Reports

The impact of the NHS market – an overview

Published by Civitas, 1/3/09

See report.

Posted in Reports | Posted on: March 2, 2010

Healthcare in London heading towards financial crisis, say doctors

BMA, 20/1/10

Hospital services in London could close or be down-graded as healthcare in the capital heads towards ‘a major financial and organisational crisis’, with the imposition of real term cuts of £5 billion by 2017, according to a new BMA report. Read report.

Posted in Related articles, Reports | Posted on: January 20, 2010

NHS agency staff spending soars amid funding fears

BBC News, 30/12/09

Read article.

Posted in Related articles, Reports | Posted on: January 4, 2010

Private providers not in it for the long haul?

Guardian, 29/10/09

Data from healthcare market analysts Laing and Buisson indicates a sharp increase in NHS electic work taking place in private hospitals.

In an accompanying press release, William Laing quoted: ‘If and when self-pay demand returns, and as medically insured activity grows in the future, existing independent hospitals will wish to return to their core private business’.

The BMA believes this demonstrates that private providers are happy to treat NHS patients while the self-paying market is lax, but are keen to ‘return to their core private business’ as soon as that business picks up.’

Read BMA Council Chairman Dr. Hamish Meldrum’s full comments.

Posted in Reports | Posted on: November 30, 2009

BMA responds to report re drop in private health-care market

Guardian, 29/10/09

Report by Laing & Buisson

Posted in Articles and letters by BMA reps, Reports | Posted on: October 29, 2009