The topsy-turvy world of NHS debate
We live in a very strange world and, in politics, everything gets all the stranger. It’s a bit like stumbling into Royston Vasey or visiting one of bizarre areas of Ireland where everything travels...
View ArticleNHS losing contracts because bids not ‘thought out’ properly
As we heard this week, growing numbers of NHS contracts are being awarded by Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to private providers. This is partly as a consequence of the new-ish CCG system which...
View ArticleThe NHS’ problem is poor management, and whistleblowing proposals don’t fix that
By Emily Barley @ThinkEmily You may recall that last year I spoke to an NHS business manager about what might be causing the NHS to lose out on contracts to private providers. The message then was...
View ArticleSugar & obesity: The revolving door ofGovt. regulation strikes again
“One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom...
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When the NHS is so poorly managed, no amount of extra money will fix it
“I have never come across any business that measures its success by the amount of money it spends. Yet, all too often, that is precisely what government does. Increased financial commitment to the NHS...
View Article‘Legal high’ ban risks dragging us into a positive system of law
Filling minutes of otherwise dead air to scare parents at the end of news broadcasts, the mythical legal high menace rears its head every other day, it seems. Now, the Government seeks to put an end to...
View ArticleWould charging for GP appointments be so bad?
“Doctor, doctor I swallowed a bone!” “Are you choking?” “No, I really did!” “Doctor, doctor I feel like a pack of cards! “I’ll deal with you later…” “Doctor, doctor, I’ve got a bunged up nose and a...
View Article‘False autonomy': Why libertarians should cheer the defeat of the Assisted...
By Peter D. Williams Today, the Assisted Dying Bill of Labour MP Rob Marris received Second Reading in the House of Commons, and was emphatically crushed by 330 votes to 118. The argument for the...
View ArticleSmoke gets in your eyes
The very first episode of Mad Men is probably the best. Confronted with stacks of evidence that smoking may be quite bad for you, and a wave of government regulations that are about render the entire...
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