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- The health unit was set up to facilitate informed and impartial debate among key
stakeholders, patients, and the grassroots of the medical profession, in order to help
build consensus on the future of health care in the UK.
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research aims to bring fresh thinking to problems facing the NHS through careful
analysis and a consideration of what can be learnt from other health systems. From this, we endeavour to generate evidence-based ideas that are committed to high-quality, universal, safe and integrated health care.
- We have also helped to set up Young Civitas for Medics, a new society, now with over 1,000 members, that aims to engage medical students in debates about the future of health care and develop critical thinking skills.
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Briefings: US and Dutch health system briefings have been updated.
See all health systems briefings here.
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Publication: Refusing Treatment: the NHS and market-based reform
- Laura Brereton and James Gubb, 4 October 2010
Civitas publishes the findings of a year-long study into the effectiveness of the market in the NHS: whether and why it has driven the performance of providers as was intended; and what should be done to make it work better going forwards.
A summary can be found here and commentaries from high-profile figures including former Labour Health Minister, Lord Warner, and former Executive Chair of Monitor, Dr Bill Moyes, here.
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Briefing: A risky business: the White Paper and the NHS
- James Gubb, December 2010
An in-depth analysis questions the proposed abolition of all Primary Care Trusts by 2013, in favour of GP 'consortia'. A more incremental approach is advocated, permitting reform on a 'human' rather than 'utopian' scale.
See also commentary by Sir David Varney: Risk, ‘Equity and Excellence’.
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Article: Competition is good for the NHS
- James Gubb, The Guardian, 17 January 2010
The health secretary is right to bring competition into the health service, but he should give more control to patients and citizens: the proposed commissioning reforms must be questioned.
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