Autonomy, accountability, and ambiguity in arm’s-length meta-governance: the case of NHS England

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Figure 1. Conceptual map of sponsorship between arm’s-length bodies and governmental sponsors (Amended from Flinders and Tonkiss 2015).

Figure 2. Extract from the 2013 mandate from the Department of Health to NHS England (our emphasis; Amended from Department of Health 2013, 4).

Flinders, M., and K. Tonkiss. 2015. “From ‘Poor Parenting’ to Micro-Management: Coalition Governance and the Sponsorship of Arm’s-Length Bodies in the United Kingdom, 2010–13.” International Review of Administrative Sciences 0020852314564311. doi:10.1177/0020852314564311.

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Department of Health. 2013. The Mandate: A Mandate from the Government to the NHS Commissioning Board: April 2013 to March 2015. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/256497/13-15_mandate.pdf.

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