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"An excellent guide, not only to the woes of the NHS but, by extension, to those of all the public services in Britain. ... It is a lamentable tale of private enterprise without enterprise, and public expenditure without public purpose." -- New Statesman "This is a shocking story, brilliantly told." -- Raymond Tillis, author of Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and Its Discontents "A tale that demands to be read by every person in this country who has a stake in the NHS and the remnants of the welfare state, and indeed, everyone with democratic instincts ... told with lucid and detailed authority." -- The Guardian "Allyson Pollock confirms suspicions that something is rotten in the state of the UK's health system. NHS plc should be required reading for every clinician and patient in the UK." - The Lancet "Pollock applies a remorseless logic that is hard to resist ... a stimulating and powerful argument." - Times Higher Education Supplement "A brave, necessary book. And because you know the government thinks you shouldn't read it, you probably should." -- British Medical Journal
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'Professor Pollock offers a critical contribution to the key issues in contemporary political and policy debate.'
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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A must-read for all in the NHS!,
By Dr. A.J. Desai (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: NHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care (Hardcover)
This is an extremely well-written and though-provoking analysis of the effects of labour's healthcare policies, and obsession with targets and red tape, on the current state of the NHS. I would highly recommend that every doctor and nurse working in the NHS read this as it opened my eyes to the extent of the current situation and helped me understand how we got here in the first place. In the current political climate, where debate on healthcare has been put centre-stage since the case of Margaret Dixon, it is an important and necessary book to read.
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This review is from: NHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care (Paperback)
Despite spending long years in opposition quite rightly defending the NHS, and winning the 1997 election in part on a promise to save it, New Labour developed a set of reforms that brought private interest into the NHS in a manner that went well beyond the already demented dreams of Margaret Thatcher. Allyson Pollocks brilliantly argued and well sourced book describes how this happened, the forces that were behind the "modernisation" policy, and the short term and long-term ramifications of it for the NHS, in a prose that is clear and comprehensible for the general reader.
When the Labour party was voted into office in 1997 there was absolutely no way that the vast majority of those who elected them were voting for this policy of piece-meal break-up and privatisation of the NHS. The Orwellian nature of the language that was used to mask the realities of the "modernisation" project; the plethora of public relations personnel and endless spinning involved; the bullying and cajoling of opponents of the reform (including Allyson Pollock herself) all speak volumes for the lack of any popular mandate. So much for British democracy. Pollock details the growing effects of "modernisation" on many NHS services including hospitals, GP's, and long term care for the elderly, and makes a cogent case for the negative effects that the marketisations, commodifications, and privatisations have had on the viability of our National Health Service. In short, the private sector wanted, and largely got, a cut of the NHS's revenues to boost their turnover and profits without incurring even a minimal amount of risk. In a way it is rather reminiscent of the cost-plus contracts that the Bush administration awarded by the bucket load in Iraq. The whole edifice has undoubtedly been kept on it's feet by the increase in funding for the NHS - God alone knows what will happen as public spending stagnates in the coming years? "NHS plc" is a damning indictment of the New Labour project, and contains more commitment to public service than Blair, Brown, et al exhibited in their thirteen years of power. Well recommended and vital reading.
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This review is from: NHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care (Paperback)
If you only read one deconstructive critique of government policy and the NHS, make it this book.
Professor Pollock is unwelcome in Government circles- because she shines a spotlight on the inconsistencies (aka lies), ambiguities (aka favouring big business over NHS) and changes (aka policies doomed to failure even before they waste billions of taxpayers money) that have beset the NHS over the last fifteen years. Since she originally wrote this book (and was rubbished by Gvt about much of the content), many of her predictions, insights and conclusions have been proven correct. It should make your blood boil
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