Why deliberate? the encounter between deliberation and new public managers

Abstract

Introduction:......In this paper, I offer an explanation for the interest in particularly deliberative processes in the NHS both by comparing deliberative principles with imperatives in public management discourse, and by examining the motivations behind three cases: two citizens’ juries; and the development of The NHS Plan, a white paper released in July 2000. My research is partly based on the qualitative analysis of secondary documents, partly on the analysis of 26 interviews conducted between May and July 2001 with health policy actors involved either directly in the cases or in patient and public involvement initiatives more generally.