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Growing the private sector is no way to prevent the NHS becoming a poor service for poor people.


| August 13, 2024 | Blog, Featured

Wes Streeting was spot on when he said during the election campaign that the biggest risk to the NHS is that it ends up becoming a ‘poor service for poor people’, where the middle classes are forced to pay for their own care, leaving fewer resources to treat sicker, poorer and unhealthier people in NHS hospitals. It is a risk that has grown significantly over the past decade, where cuts to the NHS have meant that more people are... Read More
There is an urgent need to review the UK’s system of communicable disease control administration and its public health laws

There is an urgent need to review the UK’s system of communicable disease control administration and its public health laws


| August 24, 2020 | Blog, Featured

In the midst of a lethal pandemic, the government controversially axed the main public health body (Public Health England) and announced the creation of yet another bureaucracy, designed by management consultants with no expertise in public health. History shows that without a clear overarching strategy and laws, these ad hoc reforms are likely to further hamper the UK’s ability to protect the population.

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Who benefits from the NHS’s bailout of private hospitals?

Who benefits from the NHS’s bailout of private hospitals?


| March 31, 2020 | Blog, Featured

The government’s recent deal with private hospitals, who will provide their beds and staff to help the NHS cope with coronavirus, has been framed as a significant boost for the NHS. But the larger benefits are arguably for the private hospitals themselves and their lenders and landlords, who in effect have received a bailout from the government at a time of crisis.

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