The significant financial pressure that will strain the English NHS for the foreseeable future makes avoidance of waste essential. Since the 1980s market reforms have be en advanced as a means by which to curb waste, but Calum Paton finds that market policies have incurred huge direct and opportunity costs while arguably damaging th e service provided. Do the questionable benefits outweigh […]
March 6th, 2014 | Calum Paton, Public Services and the Welfare State | 2 Comments
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One year on from its adoption, Rudolf Klein argues that only one thing is certain about the Health and Social Care Act: it will be a vote loser for all parties in the coalition government. Predictions of disaster will probably not come to pass, nor will the changes be likely to make the NHS more effective and efficient. The Act may […]
April 15th, 2013 | Public Services and the Welfare State, Rudolf Klein | 0 Comments
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Mark Hellowell argues that the government’s own rhetoric during late 2010 and 2011 may be responsible, at least partly, for the preci pitous decline in satisfaction with the NHS. The biggest ever drop in public satisfaction with the National Health Service (NHS) has b een recorded by the British Social Attitudes. The precipitous fall, from 70 per cent in 2010 to 58 per […]
June 19th, 2012 | Mark Hellowell, Public Services and the Welfare State | 0 Comments
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Campaigners have been calling for it for months, but now senior Tories are agreeing that the health bill should be scrapped and that Andrew Lansley must go. As doubts about the bill grow, Carl Packman reflects on what we might be able to learn from Lord Crisp’s ac count of NHS reform from 2000-2006. 24 Hours to Save the NHS: The Chief Executive’s […]
February 12th, 2012 | British and Irish Politics and Policy, Carl Packman | 0 Comments
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Avery Hancock, Danielle Moran and Chris Gilson take a look at the week in political blogging. Liam Fox On Monday, politicalbetting.c om wonders whether Liam Fox will be the first Cabinet Minister David Cameron loses as The Staggers notes that he still has more qu estions to answer over his relationship with Adam Werritty. Shamik Das at Left Foot Forward charts the potential for other Cabinet Min isters […]
October 15th, 2011 | Weekly Political Blog Round Up | 2 Comments
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Chris Gilson, Danielle Moran and Paul Rainford take a look at the week in political blogging. Party politics The FT’s Westminster Blo g wonders whether the Greens could capture the support of disaffected Liberal Democrats. Politics Home notes that David Laws’ com eback is under way, and Political Betting wonders whether the coalition has become a loveless marriage.
September 10th, 2011 | Chris Gilson, Danielle Moran, Weekly Political Blog Round Up | 0 Comments
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Steve Coulter delves into the latest title on the coalition’s ramshackle marriage of convenience, finding a useful book for students and general readers. The Cameron Clegg Government: Coalition Politics in an Age of Austerity. By Simon Lee and Matt Beech. Palgrav e Macmillan. April 2011. Find this book at: The Con-Dem coalition – Britain’s first in peacetime in 100 years […]
May 15th, 2011 | British and Irish Politics and Policy, Economics and the Financial Crisis, Steve Coulter | 1 Comment
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Chris Gilson and Amy Mollett take a look at the week in political blogging The Coalition Paul Goodman at ConservativeHome says th at victories in local elections and the AV referendum show that David Cameron is a winner, while Daniel Elton at Left Foot Forward s ays that these successes may give him a headache in 2015. Meanwhile, Mike Smithson at politicalbetting.com […]
May 14th, 2011 | Weekly Political Blog Round Up | 0 Comments
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