Privatisation and reform of the NHS
This collection of material is intended to focus on the debate about public sector reform, modernisation, diversification and marketisation. The words used often indicate the writer's point of view. Here we intend to illuminate the argument from various perspectives without taking sides.
- A Modern Agenda for Prosperity and Social Reform Gordon Brown Feb 2003
- Adam Smith Institute
- Blair's case for radical change September 2002
- Catalyst Response to the IPPR report
- Choice - Milburn v Hattersley August 2002
- Civitas
- Concordat with the Private and Voluntary Health Care Provider Sector Dept of Health October 2000 Benefits and Disadvantages of the Concordat
- Customer care won’t be enough Health Matters 2001
- Daniel Hannan MEP
- A deeper democracy: Challenging market fundamentalism Angela Eagle MP
- Doctors for reform
- Does competition between hospitals improve the quality of care? - Hospital death rates and the NHS internal market. Journal of Public Economics 2004
- The End of the NHS - Allyson Pollock Feb 2002 - Punch
- Enron NHS Foundation Hospitals and the backdoor privatisation of the National Health Service TGWU Sept 2002
- Even Nye Bevan's NHS saw a role for the private sector Pat Hewitt 2005
- Extending Choice for Patients December 2001
- From Market Chaos To Common Sense 1993
- Funding and Performance of Healthcare Systems in the Four Countries of the UK Before and After Devolution Nuffield Trust 2010
- Guardian Letter Ursula Pearce November 2000
- Health and Social Care: Rediscovering the Socialist Alternative
- Health Direct Blog
- Health matters article Martin Rathfelder November 2000
- Healthcare lessons from Australia: what can Michael Howard learn from John Howard? BMJ 2005
- Independent Sector Diagnosis and Treatment Centres December 2002
- ippr's Commission on Public Private Partnerships (pdf file)
- Keep Our NHS Public
- King's Fund (many resources)
- Labour's Values and the Modern NHS Pat Hewitt 20/7/05
- The last act of the NHS Allyson Pollock and Fiona Campbell April 2001
- Learning from the market – not copying it John Reid 2003
- Look after our NHS (BMA)
- Making sense of the second term for the NHS - Institute for Applied Health and Social Policy
- Markets and Health debate March 2010
- Markets in health care: the theory behind the policy Civitas 2009
- Milburn's trip to Spain
- Ministers wash their hands of the NHS Guardian October 2005
- Modernising the NHS: a promising start, but fundamental reform is needed. Enthoven 2000
- Money Changers dismissed from the Temple (in Wales and Scotland) 2007
- The Mutual Health Service - Ed Mayo and Ruth Lea (40 page pdf file)
- NEW MODEL FOR ANCILLARY STAFF in PFI hospitals June 2001 NHS and GATS BMJ August 2002
- NHS Market Futures Kings Fund 2005
- NHS reform ‘needs outside help’ Nicholas Timmins 2009
- NHS to hire German surgeons - Guardian Feb 2002
- NHS foundation trusts to link up with leading companies May 2006
- NHS spending and the role of the private sector BMA 2010
- No Mandate for Privatisation - Dr Peter Draper May 2005
- Nurses for reform
- Paying for statins BMJ Feb 2004
- Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis - CMAJ 2004
- PFI delays hospitals for years - GMB press release Jan 2002
- Politicians need to rethink the role of the private sector in the NHS Jan 2010
- Private finance and "value for money" in NHS hospitals: BMJ 2002
- Private Healthcare Prof Joan Higgins Jan 2001
- Privatisation of the NHS is accelerating Allyson Pollock 2005
- Public are passionate about equity but would accept private treatment centres Ipsos MORI survey 2006
- Questioning the claims from Kaiser - BJGP 2004
- Redefining the National Health Service - Alan Milburn's speech to the New Health Network January 2002
- Reform of Public Services - Tony Blair's speech 16/7/01
- The
Role of the Private Sector in the NHS - report of the Health Select Committee
May 2002 SHA
- Evidence to the Health Select Committee on the role of the private sector, Autumn 2001
- Submission To Commons Health Committee Inquiry Into The Role Of The Private Sector In The NHS - Ursula Pearce October 2001
- Scotland opposed to private competition in NHS June 2007
- SHA statement on private sector involvement September 2001
- Should Brown set the NHS Free?
- Should the NHS follow the American way? BMJ 2005
- Statement by Alan Milburn on NHS reform
- Strong public services - Gordon Brown March 2002
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates of private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals Canada 2002
- Take care with privatisation
- The last act of the NHS Guardian Article April 2001
- Two-tier workforce - statement by Stephen Byers
- What is the Real Cost of More Patient Choice? Kings Fund 2003
- WHAT WORKS: PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLICLY PROVIDED By Colin Leys
- World Private HealthCare Congress
Websites of organisations involved in providing health services in the UK, or commenting on them:
- Action for the Proper Regulation of Private Hospitals ( the website has disappeared - this is an article about them)
- Afrox Healthcare
- Amsurg
- Balfour Beatty Capital Projects-Healthcare
- Benenden Healthcare Society
- Birkdale Clinic
- BMI Healthcare
- Bupa
- Capio Healthcare UK
- Choice, responsiveness and equity - Department of Health
- Circle
- Economics of the Private Finance Initiative in the NHS
- Exeter Friendly Society
- Fresenius ProServe
- German Medicine Net
- Germedic
- Guardian PFI News
- HCA
- Health Shield
- Interhealth Canada Ltd
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser compared with the NHS BMJ Jan 2002
- Keep Public Services Public
- King Edward VII Hospital Midhurst (independent charity)
- Laing and Buisson The UK's leading provider of information and market intelligence on the independent health and community care sectors.
- LSE Health and Social Care new Discussion Paper Series
- Nestor Healthcare
- Netcare
- New York Presbyterian Healthcare System
- PFI
- Positively Public - UNISON’s campaign to keep our public services public
- Private Healthcare UK
- The Quo Group
- Secta Group Ltd
- Serco Group
- Siemens Financial Services
- Surgical Centres Inc.
- Torex
- United Healthcare