"Resource Management in the NHS" is intended for use by the decision makers in the National Health Service, senior health authority personnel, general managers, clinicians, senior nurses and departmental heads. The book discusses the manner in which the NHS operates costing and budgeting systems with an historical progression, and how these systems will develop in the future as government objectives for increased economy, efficiency and effectivness progress. Finally, the author forecasts new financial information systems and the effect they will have over the next decade.