The Tories justify their policy to privatise parts of the NHS by claiming that the private sector is more productive/ But it is quite clear from the figures that the private sector is considerably more expensive than the NHS. Andrew Lansley may be right that productivity is increasing in the private sector, but it will need to have some very impressive improvements for it to reach the productivity...
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LiberalConspiracy on 10th Mar 2010 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, is being bankrolled by the head of one of the biggest private health providers to the NHS, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
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Telegraph on 14th Jan 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The Daily Telegraph reports that Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary is “bankrolled” by a private health firm: John Nash, the chairman of Care UK, gave £21,000 to fund Andrew Lansley’s personal office in November. Mr Nash, a private equity tycoon, also manages several other businesses providing services to the NHS and stands to be one of
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LabourMatters on 14th Jan 2010 (via labourmatters.com)
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley attacks the government's public sector pension changes in a leaked private letter.
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BBCPolitics on 25th Jul 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
"Wariness of private companies’ involvement in healthcare is a British obsession and an irrational one," proclaimed the Times in an editorial yesterday, accompanying a lengthy article by Camilla Cavendish on the NHS. Cavendish’s piece began with an almost delirious appraisal of Circle Health, the private healthcare operator that is 50% owned by its staff.
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LiberalConspiracy on 10th Nov 2011 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
Yesterday the government said it was planning to let NHS trusts raise half of income from private healthcare. There are a few important points to keep in mind regarding this accouncement.
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LiberalConspiracy on 28th Dec 2011 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
There's no evidence that private sector involvement in the NHS benefits healthcare, argues Dr Kailash Chand
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Guardian on 28th Aug 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
The NHS is the 'preferred provider' of state-funded healthcare, the health secretary has said in an apparent policy move that could unsettle private health providers
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FT on 17th Sep 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Lord Mandelson is in hospital for prostate surgery today. Is he using the NHS or has he gone private, I wonder? I've long believed that it is selfish and immoral for those of us who can afford private healthcare to be allowed to use the NHS, thus clogging up GPs' surgeries and hospital waiting lists for those with no choice but to rely on the NHS. The law should allow for those of us who...
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BlaneysBlarney on 21st Aug 2009 (via donalblaney.blogspot.com)
Patients are using private hospitals at the expense of the NHS. However, this is a good thing. Despite the claims by doctors this is “losing” public money to the private sector: This is money that is being lost from the NHS. That can compromise services and patients should be told that by going private in this way
I've said on a number of occasions on this blog that one of the only front bench Tories to impress has been the Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. I know from talking to people in the NHS that they are impressed by his knowledge and commitment to the NHS. Notwithstanding that though, it would appear Lansley is one of those moonlighting Tories who doesn't feel confident enough that t...
