Competition, markets and choice

Our work on competition between providers of NHS, health and care services and patient choice

Is the NHS being privatised?

The involvement of the private sector in the NHS is a hotly contested topic. We consider whether the NHS is being privatised.

What is commissioning and how is it changing?

Commissioning is the process by which health and care services are planned, purchased and monitored. Here we look at the commissioning process in more detail, the organisations involved and how it is changing.

A modest proposal? Choice and competition in the long-term plan

Can the principle of choice and competition work alongside integrated care and the demands of patients with multi-morbidity? Nicholas Timmins unpacks NHS England’s plans to make integrated care work more effectively and what this might mean in terms of changes to legislation.

Reforming the NHS from within: Beyond hierarchy, inspection and markets

Our paper argues for a fundamental shift in how the NHS is reformed, learning from what has worked (and what has not) in England and elsewhere.

Commissioning and contracting: Our work on the ways in which NHS, health and care services are commissioned and purchased

Health and Social Care Act 2012: Our work on this significant and far-reaching reform of the NHS

Patient involvement: Our work on the role of patients and the public in health and care and service design