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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CHPI Trustee David McCoy writes for the Guardian about how the 2012 Lansley Act underlies some of the failings in the UK’s response to COVID-19.
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Senior Lecturer in Global Public Health Jonathan Kennedy considers South Korea’s extensive use of testing and tracing in place of large-scale confinement or travel restrictions.
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Prof David McCoy considers the UK government’s approach to controlling the disease, the health system, and the social and economic impacts.
Read MoreA new report by the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI) finds that reforms made to the NHS following the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 have impacted upon its ability to deal effectively with a possible flu pandemic.
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