By Carol KomaromyThis book considers the major dilemmas arising from funding, organization and delivery of health care in the United Kingdom. in 2000 and beyond. ‘Health care’ is given the widest possible definition - stepping beyond the health service to include social, community, educational and government initiatives - in an analysis of the constraints on and opportunities for improving the nation’s health. 

Pathfinder services from the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise are setting the model for online transaction processing. The early planning of e-government provided for a range of models for tax payment. They included private sector organizations, such as Accountants, handling transactions and either receiving a fee from the government department, or adding value to the service, for which the customer paid a fee. 

A package of measures has been launched to encourage the recruitment and retention of teachers. A 200 m pound budget will be allocated over the next three years to schools in in teacher shortage areas to be spent at local discretion.