Health policy
Big budget
Big problems
Big questions
Don’t we have enough commentators on health already?
The UK has a plethora of commentators on health. It’s list of the largest think tanks is dominated by those dedicated to health and to the continuation of the UK’s National Health Service, implemented in 1948 by the post-WWII Labour Government. However, so much of the debate on health in the UK is prdicated on myths and falsehoods, exploited opportunistically by politicians (no matter how well intentioned) of all stripes that it is difficult to discern reason from cant. But that’s why we’re here.
Markets in health: market failure, government failure or both?
Many pretend there are no markets in health in the UK, but that is nonsense. It is the prdominantly publicly provided system that is on its knees. But health markets are case studies in market failure. Where does that leave us?
The nation’s health & the nations’ health
Technology in health & healhcare
The role of the state in health: Funder, provider, regulator? Everything?
Putting one’s arms around the NHS & ‘the health system’
Rationing healthcare without a market
Money in health: ‘no go’ or ‘no problem’?
NHS: How sick is the patient?
The state of the estate
What is the National Health Service?
NHS: Options for reform
What is ‘privatisation by stealth’ and is it happening?
Limits to healthcare expenditure
What is the National Health Service?
The NHS: How sick is the patient?
What’s wrong? What is the diagnosis?
What is ‘privatisation by stealth’ and is it happening?
Putting one’s arms around ‘the health system’
Are there markets in health in the UK?
Is there any appetite for a mixed public/private system?
Should there be?
If so, what would it look like?