Devolution and health policy: A map of divergence within the NHS - 1st annual update


April 2007

References
  1. Powers in Scotland have been devolved to the Scottish Parliament, but Scottish MPs can still vote on matters that only affect English seats. “The West Lothian question” has become shorthand for the consequent tensions.
  2. BMA (2007) MTAS update from the BMA Junior Doctors Committee
  3. For the purposes of this paper, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not part of the UK. The four health authorities (Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney) are each responsible for their populations health.
  4. The Scotland Act, the Government of Wales Act and the Northern Ireland Act.
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  9. Greer S (2006) The politics of health-policy divergence. In, John Adams and Katie Schmueker. Devolution in practice 2006: public policy differences within the UK. Newcastle Upon Tyne; Ippr North.
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  26. BMA (2003) Review of Maternity Services in Glasgow. November 2003, Parliamentary Brief.
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