James Gubb

James Gubb is Director of the Health Unit at Civitas, a post he has held since 2007. His publications include: Refusing Treatment: the NHS and market-based reform (with Laura Brereton); Putting Patients Last: How the NHS keeps the ten commandments for business failure (with Peter Davies); Checking up on Doctors: a review of the Quality and Outcomes Framework; as well as a number of other reports and briefings on NHS reform and health systems internationally. James also sits on the steering committee of Young Civitas for Medics, a new society set up to involve medical students in health policy discussions, and is a partner in Streetscape, a landscape gardening business that strives to take unemployed young people back into work. He is a regular contributor to print, broadcast and healthcare media on issues concerning the NHS; and blogs for Civitas on this subject.