Contents

• Introduction - Dr Michelle Tempest

SECTION I. POLITICAL
• The Labour vision for the NHS - Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP
• The Conservative vision for the NHS - Andrew Lansley CBE MP
• The Liberal Democrat vision for the NHS - Professor Steve Webb MP

SECTION II. PRACTICE AREAS
• The Future of Medicine - Dr Robert Winter
• The Future of Surgery - Professor Peter Friend
• The Future of General Practitioners and Primary Care – Dr Mayur Lakhani
• Emergency Medicine: Past, Present and Future – Mr Jim Wardrope and Dr Alasdair McGowan
• The Future of Geriatric Medicine - Professor Peter Crome
• Future Health Service for Children – Professor Alan Craft and Dr Simon Lenton
• The Organisation of Maternity Care – Professor Jim Thornton
• The Future Development of Anaesthesia – Dr Simpson
• The Future of Ophthalmology – Dr Nick Astbury
• The Future of Cardiology Within the NHS – Dr David Stone
• The Crystal Ball of Cancer Care – Professor Karol Sikora
• The Future of Public health – Professor Rod Griffiths
• Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery – Mr Peter Butler
• The Future of Psychiatric Services in the NHS – Professor Peter Tyrer
• The Future of Mental Health Provision - Mr Derek Draper
• The Future of Nursing - Ms Sylvia Denton and Ms Jane Naish
• Integrating Alternative Health – Dr Mosaraf Ali
• What do Patients Want? – Claire Rayner

SECTION III. ORGANISATION
• Training for a New NHS – Professor Shelley Heard and Professor Elisabeth Paice
• Proposals to Improve Clinical Academic Training – Professor David Neal and Professor Mark Walport
• NHS Staff – Dr Chess Denman, Dr Colin Payton and Mr Daniel Barnett
• The Future of Health Care Management: an Analysis and Some Proposals – Professor Ewan Ferlie
• From Self-Regulation to Professionally-led Regulation in Partnership with Public – Dr Joan Trowell and Mr Paul Buckley
• Redressing the Compensation Culture – Mr Tim Kevan
• Making Amends in Clinical Negligence – Dr Gerard Panting

SECTION IV. FUNDING
• Financing the NHS: The Current System – Mr Tony Harrison
• Taxation and Insurance – Professor Alan Maynard
• Alternative Funding Methods – Dr Eamonn Butler
• The Case for Pluralism - Professor Nick Bosanquet and Mr Andrew Haldenby
• Localism in the NHS: Reducing the Democratic Deficit – Mr Dan Hannan MEP and Mr Tim Kevan
• Funding Expectations – Ms Jennifer Rankin and Dr Jessica Allen

Publication Details

April/May 2006
ISBN 978 1 85811 369 2, Paper 250pp, £14.99
ISBN 978 1 85811 370 8, Hardback, £29.99

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