Postcard from the UK

Modernisation or reform? The NHS approach

Richard F Heller, Konrad Jamrozik and David P Weller

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (9): 441-442.

The modernisation agenda is a valiant attempt to move forwards, but is it real change and will it make a difference?

Richard F Heller, MD, FRCP, FRACP, FAFPHM, Professor of Public Health1

Konrad Jamrozik, DPhil FAFPHM, MFPH, Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology2

David P Weller, MPH, PhD, FRACGP, FAFPHM, Professor of General Practice3

1 Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

2 Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, Imperial College, London, UK.

3 Department of General Practice, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Article References:

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Degeling P, Maxwell S, Kennedy J, Coyle B. Medicine, management, and modernisation: a “danse macabre”? BMJ 2003; 326: 649-652.

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12649244

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