Local histories and local sensemaking : a case of policy implementation in the english national health service
By: COLEMAN, Anna
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Contributor(s): CHECKLAND, Kath | HARRISON, Stephen | HIROEH, Urara.
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ArticlePublisher: UK : Policy Press, April 2010Policy & Politics 38, 2, p. 289-306Abstract: Central policies that are only loosely specified might be expected to result in local variations in interpretation and implementation, and practice-based commissioning in the English National Health Service (NHS) is no exception. We show how local 'sensemaking' in relation to this policy has been influenced by local histories and by conceptual schemata derived from earlier reorganisations of the NHS. Changes to organisational formalities do not necessarily, therefore, result in reappraisals of sensemaking on the part of local actors. We also employ our data to address issues raised by commentators critical of the way the concept of sensemaking has been previously employed
Central policies that are only loosely specified might be expected to result in local variations in interpretation and implementation, and practice-based commissioning in the English National Health Service (NHS) is no exception. We show how local 'sensemaking' in relation to this policy has been influenced by local histories and by conceptual schemata derived from earlier reorganisations of the NHS. Changes to organisational formalities do not necessarily, therefore, result in reappraisals of sensemaking on the part of local actors. We also employ our data to address issues raised by commentators critical of the way the concept of sensemaking has been previously employed
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