Funds to stimulate competition in the NHS are being wasted
Hospital Dr., 5/3/10
Report on Civitas study that efforts to establish market forces within the NHS have been compromised by continuing centralised control. Read article.
Privatisation of the NHS looms…
Pulse, 5/3/10
Two seismic announcements signalled that after years of bubbling away as an issue below the surface, the moves by private firms to gain a real foothold in primary care have well and truly begun. Read article.
Does the NHS need the private sector?
Times, 5/3/10
You do not have to be genius to find what the conservative is up to. they will complete Mrs. Thatcher’s unfinished job by late 1980s. If they get the ground we will have a broken society as Americans before President Obama’s election. Right wing in the USA still resisting for change that people voted for. [...] More >
Care UK goes private via Bridgepoint
FT, 4/3/10
Care UK has agreed to be acquired by Bridgepoint, the private equity group, in a deal that values the provider of nursing and elderly home care at £423m ($638m). Access article here (requires FT registration).
