Is the ‘purchaser–provider split’ dead?
No. Is it dying? Quite possibly. These questions are prompted by what is going on …
Cost of the Market in our NHS
Caution … this is a dated opinion piece – there is ongoing work in this …
Keep the Split?
The purchaser/provider split for healthcare was introduced early in the 1990’s, tied into the ideas …
EU competition law and the NHS
Paul Corrigan is right to point out the obvious, which is that European Union Procurement …
Abolish the NHS Internal market
The 1997 Labour party General Election Manifesto included the following commitments. ‘if the Conservatives are …
NHS The way forward
The 1990 Health and Social Care Act, the brainchild of Margaret Thatcher, introduced an internal …