Competition and choice

'No decision about me without me' - a defining theme of the NHS reforms, attempts to provide service users with a choice in their care. And with new providers entering the health and social care system, including private and third sector providers, competition and choice play a huge role in the commissioning and provision of care.

Overview

Relevant publications

Economic regulation in health care What can we learn from other regulators?

3 Nov 2011

Anna Dixon, Tony Harrison, Claire Mundle

Social enterprise in health care Promoting organisational autonomy and staff engagement

4 Aug 2011

Rachael Addicott

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From the blog

The Health and Social Care Act: what next for the NHS?

28 Mar 2012

Anna Dixon

Tackling financial failure: how will the proposed legislation work out in practice?

27 Feb 2012

Anna Dixon

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Reading Room & articles

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Relevant events

Any willing provider

Our second NHS and public service reform event focused on how diversity of supply can benefit the NHS and patients, the potential risks associated with it and how policy can be successfully implemented.

Choice and competition: NHS and public service reform series

Discussions at our first NHS and public service reform breakfast event focused on choice and competition in the context of wider health reforms.

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Relevant audio/video

Catherine Pollard and Amy Caldwell-Nichols: integrating care and preventing anti-competitive behaviour

Catherine Pollard, Amy Caldwell-Nichols

Belinda Phipps: why choice matters - improving the experience of maternity care

Belinda Phipps

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Related projects

Transforming NHS provider services through social enterprise

Identifying the challenges for health organisations considering becoming a social enterprise, and the support they will need from the government.

Informed choice: helping patients make better decisions

This project explores whether or not comparative hospital data helps patients to make better choices.

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Our work on this topic

Press release

Patient choice has some way to go before it delivers improvements in hospital quality, says The King's Fund

27 Mar 2008

Publication

Free choice at the point of referral

27 Mar 2008

Sarah Gregory , Ruth Thorlby

Publication

Briefing: Patient choice

29 Jan 2008

Ruth Robertson, Ruth Thorlby

Article

Citizen and staff involvement in health service decision-making

1 Jan 2008

Richard Lewis, Lisa Hinton

Article

Patient choice in psychiatry

1 Jul 2007

Simon Lawton-Smith

Press release

Government needs to clarify role of NHS market, urges independent working group

5 Jun 2006

Publication

Designing the 'new' NHS

5 Jun 2006

Nick Timmins

Article

Choice a right in England - but what about Scotland's patients?

3 Jun 2006

John Appleby

Article

Spoilt for choice

14 Apr 2006

John Appleby

Article

Does more choice equal more risk?

1 Mar 2006

Jennifer Dixon

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