Adult social care: is privatisation irreversible?
The outsourcing of public services to private companies is a model in disarray. The impetus …
Inside the ‘new NHS’: where are the citizens?
The issue of citizen accountability in the NHS has been troublesome from the outset. Aneurin …
Can technology save the NHS?
The NHS is buckling: the scale of the funding challenge is colossal, the service is …
The unsuccessful privatisation of social care
The shift in the sectoral provision of social care over the last thirty years or …
Will 2016 push the NHS over the edge of chaos?
Complexity theorists point to the importance of system environment on organisational performance – at one …
Devolution bill poses a serious threat to the NHS
The penny is beginning to drop within the NHS world at last. The seemingly marginal …
What do the government’s devolution plans mean for a national health service?
We thought we had a political narrative on the shape of the NHS. David Cameron …
DevoManc and the NHS: Mind the gaps
The £6 billion NHS DevoManc deal has been hailed by NHS England CEO, Simon Stevens, as …
Dealing with market failure
A new dilemma in UK health and social care policy? Public services are being outsourced across …
Can We Democratise the NHS?
For all of its many strengths the NHS has one enduring weakness – it lacks …
What Happens When Public Services Markets Fail?
What do we do when the public services market fails? What happens when outsourced contractors …
Power to the People?
TEN MESSAGES on PUBLIC and PATIENT ENGAGEMENT ‘Power to the people!’ The Citizen Smith slogan …