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The NHS needs to be reformed to remain true to its founding principles; the question is how. International evidence suggests that increasing marketisation and privatisation of healthcare services leads to greater expenditure, greater variations in care, reduced access to services, and erosion of professional standards. On that basis, the reforms have been heading in the wrong direction for a long time, with all the major political parties supporting policies that increase the role of the private sector in the NHS.
New Labour's own market-driven reforms laid the ground for Andrew Lansley's THealth and Social Care Act, which in turn paves the way for a mixed funding system. Yet, with public and patient satisfaction in the NHS at an all-time high prior to the Lansley reforms, the case for such radical changes has not been made, let alone won.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/03/government-created-nhs-market
New Labour's own market-driven reforms laid the ground for Andrew Lansley's THealth and Social Care Act, which in turn paves the way for a mixed funding system. Yet, with public and patient satisfaction in the NHS at an all-time high prior to the Lansley reforms, the case for such radical changes has not been made, let alone won.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/03/government-created-nhs-market
