…Churchill and his fellow Tories were said to be furious, because the report they’d commissioned was unable to come up with a more efficient alternative), the NHS is still with…
…profits for the private sector, New Labour, insisted using private investment to modernise public services was a “partnership,” an example of the ‘Third Way’ , finding common ground between neoliberalism…
…The analysis is thorough. It combines journalism and academia and the commitment of campaigners. The first Chapter by John Lister sets out with total clarity the impact on our NHS…
…Social Care Act, notably to remove the requirement on Clinical Commissioning Groups to carve up services and put them out to competitive tender. There was a distinct change in the…
…access to new (private) providers due to explicit national policies that introduced New Public Management approaches and compliance with EU market rules. Purchaser-provider splits, compulsory competitive tendering and abandoning of…
…(NAO) in November. This report revealed that, under emergency legislation, contracts worth £10.5bn had been awarded directly to companies with no open competitive procedure. Follow-up research from the Institute…
…the oral contraception service would ultimately be clawed back by NHS England. In January 2023, the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) said that community pharmacy is experiencing an annual shortfall in…
…company. Health Services Laboratories LLP has been confirmed as the preferred bidder and commissioners are expected to finalise the arrangements with the company. The company is a for-profit partnership between…
…from the NHS for years. Outsourcing in the NHS has delivered a catalogue of failures and examples of companies gaming the system and providing poor value. Successive governments have made…