NHS plc : the privatisation of our health care /
Pollock, Allyson,
NHS plc : the privatisation of our health care / Privatisation of our health care Allyson M. Pollock, with Colin Leys [and others]. - xvi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-254) and index.
Market prescriptions -- The real cost of market prescriptions -- Privatising the NHS : an overview -- Hospitals -- Primary care -- Long-term care for older people -- Overcoming opposition -- The emerging health care market. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"Comprehensive, free health care for everyone, funded by all taxpayers, was the founding principle of the NHS. It became the model for public services across the world." "But this vision is being destroyed. The NHS is being broken up and dismantled. Important services are no longer provided by the NHS, and what is left is increasingly being subjected to part or full privatisation. Control and ownership of health care is moving from public bodies to private companies whose profits are made at the expense of staff and patients." "The speed and direction of the change is concealed by the rhetoric of 'modernisation', 'choice', 'diversity' and 'local ownership', and by the complexity of privatisation mechanisms such as PFI, PPPs, LIFT and foundation hospital trusts. Allyson Pollock demystifies these terms and the process of privatisation, providing an analysis of New Labour's 'mixed economy of health care'. Her conclusion is clear: a system which was designed to promote equity and universality is being replaced by a multitude of fragmented and competing providers driven by financial incentives rather than the health needs of the population."--BOOK JACKET.
1844670112 9781844670116
2004012869
Great Britain. National Health Service
National health services--Economic aspects--Great Britain
Health services administration--Great Britain
Medical care--Finance--Great Britain
Medical policy--Great Britain
Privatization--Great Britain
National health services--Economic aspects
Privatization--Economic aspects
Health Care Sector--trends
Marketing of Health Services--economics
RA412.5.G7 / P656 2004
362.10941
NHS plc : the privatisation of our health care / Privatisation of our health care Allyson M. Pollock, with Colin Leys [and others]. - xvi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-254) and index.
Market prescriptions -- The real cost of market prescriptions -- Privatising the NHS : an overview -- Hospitals -- Primary care -- Long-term care for older people -- Overcoming opposition -- The emerging health care market. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"Comprehensive, free health care for everyone, funded by all taxpayers, was the founding principle of the NHS. It became the model for public services across the world." "But this vision is being destroyed. The NHS is being broken up and dismantled. Important services are no longer provided by the NHS, and what is left is increasingly being subjected to part or full privatisation. Control and ownership of health care is moving from public bodies to private companies whose profits are made at the expense of staff and patients." "The speed and direction of the change is concealed by the rhetoric of 'modernisation', 'choice', 'diversity' and 'local ownership', and by the complexity of privatisation mechanisms such as PFI, PPPs, LIFT and foundation hospital trusts. Allyson Pollock demystifies these terms and the process of privatisation, providing an analysis of New Labour's 'mixed economy of health care'. Her conclusion is clear: a system which was designed to promote equity and universality is being replaced by a multitude of fragmented and competing providers driven by financial incentives rather than the health needs of the population."--BOOK JACKET.
1844670112 9781844670116
2004012869
Great Britain. National Health Service
National health services--Economic aspects--Great Britain
Health services administration--Great Britain
Medical care--Finance--Great Britain
Medical policy--Great Britain
Privatization--Great Britain
National health services--Economic aspects
Privatization--Economic aspects
Health Care Sector--trends
Marketing of Health Services--economics
RA412.5.G7 / P656 2004
362.10941