...Mark Learmonth Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore a possible discursive history of National Health Service (NHS) “management” (with management, for reasons that will become evident, very much in scare quotes). Such a history is offered as a complement, as well as a counterpoint...

...Keith Hurst Any addition to sparse sections of health and social care libraries is always welcome ‐‐ a point no less true of managing forensic psychiatry. The editors have garnered a team of experts whose writings offer remarkable insights into issues like: the history of special hospitals...

... their practice by solving problems, smoothing conflicts and generally maintaining the organisation (Harrison, 1988, p. 55). Harrison’s acknowledged lack of evidence for this claim prior to the 1960s made me curious. Furthermore, even with my somewhat basic understanding of British social history, it seemed...