NHS accused of spending too much on managers and hiding cost
Guardian report on Health Committee report on commissioning
I am saddened by your booklet – if only because it expresses, more concisely than I could, what I have been saying for the last 6 years. It is vital that we show up every last wasteful NHS initiative so that as doctors we cannot be threatened by the smear that we are only protecting [...] More >
Does the NHS need fewer beds, less money, and more competition?
The think tank Reform has called for cuts to hospital beds and NHS funding, while arguing for more competition.
Listen to a debate between Andrew Haldenby of Reform and Dr Mark Porter of the BMA’s Consultants Committee on the Radio 4 Today programme.
After reading all of the contributions to this message board. I daresay that each of us has a point and an argument. However, whilst we all put forward our arguments and points of view as to what the problems are within the NHS, The many and varied arguments although justifiable, leave the Government completely free, [...] More >
The pros and cons of PFI hospitals
Telegraph, 16 March, 2010
Report investigating whether PFI has been an efficent mechanism for building new hospitals
