Primary Care in the UK

STEPHEN PECKHAM is Reader in Health Policy at Oxford Brookes University. He is co-author of The Management of Public Involvement in Health Care Purchasing (1998).MARK EXWORTHY is a Research Fellow in the International Centre for Health and Society at University College London. He is co-editor (with Susan Halford) of Professionals and the New Managerialism in the Public Sector (1998).

• PrefacePART ONEPrimary Care in the UK: The ContextPolicy Perspectives on Primary CarePrimary Care: Definitions and Applications in UK PolicyThe Development of Primary Care Policy in the UKThe Organisation of Primary Care in the UKPART TWO Primary Care in ActionPrimary Care CommissioningInter-Professional Working in Primary CareHealth and Social Care Partnership at the Primary Care LevelPatients, the Public and Primary CarePrimary Care and Public HealthPART THREEConclusions: Directions for Primary Care.

'The UK's primary care literature has been crying out for good policy and research textbooks, and this is a refreshing response to that need. It documents with great clarity, yet in meticulous detail, the evolution of primary care over the past two centuries...a valuable and well-research contribution to the literature of UK primary care. It is particularly strong in its assessment of policy context and development.' - Health Service Journal 'This book equips the reader with an extensive examination of primary care issues and will be of particular benefit to students of contemporary health and social policy.' - Maureen Beech,Journal of Community Nursing 'This is possibly one of the most comprehensive texts on primary care to date...one destined to become a valuable resource, particularly for students examining management-related issues in the NHS.' - Linda Crofts, Nusing Standard 'The book's strengths lie in bringing together in one place, and analysing in a policy context over time, so many different aspects of primary care. The authors are to be congratulated on providing a new and fascinating insight into such a complex policy arena.' - Public Health