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A series of initiatives

5 The impression gained is that there was no great visionary plan for the NHS as such. Rather, there were a number of distinct policies, each of which constituted a further attempt to realise the general goals of efficiency and cost control in the specific context of the NHS. The broader political economic objectives of modernising the economy and containing the overall size of the public sector were important forces behind policies towards the NHS.