Why ‘market-style reforms’ can work: a response to John Lister
Last week health journalist John Lister wrote an article in Open Democracy entitled ‘The neoliberal epidemic striking healthcare’, in which he critiques the use of “market-style” reforms in healthcare,...
View ArticleNew report on the NHS: the post-Francis case for reform
Tomorrow is the 65th anniversary of the founding of the National Health Service. However, while a respected part of British national life and rightly lauded for its core principles, this year the...
View ArticleKudos to the BBC for nuancing the healthcare debate
The BBC often comes under fire for its supposed political bias. On the one hand, many on the right have always felt it has a “lefty bias”, while on the left, a bizarre conspiracy theory has recently...
View ArticleGerman election shapes the future of Social Health Insurance
Over the weekend, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian Democratic/Social Union (CDU/CSU) secured 41.5% of the vote in the German elections, but she fell short of a majority...
View ArticleNew report on healthcare: could Ireland’s emerging healthcare reforms hold...
The NHS’s founding mission to provide quality care for all regardless of ability to pay remains as crucial today as it was when it was founded 65 years ago. However, in 2013 the service has faced...
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