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In the context of substantial changes in health service policy and public health policy in England and Wales over the last two decades, Health Policy, Power and Politics fills an important gap by providing an up-to-date and accessible account and sociological analysis of recent trends in health policies

The global Covid-19 pandemic is posing considerable challenges for governments throughout the world and has and will have a significant influence on the shape of peoples social and economic life and well-being in the short and longer term. This opinion paper discusses the current health policy response adopted in England to control or manage the epidemic and identifies the key sociological and political influences which have shaped these policies. Drawing on the theoretical approach set out in his recent book which lays emphasis on the interplay of powerful structural and economic interest groups, the author will consider the influence of the key players. Government policy has, at least initially, tied itself to scientific and medical evidence and protecting the NHS so the key roles of the medical profession, public health scientific community and NHS management and their respective and relative powerful influences will be discussed. The government needs the support of the public if their policies are to be successful, so how have the government addressed maintaining public trust in this 'crisis' and how much trust do the public have in the government and what has influenced it? The strong emphasis on social distancing and social isolation in the national government policy response to Covid-19 has placed an increasing public reliance on the traditional and social media for sources of information so how the media has framed the policy will be considered. One policy aim is for an effective vaccine and the influence of the drug industry in its development is discussed. Finally, the role of the state will be discussed and what has shaped its social and economic policies.

Remaking a trustworthy medical profession in twenty-first century Britain? / Mary Ann Elston -- Changing forms of managerialism in the NHS : hierarchies, markets, and networks / Sue Dopson -- The restratification of primary care in England? : a sociological analysis / Michael Calnan and Jonathan Gabe -- Visions of privatization : new labour and the reconstruction of the NHS / John Mohan -- The pharmaceutical industry, the state, and the NHS / John Abraham -- Evidenced-based practice in UK health policy / Stephen Harrison and kath Checkland -- Innovation and implementation in health technology : normalizing telemedicine / Carl May -- Health care, consumerism, and the politics of identity / Timothy Milewa -- Mainstream marginality : "non-orthodox" medicine in an "orthodox" health service / Sarah Cant -- Social care : relationships, markets, and ethics / Caroline Glendenning -- Equalizing the people's health : a sociological perspective / Jennie Popay and Gareth Williams.

Has increasing patient self-management changed trust relations with health professionals, potentially requiring a more equal relationship based on mutual trust? This book provides a theoretical and policy analysis of the nature, salience and impact of trust on relations between patients, clinicians, and health service managers

This e-book examines the notion of trust in a healthcare setting - from the micro level of trust between an individual patient and clinician, between one clinician and another, or between a clinician and a manager; to the macro level which includes patient and public trust in clinicians and managers, healthcare organizations or healthcare systems in general. The e-book provides a comprehensive overview of the literature, as well as in-depth case studies from a broad geographic perspective

During the last two decades, differential consumption patterns in health-related behaviours have increasingly been highlighted as playing an important role in explaining persistent and widening health inequalities. This period has also seen government public health policies in England place a greater emphasis on changing 'lifestyle' behaviours, in an attempt to tackle social inequalities in health. The aim of this study was to empirically examine the variation in health-related behaviour in relation to socio-economic position, in the English adult population, to determine the nature of this relationship and whether it has changed over time.