Category Archives: Health

Can the English NHS Survive the Coalition?

As the months go by the chances of the people of England retaining a National Health Service get lower and lower.

The latest shock is the news that, compounded over five years, the efficiency target for hospitals is 37%!. John Appleby, chief economist at the King’s Fund was quoted in the Financial Times (29th April) “Its like the unit cost of a hip operation has got to decrease by 37%. How?”

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In the Search For High Value For Money Health Care Lansley’s Reforms Are Irrelevant!

In the past years there has been much research around the world into what creates high quality health care. A seminal event in this field was the publication in 2006 of “Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results”, by Michael Porter and Elisabeth Teisberg (http://www.hbs.edu/rhc/).

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