ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the key policy areas which are now fairly stable features of the Public Policy Reform Agenda so that Allied Health Professions Managers can start to see more clearly how their Allied Health Professionals services will be commissioned, provided, and quality assured in the future. It presents an overview of the Public Service Reform Agenda to show the common ideas emerging across the public service so the National Health Service (NHS) reforms can be located in the wider policy context. The chapter also discusses an overview of the NHS commissioning reforms including the development of the more aggregated primary care trusts (PCTs) in England and their equivalents in the devolved administrations. It explains an overview of the NHS provider organisations including the social enterprises and voluntary sector which make up the '3rd sector' and the changing regulatory structure which affects the workforce.
