Organising Care in a Time of Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to radical transformations in the organisation. and delivery of health and care services across the world. In many countries,. policy makers have rushed to re-organise care services to meet the surge demand. of COVID-19, from re-purposing existing services to creating new ‘field’ hospitals. Such strategies signal important and sweeping changes in the organisation of. both ‘COVID’ and ‘non-COVID’ care, whilst asking more fundamental questions. about the long-term organisation of care ‘after COVID’. In some contexts, the. pandemic has exposed the fragilities and vulnerabilities of care systems, whilst. in others, it has shown how services are organised to be more resilient and. adaptive to unanticipated pressures. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a rare opportunity to examine empirically and. to develop new theoretical frameworks on how and why health systems adaptto. such unusual and intense pressures. International contributors consider how. responses to COVID-19 are transforming the organisation and governance of. health and care services and explore questions around strategic leadership at. local, regional, national and transnational level. The book offers unique insight. and analysis on the dynamics of policy-making, the organisation and governance. of care organisations, the role of technologies in governing, the changing role of. professionals and the possibilities for more resilient care systems.