Privatisation and reform debate

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. See also our pages about Social Enterprise, Patient Choice, hospitals and about Foundation Trusts. Those who worry about the direction of travel in this country will find all their fears confirmed by this article about Health Care in the United States.

• A Modern Agenda for Prosperity and Social Reform Gordon Brown Feb 2003
• Adam Smith Institute
• Ali Parsa
• Blair's case for radical change September 2002
• Choice - Milburn v Hattersley August 2002
• Comparing Cost 2003
• Composite 4 on Public Services Labour Party Conference October 2001
• Future of the Health Service - Composite 6 Agreed at Party Conference September 2005
• Concordat Dept of Health October 2000 Benefits and Disadvantages of the Concordat
• Customer care won’t be enough Health Matters 2001
• 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
• Health and Social Care: Rediscovering the Socialist Alternative
• Healthcare Market Review 2005
• Health Policy Consensus Group
• Healthcare lessons from Australia: what can Michael Howard learn from John Howard? BMJ 2005
• Hopes fade over private sector role in NHS Financial Times July 2007
• In the Health Trade - European market reform The Guardian Jan 2005
• Independent Sector Diagnosis and Treatment Centres December 2002
• Introducing payment by results: the NHS financial reforms
• ippr's Commission on Public Private Partnerships (pdf file) 2001Catalyst Response to the IPPR report
• Keep Our NHS Public
• King's Fund (many resources)
• Labour's Values and the Modern NHS Pat Hewitt 20/7/05
• Last brick in the wall for new-look NHS June 2006
• Learning from the market – not copying it John Reid 2003
• The last act of the NHS Allyson Pollock and Fiona Campbell April 2001
• Lymington New Forest Hospital
• The market has failed BMJ 2007
• Milburn's trip to Spain
• Ministers wash their hands of the NHS Guardian October 2005
• Moneychangers out of the temple Morning Star July 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 is being seriously wounded by privatisation Kailash Chand 2008
• NHS Market Futures Kings Fund 2005
• NHS Reference Costs and National Tariff
• NHS Reform - Guardian briefing
• NHS to hire German surgeons - Guardian Feb 2002
• NHS foundation trusts to link up with leading companies May 2006
• No Mandate for Privatisation - Dr Peter Draper May 2005
• Paying for statins BMJ Feb 2004
• Payment by results - NHS financial reforms
• Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis - CMAJ 2004
• 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 in Cancerbackup 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 Evidence to the Health Select Committee
• Scotland opposed to private competition in NHS June 2007
• SHA article - Tribune October 2005
• SHA statement on private sector involvement September 2001
• 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
• The Business Model June 2006
• Two-tier workforce - statement by Stephen Byers
• US health companies may win the chance to buy NHS care FT June 2007
• 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 (actually or potentially) in providing health and care services and insurance in the UK, or commenting on them (we have a separate page about drug companies):

Alliance Medical
• Altrix
• Amsurg
• Astron Clinica
• Atos Origin
• Balfour Beatty Capital Projects-Healthcare
• Benenden Healthcare Society
• Birkdale Clinic
• BMI Healthcare
• Bupa Private Healthcare
• Capio Healthcare UK
• Care UK
• Cawston Park
• ChilversMcCrea
• Clynisys
• DHL
• Evercare
• Exeter Friendly Society
• Fresenius ProServe
• General Healthcare Group
• German Medicine Net
• Germedic
• GSL
• Guardian PFI News
• HCA
• Health Shield
• Interhealth Canada Ltd
• Initial Attendo
• Johnson & Johnson
• Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser compared with the NHS BMJ Jan 2002, Hospital bed utilisation in the NHS, Kaiser Permanente, and the US Medicare programme: analysis of routine data BMJ 2003 Questioning the claims of Kaiser
• King Edward VII Hospital
• 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
• Local Care Direct
• Mercury Interactive
• Misys
• Nestor Healthcare
• Netcare
• New York Presbyterian Healthcare System
• Newchurch
• OCS Healthcare
• PFI
• Philips
• Positively Public - UNISON’s campaign to keep our public services public
• Primavera
• Priory Healthcare
• Private Healthcare UK
• Quest Diagnostics
• Qinetiq
• The Quo Group
• Respironics
• TNS
• Tribal Group
• SCA Community Care Services
• SCA Personal Care
• Secta Group Ltd
• Serco Group
• Siemens
• Skanska
• Smith and Nephew
• Sodexho
• Sonosite
• Surgical Centres Inc.
• System C
• United Healthcare
• Virgin Healthcare - but seen Branson Pickle
• Wells Hospital and Hospice Trust
• WPA

Cartoon by Peter Rigg

Last updated 30/07/08