‘Real-world’ priority setting for service improvement in English primary care: a decentred approach

Roman Kislov, Kath Checkland, Paul M. Wilson and Susan J. Howard

Public Management Review, 2023, vol. 25, issue 1, 150-174

Abstract: This article develops an analysis of population-level priority setting informed by Bevir’s decentred theory of governance and drawing on a qualitative study of priority setting for service improvement conducted in the complex multi-layered governance context of English primary care. We show how powerful actors, operating at the meso-level, utilize pluralistic and contradictory elements of complex governance networks to discursively construct, legitimize and enact service improvement priorities. Our analysis highlights the role of situated agency in integrating top-down, bottom-up and horizontal influences on priority setting, which leads to variation in local priorities despite the continuous presence of strong hierarchical influences.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2021.1942534

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