Fair Alistair
University of Edinburgh, UK.
20 Century Br Hist. 2018 Dec 1;29(4):547-575. doi: 10.1093/tcbh/hwy008.
This article augments the literature on the British experience of planning by examining attempts to plan the hospital system between 1962 and 1977. The Hospital Plan for England and Wales of 1962 proposed the construction of a suite of new 'District General Hospitals'. Underpinning this proposal was a belief in the value of standardized designs and construction methods, both of which were subsequently investigated in detail by the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS). The history of this project reveals the challenges of putting centralized planning into practice. Yet while the standardization programme was scaled back in 1975, the article suggests that the drive to 'plan' modern Britain perhaps lasted longer than might initially be thought, into the 1980s, with implications for the way that the broader history of this period is framed.
本文通过审视1962年至1977年间规划医院系统的种种尝试，丰富了关于英国规划经验的文献。1962年的《英格兰和威尔士医院规划》提议建造一批新的“地区综合医院”。这一提议的基础是相信标准化设计和施工方法的价值，卫生部和卫生与社会保障部（DHSS）随后对这两者都进行了详细研究。该项目的历史揭示了将集中规划付诸实践所面临的挑战。然而，尽管标准化计划在1975年缩减了规模，但本文认为，“规划”现代英国的努力可能比最初认为的持续得更久，一直持续到20世纪80年代，这对这一时期更广泛历史的构建方式产生了影响。
