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Anna Dixon

Director of Policy

Dr Anna Dixon has conducted research and published widely on health care funding and policy. She has given lectures on a range of topics including UK health system reform and patient choice. She was previously a lecturer in European Health Policy at the London School of Economics and was awarded the Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy in 2005–6.

She has also worked in the Strategy Unit at the Department of Health, where she focused on a range of issues including choice, global health and public health, and is a visiting Fellow at LSE Health.

Selected published work

A guide to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Everyone Counts
8 Jan 2013 | Blog
Viewpoint: The King's Fund on how general practice should change
5 Dec 2012 | Article
General practice in London: supporting improvements in quality
5 Dec 2012 | Article
Health policy under the coalition government
A mid-term assessment
28 Nov 2012 | Publication
It’s time to think differently
15 Nov 2012 | Blog
It’s time to think differently
15 Nov 2012 | Blog
Payment by Results
How can payment systems help to deliver better care?
2 Nov 2012 | Publication
The commissioning reforms in the English National Health Service (NHS) and their potential impact on primary care
28 Sep 2012 | Article
Balancing liberation with accountability?
27 Sep 2012 | Blog
Dealing with financially unsustainable providers: how will the failure regime work?
19 Sep 2012 | Article
Transforming the delivery of health and social care
The case for fundamental change
6 Sep 2012 | Publication
Setting objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board
6 Sep 2012 | Article
Transforming the delivery of health and social care
The case for fundamental change
6 Sep 2012 | Publication
Fixing the broken system
6 Sep 2012 | Article
Beyond inspections
26 Jul 2012 | Article
Preparing for the Francis report: how to assure quality in the NHS
26 Jul 2012 | Article
Evolution or revolution: the story behind the Health and Social Care Act 2012
12 Jul 2012 | Blog
Radical changes are needed – my reflections on themes from the NHS Confederation conference
28 Jun 2012 | Blog
Are we wasting money on care that patients don’t want?
29 May 2012 | Blog
Are we expecting too much from the Care Quality Commission?
5 Apr 2012 | Blog
Data briefing: Emergency hospital admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions
Identifying the potential for reductions
3 Apr 2012 | Publication
Improving safety in maternity services
A toolkit for teams
29 Mar 2012 | Publication
The Health and Social Care Act: what next for the NHS?
28 Mar 2012 | Blog
Patient choice should not force commissioners away from competition
1 Mar 2012 | Article
The other health story
1 Mar 2012 | Article
Tackling financial failure: how will the proposed legislation work out in practice?
27 Feb 2012 | Blog
Back to the future: 10 years of European health reforms
6 Jan 2012 | Article
Integrated care for patients and populations: Improving outcomes by working together
A report to the Department of Health and the NHS Future Forum
5 Jan 2012 | Publication
What was the programme theory of New Labour's health system reforms?
1 Jan 2012 | Article
What other regulators can teach Monitor
9 Dec 2011 | Article
Innovations in the health care workforce needed to deliver productivity improvements
7 Nov 2011 | Blog
Is the GP contract a barrier to integrated care?
4 Nov 2011 | Blog
Economic regulation in health care
What can we learn from other regulators?
3 Nov 2011 | Publication
Lost and confused: improving hospital care for dementia patients
18 Oct 2011 | Blog
Do we need more generalists in our hospitals?
12 Oct 2011 | Blog
Competition in the NHS: a provider perspective
3 Oct 2011 | Article
What lessons should the coalition government learn from New Labour's market reforms?
23 Sep 2011 | Blog
Understanding New Labour's market reforms of the English NHS
13 Sep 2011 | Publication
Can greater transparency and payment by results transform public services?
19 Jul 2011 | Blog
Why the NHS must engage with the voluntary sector
22 Jun 2011 | Article
Privatisation or diversification: what do the changes to the NHS reforms mean for the private and voluntary sectors?
16 Jun 2011 | Blog
Accountability in the NHS
Implications of the government's reform programme
1 Jun 2011 | Publication
Where next for the NHS reforms? The case for integrated care
23 May 2011 | Article
Coalition government and health: one year on
16 May 2011 | Blog
Impact of Quality and Outcomes Framework on health inequalities
Summary of full report
21 Apr 2011 | Publication
Public Bill Committee submission on part three of the Health and Social Care Bill
27 Mar 2011 | Article
Competition versus integration: how to get the balance right
21 Feb 2011 | Blog
Providers need to get their act together while commissioners look the other way
31 Jan 2011 | Blog
Paradoxes in the debate about the Health and Social Care Bill
26 Jan 2011 | Blog
Should clinicians be responsible for the population as well as individuals?
2 Dec 2010 | Blog
Questions to ask about the public health White Paper
26 Nov 2010 | Blog
Choosing a high-quality hospital
The role of nudges, scorecard design and information
18 Nov 2010 | Publication
The NHS White Paper: what do doctors think of their new roles?
25 Oct 2010 | Blog
Liberating the NHS: The right prescription in a cold climate?
6 Oct 2010 | Article
Public health: why GPs need to see the full picture
3 Aug 2010 | Blog
Equity and Excellence: will the White Paper achieve all it sets out to?
13 Jul 2010 | Blog
Patient choice
How patients choose and how providers respond
3 Jun 2010 | Publication
Freeing the NHS from politics
26 May 2010 | Blog
The experience of implementing choice at point of referral: a comparison of the Netherlands and England
24 May 2010 | Article
Helping patients choose: how to improve the design of comparative scorecards of hospital quality
18 May 2010 | Article
What does a Tory-Liberal coalition mean for health?
12 May 2010 | Blog
Accountability of foundation trusts in the English NHS: views of directors and governors
19 Apr 2010 | Article
Difficult choices on health as the election campaigns kick off
6 Apr 2010 | Blog
New system of registration does not let boards off the hook
1 Apr 2010 | Blog
Key questions for an ageing population
11 Feb 2010 | Article
Lib Dems aware of tough decisions ahead
10 Feb 2010 | Blog
Tories, targets and transparency
11 Jan 2010 | Blog
The Dr Foster data debate
2 Dec 2009 | Blog
Choice at the point of referral
Early results of a patient survey
4 Nov 2009 | Publication
Spotlight on the regulators at Lib Dem party conference
22 Sep 2009 | Blog
Quality in a cold climate: is the NHS on course?
16 Dec 2008 | Article
Quality in a cold climate: is the NHS on course?
16 Dec 2008 | Blog
Commissioning and Behaviour Change
Kicking Bad Habits final report
8 Dec 2008 | Publication
Engaging patients in their health: How the NHS needs to change
Report from the Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, Leeds Castle, 17-18 May 2007
23 Oct 2008 | Publication
Let's broaden the debate on top-ups
15 Sep 2008 | Blog
Super patients should use their powers wisely
28 Aug 2008 | Article
The NHS, but not as you know it
14 May 2008 | Article
Patient choice in general practice: the implications of patient satisfaction surveys
2 Apr 2008 | Article
Regulating Complementary Medical Practitioners
An international review
12 Mar 2008 | Publication
Governing the NHS
Alternatives to an independent board
17 Jan 2008 | Publication
Improving Chronic Disease Management
An Anglo-American exchange
28 Nov 2007 | Publication
Jury still out on NHS independence
19 Oct 2006 | Article
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