Keywords

British Conservative Party, management, National health service, reform

Authors

1. Casey, Jonathan P. MSc, RN, DipH
2. Balshaw-Greer, Amanda BSc, RN, DipH

Abstract

In this article we will seek to explore the political ideology that launched the Conservative Party to power under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. This event in 1979 was to have far-reaching implications for health care in Britain, arguably cumulating in a breach of a founding principle of the British National Health Service, namely, all-inclusiveness.