Co-operation and competition

Comment & analysis

• Opposition to the Health and Social Care Bill: An Arab Spring for the NHS? | Chris Ham

  With the Royal College of Nursing announcing their opposition to the Health and Social Care Bill this week, Chris Ham considers the next steps for the health reforms.

• What other regulators can teach Monitor

  Anna Dixon discusses what Monitor can learn from other regulators in an artcile for New Statesman (Article, 9 Dec 2011)

• Understanding New Labour's market reforms of the English NHS sounds warning for coalition government’s agenda

  Can our new book on New Labour's market reforms offer guidance to the coalition government on increasing competition? (Press release, 23 Sep 2011)

• Do actions speak louder than words on competition? Monitor and the Co-operation and Competition Panel

  Will amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill affecting the role of the Co-operation and Competition Panel and Monitor truly affect competition in the NHS? (Blog, Jo Maybin, 9 Aug 2011)

• NHS will be better prepared for the future but waiting times promise will be difficult to keep, says The King’s Fund

  Chris Ham responds to the government’s announcement on the NHS Future Forum’s report, with concerns over their new waiting times promise. (Press release, 14 June 2011)

• What can we learn from other countries about reform in health care?

  At a time of rapid policy change in health care, there is a great thirst for international insight – so what can other countries teach us about health system reform? (Blog, Claire Mundle, 2 Jun 2011)

• NHS and public service reform: choice and competition

  Discussions at our first NHS and public service reform breakfast event focused on choice and competition in the context of wider health reform. (Past event, 4 May 2011)

• Do referral management centres threaten choice and competition?

  Are referral management centres in line with national policy on free choice of elective care and the principles of co-operation and competition? (Blog, Candace Imison, 18 Mar 2011)

• Competition versus integration: how to get the balance right

  The debate about competition in the NHS is often polarised between those who are ideologically opposed to any role for the private sector in the NHS and those who believe the NHS is a monopoly that needs to be broken up. (Blog, Anna Dixon, 21 Feb 2011)

• Competition in the NHS in England

  At the heart of the gargantuan Health and Social Care Bill are provisions to establish a comprehensive system for the economic regulation of health and adult social care services. These provisions amount to the most ambitious attempt yet seen to apply a system of market regulation to the NHS. (Article, BMJ, 14 Feb 2011)

• Ten questions to ask about the Health and Social Care Bill

  As the Health and Social Care Bill is about to be published to enact the proposed reforms set out in 2010's NHS White Paper, THe King's Fund looks ahead to see what key issues need to be resolved, including GP commissioning, competition and regulation. (Blog, Chris Ham, 12 Jan 2011)

• Ten challenging questions about the White Paper

  The King’s Fund believes the White Paper will need to answer some difficult questions if it is to offer a credible plan for the future. (Blog, Chris Ham, 8 Jul 2010)

• Looking out to compete, looking out to co-operate

  Paul Corrigan predicts that, rather than dealing with contentious issues relating to competition, the more important role of the Co-operation and Competition Panel will be to reinforce the importance of co-operation in driving improvements to patient pathways. (Blog, Paul Corrigan, 7 Oct 2009)

• Are we ready for change?

  This week The King’s Fund has published, in association with the Institute of Fiscal Studies, its analysis of the likely economic environment for the NHS over the next decade. Karen Lynas discusses the findings. (Blog, Karen Lynas, 21 Jul 2009)