Opinion and debate
How far can market forces be used to stimulate NHS reform?
We ran an online debate from 16 July to 12 August 2007 on the conclusions from our new report, Windmill 2007: The future of health care reforms in England. The debate is now closed, but you can read the comments and listen to expert viewpoints below.Listen to an overview of Windmill 2007
- Co-author Laurie McMahon of Loop2 talks at a King's Fund event on 16 July about Windmill 2007's main findings and conclusions (15 min 6 sec)
Listen to expert viewpoints
- Nigel Edwards, Policy Director, NHS Conferation (1 min 12 sec)
- Mike Farrar, Chief Executive, NHS North West (55 sec)
- Matthew James, Associate Director – External Affairs, Nuffield Hospitals (2 min 11 sec)
- Parveen Kumar, President, British Medical Association (1 min 38 sec)
- William Moyes, Executive Chairman, Monitor (1 min 17 sec)
Your comments
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Suzette Woodward | 10 Aug 07
While fascinated I was waiting to see an emphasis on patient safety which never came. Commissioning for safety, the role of the SHA and others in safety were not mentioned neither were any of the arms length bodies which can support improvement and...
H Moffatt | 8 Aug 07
At the RCOG, we are particularly keen to see that the skills and abilities of the PCTS are rapidly developed. We know this through observation and experience, the Windmill exercise has also strongly suggested this, it needs to happen! We update...
Mark Buckle | 1 Aug 07
I make no apologies for commenting on another post from Matthew Swindells on 19 July. One of his central observations is worthy of repetition: 'this discussion (about the future of the NHS) has a tendency to move in to a debate about a different way...
Lloyd Richards | 31 Jul 07
I agree commissioners have not grasped the implications of a market driven approach, but I'm unsure that they have the desire to take the risks that this implies. Its too inherently unstable to apply a full market approach to something as complex as...
Warren Town | 30 Jul 07
I would echo the concerns about the confusion over the role, design and status of the Social Enterprise Model (SE) for health care delivery. We have members in our profession (radiography/ultrasound) who have enbraced the concept of social enterprise...