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.

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“我们医院系统的现代化”：国家卫生服务、医院计划和“驾驭”计划，1962-77

本文通过检查 1962 年至 1977 年间规划医院系统的尝试来补充有关英国规划经验的文献。1962 年英格兰和威尔士的医院规划提议建造一套新的“地区综合医院”。该提案的基础是对标准化设计和施工方法的价值的信念，卫生部和卫生与社会保障部 (DHSS) 随后对这两者进行了详细调查。该项目的历史揭示了将集中规划付诸实践的挑战。然而，虽然标准化计划在 1975 年缩减，但文章表明，“规划”现代英国的动力可能比最初想象的持续时间更长，直到 1980 年代，