The NHS: going Dutch?
Good article in the FT today by Nick Timmins on possible future direction of NHS… competing health insurers (or GP consortia) along the lines of the acclaimed Dutch health system. For a bit more flesh...
View ArticleUsing a sledgehammer to crack a nut
Trawling through the 167 pages of the Coalition Government’s response to the consultation on the NHS White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’, one cannot help but agree with Phil...
View ArticleMoving the chairs… again
Over the past few weeks Civitas staff have written many articles questioning the Government’s plans for the NHS, not on invigorating competition – which is needed, particularly with the productivity...
View ArticleThe big switch: what the change to CCGs could mean
On April 1st, 211 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will officially succeed the 152 current Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) as the main commissioners (purchasers) of healthcare in the NHS. According to...
View ArticleThe big switch: what the change to CCGs could mean – part 2
As I commented in advance last week, yesterday was a big day for the NHS – 152 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and ten Strategic Health Authorities ceased to exist and 211 Clinical Commissioning Groups...
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