111195

Objectives: To explore similarities and differences in policy content and the political context of the three main English government reports on health inequalities: the Black Report (1980), the Acheson Enquiry (1998), and the Marmot Review (2010). Me... Read More about A labour of Sisyphus? Public policy and health inequalities research from the Black and Acheson Reports to the Marmot Review.

Governance for health and well-being in the English NHS (2011)
Journal Article
Marks, L., Cave, S., Hunter, D. J., Mason, J., Peckham, S., & Wallace, A. (2011). Governance for health and well-being in the English NHS. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 16(S1), 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2010.010082

Objectives: Shifting the focus of health-care systems towards prevention has proved difficult to achieve. Governance structures are complex, incentives may conflict and there are many competing priorities. We explored the influence of governance and... Read More about Governance for health and well-being in the English NHS.

The Challenge of Joined-Up Government in Tackling Health Inequalities (2011)
Journal Article
Exworthy, M., & Hunter, D. J. (2011). The Challenge of Joined-Up Government in Tackling Health Inequalities. International Journal of Public Administration, 34(4), 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2011.551749

Joined-up government (JUG) has been a notable feature of many national governments, not least the UK Labour government (1997 onwards) with its emphasis on welfare modernisation, tackling engrained social problems, and evidence-based policy. This arti... Read More about The Challenge of Joined-Up Government in Tackling Health Inequalities.

Change of Government: one more big bang health care reform in England’s National Health Service (2011)
Journal Article
Hunter, D. J. (2011). Change of Government: one more big bang health care reform in England’s National Health Service. International Journal of Health Services, 41(1), 159-174. https://doi.org/10.2190/hs.41.1.k

Once again the National Health Service (NHS) in England is undergoing major reform, following the election of a new coalition government keen to reduce the role of the state and cut back on big government. The NHS has been undergoing continuous refor... Read More about Change of Government: one more big bang health care reform in England’s National Health Service.