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Designing the 'new' NHS : ideas to make a supplier market in health care work : report of an independent working group June 2006.

Author:

Parston, Greg, Timmins, Nicholas, and King's Fund

Publication date:

2006

Abstract:

Working group included Keith Palmer and Rebecca Rosen of the King's Fund. and Recent changes in the NHS have triggered significant expansion in the involvement of independent and voluntary sectors in the delivery of services. How can this involvement be developed to ensure quality of care for patients and to enrich choice? This question was addressed by a small independent working group, commissioned ...
Can market forces be used for good?

Author:

Dixon, Jennifer, King's Fund, Le Grand, Julian, and Smith, Peter

Publication date:

2003

Abstract:

As the government seeks to accelerate change in the NHS and make services more responsive to public demands, the argument for market discipline versus planned provision is being hotly debated: can a highly centralised system sit comfortably alongside a market-led approach?; can market forces provide an effective response to the ...