2023
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Britain’s National Health Service is exhausted. The New York Times. 2023. download
Baldeh A-O, Millard C, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. Bridging the gap? Local production of medicines on the national essential medicine lists of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 2023;16:18. download
Roderick P. Regulating new drugs in India needs to be improved. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia 2023;10. download
2022
Hayre J, Pollock AM. Children in poverty: time for action to address rising inequalities in the United Kingdom. Poverty & Public Policy 2022. download
Lancaster J, Pollock AM. A supplementary report for the Infected Blood Inquiry into structures and funding of the communicable disease control system in England. Infected Blood Inquiry 2022. download
Pollock AM, Sevcikova P. Unregulated ‘innovation’: India’s medicine problem. The Conversation. 14 November 2022.
Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. The return of inverse care: case study of elective hip surgery. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe 2022;21:100495. download
Mehta A, Brhlikova P, McGettigan P, Pollock AM et al. Systemic antibiotic sales and WHO recommendations, India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization Online First: 22 August 2022. download
Roderick P, Pollock AM. Dismantling the National Health Service in England. International Journal of Health Services 2022:00207314221114540. download
Pollock AM, McCartney M. Expert report to the Infected Blood Inquiry: Public Health and Administration: Appendix E, question 23 additional response. Infected Blood Inquiry 2022.
Expert report to the Infected Blood Inquiry: public health and administration. Infected Blood Inquiry 2022.
White AJ, Batten J, Howarth NE … Pollock AM. Imposing compulsory rugby union on schoolchildren: an analysis of English state-funded secondary schools. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 2022;4. download
Kirkwood G, Buchan J, Pollock AM. Waiting times for cataract surgery in Scotland since 2002 and the effect of austerity: an interrupted time series analysis. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2022. download
Parekh N, Bragg R, Stoianova S, Pollock AM. Maternity charges in NHS widen health inequalities. BMJ 2022;377:e071154. download
Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Socioeconomic inequality, waiting time initiatives and austerity in Scotland: an interrupted time series analysis of elective hip and knee replacements and arthroscopies. JRSM 2022:01410768221090672. download
Byrne P, Harding-Edgar L, Pollock AM. SARS-CoV-2: public health measures for managing the transition to endemicity. JRSM 2022;01410768221089023. download
Howarth NE, Lancaster J, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Gulf Region: unintentional injuries. RoSPA 2022. download
Lancaster J, Kirkwood G, Howarth NE, Pollock AM. Statistical insights for RoSPA. RoSPA 2022. download
Pollock AM. Mass testing: expensive, chaotic, and wasteful. Collateral Global 22 February 2022.
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Health and Care Bill: briefing for Lords committee stage – proposed amendments. 10 Jan 2022. download
Pollock AM. It’s time to end Covid mass testing. The Telegraph. 06 Jan 2022.
2021
Pollock AM, Roderick P. If you believe in a public NHS, the new health and care bill should set off alarm bells. The Guardian 07 Dec 2021.
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Injuries in schools’ rugby: occasional niggles and scrapes? In: Wagg S, Pollock AM, eds. The Palgrave handbook on sport, politics and harm. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021. 573–606.
Wagg S, Pollock AM, eds. The Palgrave handbook on sport, politics and harm. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021.
Pollock AM. Multinational care companies are the real winners from Johnson’s new tax. The Guardian 14 Sep 2021.
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Why is the legal duty to arrange provision of medical services missing from clause 15 of the Health and Care Bill? 02 Sep 2021. download
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Health and Care Bill 2021-22. Submission to the Public Bill Committee. 02 Sep 2021. download
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Health and Care Bill 2021-22: key points and questions for the second reading, 14 Jul 2021. 13 Jul 21. download
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Why all the secrecy around Innova lateral flow tests? BMJ Opinion 11 Jul 2021.
Hayes L, Pollock AM. Mandatory covid-19 vaccination for care home workers. BMJ. 2021;374:n1684. download
Pollock AM. Test-and-trace workers are paying the price for the government’s outsourcing zeal. The Guardian. 12 May 2021.
Pollock AM, Roderick P, Mittler BS. Briefing note: Centene take-over of GP surgeries. 10 Apr 2021. download
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Written evidence to “Concussion in sport” parliamentary enquiry, Mar 2021. download
Lewis SJ, Munro APS, Davey Smith G, Pollock AM. Closing schools is not evidence based and harms children. BMJ 2021;372:n521. download
Roderick P, Pollock AM. A new bill to reform the NHS in England: the wrong proposals at the wrong time. BMJ Opinion 11 Feb 2021.
Pollock AM. Testing, testing…for SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic people. BMJ Opinion 09 Feb 2021.
Davey Smith G, Blastland M, Pollock AM. Responding to the “known unknowns” of covid-19. BMJ Opinion 19 Jan 2021.
Pollock AM, Roderick P, Price D. Response to NHSE/I consultation, “Integrating care: next steps to building strong and effective integrated care systems across England”. 08 Jan 2021. download
2020
Pollock AM, Lancaster J. Asymptomatic transmission of covid-19. BMJ 2020;371:m4851. download
Nkengasong J, Iwasaki A, Victoria C … Pollock AM et al. The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Med 2020;1(1):3-8. download
Pollock AM. Kids’ lives are on the line but rugby won’t listen. The Sunday Times 13 Dec 2020.
Pollock AM, Ocan M, Sevcikova P. East African countries should prioritise their essential medicines for drug registration. The Conversation 18 Nov 2020.
Deeks J, Pollock AM, Taylor-Phillips S, Raffle AE. Briefing on Operation Moonshot screening for SARS-CoV-2. 15 Nov 2020
Bambra C, Hayre J, Pollock AM, Brown H. COVID-19 and health inequality. Independent SAGE; 2020. download
Harding-Edgar L, McCartney M, Pollock AM. Test and trace strategy has overlooked importance of clinical input, clinical oversight and integration. JRSM 28 Oct 2020. download
Deeks JJ, Brookes AJ, Pollock AM. Operation Moonshot proposals are scientifically unsound. BMJ 2020;370:m3699. download
Lyus R, Pollock AM, Ocan M, Brhlikova P. Registration of antimicrobials, Kenya, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania, 2018. Bulletin of the WHO 2020;98(8):530–538. download
Brhlikova P, Maigetter K, Murison J, Agaba AG, Tusiimire J, Pollock AM. Registration and local production of essential medicines in Uganda. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 2020;13(1):31. download
Pollock AM. Track, trace and the myth of private sector efficiency. Tribune. 21 Aug 2020.
Raffle AE, Pollock AM, Harding-Edgar L. Covid-19 mass testing programmes. BMJ 2020;370. download
Pollock AM. Thanks to outsourcing, England’s test and trace system is in chaos. The Guardian. 31 Jul 2020.
Khunti K, Pollock AM, Pareek M. Find, test, trace, isolate and support programmes need to be localised and culturally tailored to reach ethnic minority populations. BMJ Opinion. 21 Jul 2020.
Pollock AM. Response to House of Lords Science & Technology Committee: The science of COVID-19, 12th evidence session (29 June 20). 17 Jul 2020. download
Pollock AM. Spending cuts and privatisation have left us without a functioning social care system. New Statesman 01 Jul 2020.
Roderick P, Pollock AM, Macfarlane A. Getting back on track: control of covid-19 outbreaks in the community. BMJ. 2020;369:m2484. download
Pollock AM, Clements L, Harding-Edgar L. Why we need a national care service – and how to build one. Tribune 22 Jun 2020.
Pollock AM. They died alone and frightened, victims of a broken system that shames us all. Daily Mail. 11 Jun 2020.
The Independent SAGE report. When should a school reopen? 28 May 2020. download
Pollock AM, Harding-Edgar L. Coronavirus crisis: underfunding, restructuring, privatisation and fragmentation at the heart of the crisis in Holyrood and Westminster. Scottish Left Review. 2020;117:4-7.
The Independent SAGE report. COVID-19: what are the options for the UK? Recommendations for government based on an open and transparent examination of the scientific evidence. 12 May 2020. download
Filippon J, Bremner S, Giovanella L, Pollock AM. An ecological study of publicly funded elective hip arthroplasties in Brazil and Scotland: do access inequalities reinforce the inverse care law? JRSM Open. 2020;11(5). download
Coleman MP, Di Carlo V, Ashton JR, Pollock AM, Matz M, Allemani C. Reliable, real-world data on excess mortality are required to assess the impact of covid-19. BMJ Opinion. 07 May 2020.
Pollock AM, Roderick P. To tackle this virus, local public health teams need to take back control. The Observer. 26 Apr 2020
Pollock AM, Harding-Edgar L. Coronavirus crisis: underfunding, restructuring, privatisation and fragmentation at the heart of the crisis in Holyrood and Westminster. Scottish Centre on European Relations. 23 Apr 2020. download
Pollock AM, Clements L, Harding-Edgar L. Covid-19: why we need a national health and social care service. BMJ. 2020;369:m1465. download
Pollock AM, Roderick P, Cheng KK, Pankhania B. Covid-19: why is the UK government ignoring WHO’s advice? BMJ 2020;368:m1284. download
Pollock AM. Covid-19: local implementation of tracing and testing programmes could enable some schools to reopen. BMJ 2020;368.
Rees C, Brhlikova P, Pollock AM. Will HPV vaccination prevent cervical cancer? JRSM. 2020. download
2019
Pollock N, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Identifying accidental harms. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Newcastle University 2019. download
White AJ, Robinson S, Anderson E, Bullingham R, Pollock AM, Scoats R. The lack of age representation in the governance of rugby union in England. Sociology of Sport Journal 2019;36:300–10. download
Harrington C, Pollock AM, Sutaria S. Privatization of nursing homes in the United Kingdom and the United States. In Armstrong P, Armstrong H (eds). The privatization of care: the case of nursing homes, Routledge 2019.
Pollock AM. A war of attrition against hospital services in South Tyneside and across the country openDemocracy. 04 Aug 2019.
Sutaria S, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. An ecological study of NHS funded elective hip arthroplasties in England from 2003/04 to 2012/13 JRSM. 2019. download
2018
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Rights that protect against socioeconomic disadvantage are long overdue – the UK is already paying the price. The Conversation. 07 Dec 2018.
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Children account for almost half of all visits to A&E for sports injuries. The Conversation. 02 Nov 2018.
Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. Results on sports-related injuries in children from NHS emergency care dataset Oxfordshire pilot: an ecological study. JRSM 2018. download
Allan C, Joyce TJ, Pollock AM. Europe’s new device regulations fail to protect the public. BMJ. 2018;363:k4205. download
Hutchinson C, Pollock AM, Richard S, Winyard G. Submission to NHS England’s consultation on the contracting arrangements for Integrated Care Providers (ICPs). 01 Oct 2018. download
Pollock AM. Why we’re fighting Jeremy Hunt NHS plans in the High Court. Left Foot Forward. 23 May 2018.
Chand K, Pollock AM. The NHS doesn’t require reform – it needs a revolution. The Political Quarterly. 01 May 2018.
Pollock AM. Portability of budgets and competition for GP practice lists—another back door route to US style ACOs? BMJ Opinion. 17 Apr 2018.
White AJ, Batten J, Kirkwood G, Anderson E, Pollock AM. ‘Pre-activity movement control exercise programme to prevent injuries in youth rugby’: some concerns. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018.
Pollock AM. Supplementary evidence to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee on Integrated Care. Newcastle University; 26 Mar 2018. download
Evans V, Roderick P, Pollock AM. Adequacy of clinical trial evidence of metformin fixed-dose combinations for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in India. BMJ Global Health. 2018;3:e000263. download
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Written evidence of Professor Allyson Pollock and Mr Peter Roderick, House of Commons Health Select Committee, STP0094 London. 22 Jan 2018. download
McGettigan P, Roderick P, Kadam A, Pollock AM. Threats to global antimicrobial resistance control; centrally approved and unapproved antibiotic formulations sold in India. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2018. download
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Why we should be concerned about accountable care organisations in England’s NHS. BMJ. 2018;360:k343. download
Millard C, Kadam A, Mahajan R, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. Availability of brands of six essential medicines in 124 pharmacies in Maharashtra. Journal of Global Health. 2018;8(1). download
Pollock AM. Think Carillion is bad? Wait until you see what the government wants to do with the NHS. New Statesman. 18 Jan 2018
2017
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Beware Hunt’s NHS plan. The Scotsman 10 Dec 2017
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Jeremy Hunt must consult properly on accountable care organisations. BMJ Opinion. 14 Nov 2017.
McGettigan P, Pollock AM. India not doing enough to stop sale of unapproved antibiotics. Asia Times. 2017.
Pollock AM, McGettigan P. Indian government not doing enough to tackle sale of unapproved antibiotics. The Conversation. 11 Oct 2017.
McGettigan P, Roderick P, Kadam A, Pollock AM. Access, Watch, and Reserve antibiotics in India: challenges for WHO stewardship. The Lancet Global Health. 2017;5(11):e1075–6. download
Pollock AM. Healthcare for all. In: Phipps M (ed). For the many: preparing Labour for power. London & New York: OR Books; 2017.
Sutaria S, Roderick P, Pollock AM. Are radical changes to health and social care paving the way for fewer services and new user charges? BMJ. 2017;358:j4279. download
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugby. BMJ. 26 Sep 2017.
Pollock AM. Why the next Labour manifesto must pledge to legislate to reinstate the NHS. openDemocracy. 12 Sep 2017.
Casla K, Roderick P, Pollock AM. Disclosure of patients’ data to the UK Home Office must stop. BMJ. 2017;358:j3613. download
Pollock AM, White AJ, Kirkwood G. Evidence in support of the call to ban the tackle and harmful contact in school rugby: a response to World Rugby. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;51:1108–13. download
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Open letter to Jeremy Hunt on the 69th anniversary of the NHS. Huffington Post. 05 Jul 2017.
Harrington C, Jacobsen FF, Panos J, Pollock AM, Sutaria S, Szebehely M. Marketization in long-term care: a cross-country comparison of large for-profit nursing home chains. Health Services Insights. 2017;10:1–23. download
Roderick P. Why civil and political rights have been easier to secure than social and economic ones The Conversation 03 May 2017
Roderick P, Pollock AM. Brexit’s Great Repeal Bill will axe the right to health. BMJ. 2017;357:2013. download
2016
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Head injuries and concussion in rugby. Briefing to the Rugby Union All Party Parliamentary Group. 28 Nov 2016. download
Pollock AM. The Myth of the ‘Demographic Time Bomb’. Socialist Health Association. 14 Nov 2016.
Pollock AM. Remind us why public service really matters. In: Seth-Smith N, Mackay J, Hind D, editors. Rethinking the BBC: public media in the 21st century. Commonwealth Publishing; 2016. download
Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. Unintentional injury in England: an analysis of the emergency care data set pilot in Oxfordshire from 2012 to 2014. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 2016;jech-2016-207581. download
Pollock AM. How we could have a national health service in Ireland. The Irish Times. 30 Sep 2016.
Pollock AM. Comments for Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare. 28 Sep 2016. download
Pollock AM. Take out the tackle from school rugby. The Huffington Post UK. 2016.
Piggin J, Pollock AM. World Rugby’s erroneous and misleading representation of Australian sports injury statistics. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2016. download
Filippon J, Giovanella L, Konder M, Pollock AM. ‘Liberalizing’ the English National Health Service: background and risks to healthcare entitlement. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 2016;32(8). download
Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. Poor prescription practices across Africa are putting patients at risk. The Conversation. 29 Aug 2016.
Ofori-Asenso R, Brhlikova P, Pollock AM. Prescribing indicators at primary health care centers within the WHO African region: a systematic analysis (1995–2015). BMC Public Health. 2016;16:724. download
Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Patient choice and private provision decreased public provision and increased inequalities in Scotland: a case study of elective hip arthroplasty. Journal of Public Health. 2016. download
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Sport Duty of Care Review: submission. London; 2016 May. download
Kadam A, Maigetter K, Jeffery R, Mistry N, Weiss MG, Pollock AM. Correcting India’s chronic shortage of drug inspectors to ensure the production and distribution of safe, high-quality medicines. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2016;5. download
Pollock AM. Cómo la mercantilización y la privatización se están utilizando para abolir los sistemas nacionales de atención universal de salud y qué se debe hacer para restaurarlos. Reforma y Democracia. 2016;64:5–50.
Ronald LA, McGregor MJ, Harrington C, Pollock AM, Lexchin J. Observational evidence of for-profit delivery and inferior nursing home care: when is there enough evidence for policy change? PLOS Med. 2016;13(4):e1001995. download
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Removing contact from school rugby will not turn children into couch potatoes. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2016;bjsports-2016-096220. download
Leng H, Pollock AM, Sanders D. The impact of the Medicines Control Council backlog and fast-track review system on access to innovative and new generic and biosimilar medicines of public health importance in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 2016 Mar 17;106(4):350. download
Pollock AM. Remove the tackle from school rugby and put in place injury surveillance. Better Health For All. 08 Mar 2016.
Pollock AM, Roderick P. National Health Service Bill. Legal and Policy Briefing for the Second Reading in the House of Commons, on 11th March 2016. 03 Mar 2016. download
2015
Harrington C, Armstrong H, Halladay M, Havig AK, Jacobsen FF, MacDonald M, et al. Comparison of nursing home financial transparency and accountability in four locations. Ageing International. 2015 Nov 19;1–23. download
Pollock AM. Time to tackle brain injury in rugby at all levels. The Irish Times. 06 Oct 2015.
Pollock AM. Rugby is dangerous – and we’re not doing enough to protect children who play it. The Conversation. 01 Oct 2015.
Pollock AM. Remind us why public service matters. 100 ideas for the BBC. Open Democracy. 23 Sep 2015.
Pollock, AM. World Rugby isn’t doing enough to protect young players from head injuries. The Guardian. 22 Sep 2015.
Brhlikova P, Harper I, Subedi M, Bhattarai S, Rawal N, Pollock AM. Aid conditionalities, international Good Manufacturing Practice standards and local production rights: a case study of local production in Nepal. Globalization and Health. 11(25). download
Millard C, Brhlikova P, Pollock AM. Social networks and health policy: the case of misoprostol and the WHO model essential medicine list. Social Science & Medicine. 2015;132:190–6. download
Pollock AM. A dangerous game. Scottish Review. 2015.
McGettigan P, Roderick P, Mahajan R, Kadam A, Pollock, AM. Use of fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs in India: central regulatory approval and sales of FDCs containing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), metformin, or psychotropic drugs. PLoS Med. 2015;12(5):e1001826. download
Pollock AM. Radical new bill is now the only chance to save our service – so get behind it. Morning Star. 06 May 2015.
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Why the Queen’s Speech on 19 May should include a bill to reinstate the NHS in England. BMJ. 2015;350:h2257. download
Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Rugby injury surveillance and prevention programmes: are they effective? BMJ. 2015;350:h1587. download
Pollock AM. Only legislation can restore the NHS. Camden New Journal. 17 Apr 2015.
Pollock, AM. BMA backs principles of NHS Reinstatement Bill to save NHS from destruction by market forces. OurNHS. 2015.
Pollock, AM. Will politicians be architects or destroyers of the NHS? Review of Owen D. The Health of the Nation, the NHS in Peril. Methuen 2015. The Lancet. 2015 Mar 28;385:1172–1172. download
Millard C, Brhlikova P, Pollock AM. Social networks and health policy: the case of misoprostol and the WHO model essential medicine list. Social Science & Medicine. 2015;132:190–6. download
Maigetter K, Pollock AM, Kadam A, Ward K, Weiss MG. Pharmacovigilance in India, Uganda and South Africa with reference to WHO’s minimum requirements. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015;4;5:295-305. download
Leng H, Sanders D, Pollock AM. Pro-generics policies and the backlog in medicines registration in South Africa: implications for access to essential and affordable medicines. GaBi Journal. 2015;4(2).
Pollock AM. Morality and values in support of universal healthcare must be enshrined in law; comment on ‘Morality and markets in the NHS’. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015;4(6):399–402. download
Steele S, Freitag A, McGettigan P, Giovannoni G, Pollock AM. A guide to private prescribing. Prescriber. 2015 Mar 19;19–23. download
Crocker-Buque T, Pollock AM. Appraising the quality of sub-Saharan African cancer registration systems that contributed to GLOBOCAN 2008: a review of the literature and critical appraisal. JRSM. 2015;108(2):57–67. download
Atukunda, EC, Brhlikova P, Agaba AG, Pollock AM. Civil society organizations and medicines policy change: a case study of registration, procurement, distribution and use of misoprostol in Uganda. Social Science & Medicine. 2015;130:242–9. download
Evans V, Pollock AM. The proliferation of irrational metformin fixed-dose combinations in India. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. 2015;3(2):98–100. download
Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Concussion in youth rugby union and rugby league: a systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:506–10. download
Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Scharer S, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. Systematic review of rugby injuries in children and adolescents under 21 years. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015;49:511–9. download
Smith D, Kirkwood G, Pott J, Kourita L, Jessop V, Pollock AM. Childhood injury in Tower Hamlets: Audit of children presenting with injury to an inner city A and E department in London. Injury, Int J Care Injured. 2015;45:1131-1136. download
2014
Birabwa C, Murison J, Evans V, Obua C, Agaba A, Waako P, et al. The availability of six tracer medicines in private medicine outlets in Uganda. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice. 2014;7(18). download
Pollock AM, Gorely T, Wheaton B, Wagg S, Grey M, Morrissey D, et al. Written submission to the House of Commons Health Committee Inquiry into the impact of physical activity and diet on health. 2014. download
Pollock AM. What schools don’t want you to know about rugby. The Spectator. 22 Nov 2014.
Pollock AM, Roderick P, Price D. Response to the National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill 2014, published on 7th November 2014 (“the Efford Bill”). London. download
Pollock AM. Submission to Health Committee enquiry: public expenditure on health and social care. 2014. download
Roderick P, Pollock AM. A wolf in sheep’s clothing: how Monitor is using licensing powers to reduce hospital and community services in England under the guise of continuity. BMJ. 2014;349:g5603. download
Pollock AM. Tackling rugby: what every parent should know about injuries. London: Verso; 2014.
Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. Injury surveillance in Europe and the UK. BMJ. 2014;349:g5337. download
Pollock AM. NHS privatisation keeps on failing patients – despite a decade of warning. The Guardian. 2014 Aug 16
Roderick P, Mahajan R, McGettigan P, Pollock AM. India should introduce a new Drugs Act. The Lancet. 2014;383(9913):203–6. download
Roderick P, Mahajan R, McGettigan P, Pollock AM, Jeffery R. Need for a new Drugs Bill. Economic and Political Weekly. Mumbai; 2014 Aug 16;15–9. download
Ward K, Sanders D, Leng H, Pollock AM. Assessing equity in the geographical distribution of community pharmacies in South Africa in preparation for a national health insurance scheme. Bulletin of the WHO. 2014;92:482–9. download
Millard C, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. Evidence versus influence in the WHO procedure for approving essential medicines: misoprostol for maternal health. BMJ. 2014;349:g4823. download
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Trust in the time of markets: protecting patient information. The Lancet. 2014; 383 (9928): 1523–4. download
Pollock AM, Roderick P. Protecting confidential patient information and promoting public health research: three proposed amendments to the Care Bill: briefing. 2014. download
Kirkwood G, Pollock AM, Howie C, Wild S. NHS Scotland reduces the postcode lottery for hip arthroplasty: an ecological study of the impact of waiting time initiatives. JRSM. 2014;107(6):237-45 download
Pollock AM. A&E crisis is a symptom, not a cause www.cost-ofliving.net. 2014.
Steele S, Stuckler D, McKee M, Pollock AM. The Immigration Bill: extending charging regimes and scapegoating the vulnerable will pose risks to public health. JRSM. 2014;107(4):132–3. download
McGettigan P, Pollock AM, Herxheimer A. MPs call for full results of all past clinical trials to be made public. BMJ. 2014 Jan 3;348(jan03 1):g13–g13.
McCartney M, Goldacre B, Chalmers I, Reynolds C, Mendel J, Smith S, et al. Why the GMC should set up a central registry of doctors’ competing interests. BMJ. 2014 Jan 15;348(jan15 1):g236–g236.
Pollock AM, Price D. Loss of population data sources when health systems are not responsible for geographically defined populations: implications of the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 in England. Evidence-Based Medicine Published Online First: 2014;19(1):4–5. download pdf
2013
Atukunda EC, Brhlikova P, Agaba AG, Pollock AM. Registration, procurement, distribution, and use of misoprostol in Uganda: an interview-based observational study. The Lancet. 2013;382(Supplement 1):10. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Kondilis E, Freitag A, Harding-Edgar L. Planning for closure: the role of special administrators in reducing NHS hospital services in England. BMJ. 2013 Dec 13;347(dec12 5):f7322–f7322. download
Pollock AM, Price D. PFI and the National Health Service in England. 2013. download
Pollock AM, Kondilis E, Price D. Blaming the victim: the trust special administrator’s plans for south east London. 2013. download
Pollock AM. Don’t blame a ‘rotten NHS culture’ for the CQC cover-up. The Guardian. 2013.
Pollock AM, Price D. From cradle to grave. In: Davis J, Tallis R, eds. NHS SOS: how the NHS was betrayed – and how we can save it. London: Oneworld 2013. 174–203.
Pollock AM, Price D. Duty to care: in defence of universal health care. class. 2013
Pollock AM, Price D. Loss of population data sources when health systems are not responsible for geographically defined populations: implications of the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 in England. Evidence-Based Medicine Published Online First: 3 May 2013. download
Pollock AM, Price D. Mid Staffordshire should lead to a fundamental rethink of government policy. BMJ. 2013;346:f2190. download
Pollock AM. The latest casualty of health reform: casualty itself. The Guardian. 2013.
Pollock AM, Price D. David Owen’s NHS bill offers a final chance to save our health service. New Statesman. 2013.
Pollock AM. Why we need a political campaign to reinstate the NHS. Class. 2013.
Pollock AM, Price D, Harding-Edgar L. Briefing paper – the NHS reinstatement bill. OurNHS. 2013.
Pollock AM. Will expansion of the NHS abroad benefit UK patients? No. BMJ. 2013 Jan 2;346(jan02 1):e8496–e8496. download
2012
Chu CS, Brhlikova P, Pollock AM. Rethinking WHO guidance: review of evidence for misoprostol use in the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage. JRSM. 2012;105:336–47.
Mattheij I, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. Do cervical cancer data justify HPV vaccination in India? Epidemiological data sources and comprehensiveness. JRSM. 2012;105:250–62. download
Parekh N, Hodges S, Pollock AM, et al. Communicating the risk of injury in schoolboy rugby: using Poisson probability as an alternative presentation of the epidemiology. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2012;46:611–3. download
Pollock AM. ‘Commercial confidentiality’ trumps public right to know in England’s new health market. OurKingdom. 2012.
Pollock AM. How Libor rate rigging has put hospitals in crisis. The Guardian. 2012.
Pollock AM. NHS franchising: the toxic world of globalised healthcare is upon us. The Guardian. 2012.
Pollock AM. PFI is crippling the NHS. The Guardian. 2012.
Pollock AM. Bad science should not be used to justify NHS shakeup. The Guardian. 2012 Mar 15.
Pollock AM, Brhlikova P, Mattheij I. Author’s Response: HPV vaccination in India. JRSM. 2012;105:366–7. download
Pollock AM, Brhlikova P, McGettigan P. Reviewer’s commentary on ‘Should oral misoprostol be used to prevent postpartum haemorrhage in home-birth settings in low-resource countries? A systematic review of the evidence’. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2012;11. download
Pollock AM, Macfarlane A, Greener I. Bad science concerning NHS competition is being used to support the controversial Health and Social Care Bill. LSE blog. 2012.
Pollock AM, Macfarlane A, Godden S. Dismantling the signposts to public health? NHS data under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. BMJ 2012;344:e2364. download
Pollock AM, Price D. PFI hospitals bear the cost of Libor manipulation. BMJ 2012;345:e5095–e5095. download
Pollock AM, Price D. The break-up of the NHS: implications for information systems. In: Watson P, editor, Health care reform and globalisation: the US, China and Europe in comparative perspective. London: Routledge 2012. 25–39.
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. A flawed Bill with a hidden purpose. The Lancet 2012;379:999. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P. Health and Social Care Bill 2011: a legal basis for charging and providing fewer health services to people in England. BMJ 2012;e1729.
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. How the Health and Social Care Bill 2011 would end entitlement to comprehensive health care in England. The Lancet 2012;379:387–9. download
Roderick P, Pollock AM. India’s patent laws under pressure. The Lancet 2012;380:e2–e4. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Statement on Liberal Democrat amendments. 2012. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Statement in response to the Lib Dem ‘40 points’ document. 2012. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 15 for the House of Lords: services, charges, and exclusions cl10-12,17,49,103. 2012. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 14 for the House of Lords: clauses 1,4,12 and schedule 2. 2012. download
Pollock AM, Macfarlane AJ. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 13 for the House of Lords: changing data requirements of the market: implications for public health. 2012. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 12 for the House of Lords: Earl Howe’s response to the Constitution Committee. 2012. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 11 for House of Lords: clauses 1, 4, and 12 (formerly 10); Constitution Committee’s follow-up. 2012. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 10 for House of Lords: red lines for peers. 2012. download
2011
Brhlikova P, Pollock AM, Manners R. Global Burden of Disease estimates of depression – how reliable is the epidemiological evidence? JRSM. 2011;104:25–34. download
Godden S, Hilton S, Pollock AM. Monitoring access to out-of-hours care services in Scotland – a review. JRSM. Published Online First: 12 Apr 2011. download
McKee M, Pollock AM, Clarke A, et al. In defence of the NHS: why writing to the House of Lords was necessary. BMJ 2011;343:d6535–d6535. download
Pollock AM. NHS rethink: charade or cause for new hope? BMJ 2011;342:d3995–d3995. download
Pollock AM, Macfarlane A, Kirkwood G, Majeed A, Greener I, Morelli C. No evidence that patient choice in the NHS saves lives. The Lancet. 2011;378(9809):2057–60. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Liebe M. Private finance initiatives during NHS austerity. BMJ 2011;342:d324. download
Pollock AM, Price D. The break up of the English NHS: the new market bureaucracy needs information systems based on members and not geographic populations. Michael Quarterly 2011;8:460–75. download
Pollock AM, Price D. The final frontier: The UK’s new coalition government turns the English National Health Service over to the global health care market. Health Sociology Review 2011;20:294–305. download
Pollock AM, Price D. How the secretary of state for health proposes to abolish the NHS in England. BMJ 2011;342:d1695. download
Price D, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. Classification problems and the dividing line between government and the market: an examination of NHS foundation trust classification in the UK. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 2011;82:455–73. download
Pollock AM. Evidence submitted to the Treasury committee inquiry into the future of the private finance initiative. 2011.
Pollock AM. The abolition of the NHS. That’s what is happening. OurKingdom. 2011.
Pollock AM. The battle for the NHS is far from over. The Guardian. 2011.
Pollock AM. A call to action. Big Society NHS. 2011.
Pollock AM. The death of the NHS. The Oldie. 2011.
Pollock AM. An end to Bevan’s dream of free healthcare for all Britons? OurKingdom. 2011.
Pollock AM. The King’s Fund report: ‘ready ammunition for service closure’. Channel 4 News blog. 2011.
Pollock AM. NHS reforms. Better health for all. Blog of the Faculty of Public Health. 2011.
Pollock AM. NHS waste on private treatment centres. Sunday Telegraph. 2011.
Pollock AM. A return to pre-NHS fear. The Guardian. 2011.
Pollock AM, Price D. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 09 for House of Lords: clauses 59-63; Monitor. 2011. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 08 for House of Lords: clause 22, schedule 2, GP commissioning. 2011. download
Pollock AM, Price D, McCoy D. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 07 for House of Lords: clause 8. 2011. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 06 for House of Lords: clause 10. 2011. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 05 for House of Lords: clause 6, schedule 1, NHS Commissioning Board. 2011. download: download
Pollock AM, Price D, Treuherz T. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 04 for House of Lords: clauses 3, 4, 6, 7. 2011. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 03 for House of Lords: abolition of the secretary of state’s duty. 2011. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Treuherz T. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 02 for House of Lords: clause 1 in the light of evidence from Prof Malcolm Grant. 2011. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Roderick P, et al. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 01a for House of Lords: clause 1. 2011. download
Pollock AM, Price D. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Briefing 01 for House of Lords: clauses 1,10,11, and 172. 2011. download
Pollock AM, Price D. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Process 01 for House of Lords: amendment process. 2011. download
Treuherz T, Pollock AM, Price D. Health and Social Care Bill 2011. Background 01 for House of Lords: conflicts of interest. 2011. download
2010
Godden S, Ambler G, Pollock AM. Recruitment of minority ethnic groups into clinical cancer research trials to assess adherence to the principles of the Department of Health Research Governance Framework: national sources of data and general issues arising from a study in one hospital trust in England. Journal of Medical Ethics 2010;36:358–62. download
Godden S, Pollock AM. The future of social care in the UK. Research, Policy and Planning 2010;28:3–16. download
Heins E, Price D, Pollock AM, et al. A review of the evidence of third sector performance and its relevance for a universal comprehensive health system. Social Policy and Society 2010;9:515–26. download
Hellowell M, Pollock A. Do PPPs in social infrastructure enhance the public interest? Evidence from England’s National Health Service. Australian Journal of Public Administration 2010;69:S23–S34. download
Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Pollock AM. Preventing injury in children and adolescents. Trauma 2010;12:221–38. download
Nicol A, Pollock AM, Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Robson J. Rugby union injuries in Scottish schools. J Pub Health (Oxf) 2010;33(2):256–61. download
Pollock AM. Election views. BMJ 2010;340:c2095–c2095. download
Pollock AM. More brickbats than bouquets? BMJ 2010;341:c3977–c3977. download
Pollock AM. Should NHS mental health services fear the private sector? Yes. BMJ 2010;341:c5382–c5382. download
Pollock AM, Price D. The private finance initiative: the gift that goes on taking. BMJ 2010;341:c7175. download
Richardson E, Pollock A. Community pharmacy: moving from dispensing to diagnosis and treatment. BMJ 2010;340:c2298. download
Godden S, Price D, Pollock AM. The impact of privatisation on the provision of health services in Britain and the implications of market mechanisms for public services. Criminal Justice Alliance 2010.
Pollock AM. We must go our own way on NHS reforms. The Scotsman. 2010. download
Pollock AM, Price D. Stop protecting PFI contracts. The Guardian. 2010.
Pollock AM. NHS plans are another step towards corporate health care. The Guardian. 2010.
Pollock AM. Cutting health jobs is a knee-jerk reaction. The Sunday Post. 2010.
2009
Pollock AM, Viebrock E, Price D. Response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Bill. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Arthur M. Response to the Department of Health’s consultation on guidance for NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private healthcare. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download
Heins E, Pollock AM, Price D. The commercialisation of GP services: a survey of APMS contracts and new GP ownership. British Journal of General Practice 2009;e339–43. download
Hellowell M, Pollock AM. Non-profit distribution: the Scottish approach to private finance in public services. Social Policy and Society 2009;8:405. download
Hellowell M, Pollock AM. The private financing of NHS hospitals: politics, policy and practice. Economic Affairs 2009;29:13–9. download
Godden S, McCoy D, Pollock AM. Policy on the rebound: trends and causes of delayed discharges in the NHS. JRSM. 2009;102:22–8. download
Godden S, Pollock AM. Waiting list and waiting time statistics in Britain: A critical review. Public Health 2009;123:47–51. download
Pollock AM, Godden S, Kirkwood G. What about independent sector treatment centres? BMJ 2009;339:b4255–b4255. download
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Independent sector treatment centres: learning from a Scottish case study. BMJ 2009;338:b1421–b1421.download
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Independent sector treatment centres: the first independent evaluation, a Scottish case study. JRSM. 2009;102:278–86. download
Pollock AM, Richardson E. Commercial confidentiality: a cloak for policy failure. British Journal of General Practice 2009;59:893–4. download
Arthur M, Pollock AM. The role of first providers: not a substitute for GP out-of-hours care. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009.
Hellowell M, Pollock AM. The use of public private partnerships in Northern Ireland. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download
Godden S, Pollock AM. Ten years on – were the targets of the NHS Plan achieved? Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download
Pollock AM, Arthur M. Response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on arrangements for NHS patients receiving private healthcare. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009.download
Liebe M, Pollock AM. The experience of the private finance initiative in the UK’s national health service. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download
Pollock AM, Arthur M, Richardson E. Submission of evidence to the Scottish Government’s Health and Sport Committee enquiry: Out of hours health care provision in rural areas of Scotland. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download
Pollock AM, Price D. Briefing on the specification of pharmaceutical product defects. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download
Pollock AM, Hellowell M, Price D, et al. Submission to House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Inquiry into private finance projects and off-balance sheet debt. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2009. download
Pollock AM. Health. Holyrood Magazine 2009.
Pollock AM. Is private-sector money the right tool to construct tomorrow’s public Britain? No. The Observer. 2009
Pollock AM. Mystery of the NHS’s for-profit treatment. The Guardian. 2009.
Pollock AM. The NHS is about care, not Mets. The Guardian. 2009.
Pollock AM. The private drain on the NHS. The Guardian. 2009.
Pollock AM. Uncovering the true costs of PFI. The Guardian. 2009.
Pollock AM, Price D. Where are the NHS watchdogs now? The Guardian. 2009.
2008
Godden S, McCoy D, Pollock AM. Using SitReps performance data to monitor the delayed discharge process. Health Services Management Research 2008;21:155–60. download
Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Preventing injury in childhood. BMJ 2008;336:1388–9. download
Pollock, Allyson M. Public health meets law: are there sufficient legal safeguards to ensure access to public health care for all? Med Leg J 2008;76:118–32. download
Pollock AM, Godden S. Independent sector treatment centres: evidence so far. BMJ 2008;336:421–4. download
Pollock AM, Price D. Has the NAO audited risk transfer in operational private finance initiative schemes? Public Money and Management 2008;28:173–8. download
Pollock AM. The privatisation of the UK NHS. Reykjavik: 2008.
Godden S, Pollock AM. Waiting list and waiting time statistics in Britain : a critical review. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2008. download
Pollock A, Kirkwood G. Response to the Scottish Government‘s consultation on “Glasgow 2014 – Delivering a Lasting Legacy for Scotland”. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2008. download: CIPHP_2008_Pollock_Response_Glasgow2014
Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Briefing for the Chief Medical Officer on child and adolescent injury surveillance in Scotland and sport. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2008. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Boesveld S, et al. Response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the European Commission’s proposals for a directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2008. download
Pollock AM, Viebrock E, Price D. Response to the Scottish Government consultation on changes to eligibility criteria for providers of primary medical services. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2008. download
Pollock AM. A new name can’t save a poor policy. Scotsman. 2008.
Pollock AM. Farewell to a free NHS. The Guardian. 2008.
Pollock AM. Operating profits. The Guardian. 2008.
Pollock AM. Out of hours GP battle we simply must win. Herald. 2008.
Pollock AM. Tayside Health Board do not care about Kinloch Rannoch. Herald. 2008.
Pollock AM. We have to tackle child injury on the sports field. Herald. 2008.
2007
Hellowell M, Pollock A. The PFI: Scotland’s plan for expansion and its implications. Public Money & Management. Public Money and Management 2007;5:351–4. download
Leys C, Player S, Pollock AM. Nuclear medicine in the transition to private clinical care. Nuclear Medicine Communications 2007;28:586–7. download
McCoy D, Godden S, Pollock AM, et al. Carrot and sticks? The Community Care Act (2003) and the effect of financial incentives on delays in discharge from hospitals in England. Journal of Public Health 2007;29:281–7. download
Pollock AM. The case against private provision in the NHS. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2007 May;89(4):338–9; discussion 337. download
Pollock AM. Public–private partnerships and the Private Finance Initiative. 2007. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Viebrock E, Miller E, Watt G. The market in primary care. BMJ 2007 Sep 6;335(7618):475–7. download: BMJ_2007_Pollock_MarketInPrimaryCare
Pollock AM, Price D. An examination of the UK Treasury’s evidence base for cost and time overrun data in UK value for money policy and appraisal. Public Money and Management 2007;27:127–33. download
Hellowell M, Pollock AM. Evidence to the National Assembly for Wales Finance Committee with regard to its inquiry on public private partnerships. Centre for International Public Health Policy 2007. download
Hellowell M, Pollock A. Private finance , public deficits. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2007. download
Pollock A. Kinloch Rannoch out of hours provision of GP care. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2007. download
Geertz R, Pollock AM, Brown D. Access to health and access to justice – the erosion of public entitlements. In: McArdle D, ed. Paths to justice? Essays prompted by the Gill review. Stirling: SCOLAG 2007. 34–5. download
Hellowell M, Pollock AM. The big payback. The Guardian. 2007.
Pollock AM. Gauntlet for Brown. The Guardian. 2007.
Pollock AM. PFI secrecy negates democracy. Herald. 2007.
Pollock AM. The new profiteers. The Guardian. 2007.
Pollock AM. What Sicko doesn’t tell you. The Guardian. 2007.
2006
Talbot-Smith A, Pollock AM. The New NHS: a guide. London: Routledge 2006.
Omar R, McNally N, Ambler G, et al. Quality research in healthcare: are researchers getting enough statistical support? BMC health services research 2006;6:2–5. download
Pollock AM, Kerrison S, McNally N. Best research. BMJ 2006;332:247–8. download
Pollock AM, Price D. Privatising primary care. British Journal of General Practice 2006;565–6. download
Hellowell M, Pollock AM. PFI: friend or foe of primary care in Scotland? Scottish Primary Care 2006. download
Pollock AM. The decline of the NHS. The Parliamentary Monitor 2006.
Hellowell M, Pollock A. The impact of PFI on Scotland’s NHS: a briefing. Edinburgh: Centre for International Public Health Policy 2006. download
Pollock AM. A clean bill for health. The Guardian. 2006.
Pollock AM. Don’t flog our health to the highest bidder. Edinburgh Evening News. 2006.download
Pollock AM. The exorbitant cost of PFI is now being cruelly exposed. The Guardian. 2006.
Pollock AM. The politics column. New Statesman. 2006.
2005
Pollock AM. NHS plc: the privatisation of our health care. 2nd ed. London: Verso 2005.
Kerrison S, Pollock AM. The reform of UK research ethics committees: throwing the baby out with the bath water? Journal of Medical Ethics 2005;31:487–9. download
Macfarlane AJ, Godden S, Pollock AM. Are we on track – can we monitor bed targets in the NHS plan for England? Journal of Public Health 2005;27:263–9.
Pollock AM. Evidence not ideology: the BMJ should take a position on the evidence about privatisation. BMJ 2005;331:964–964. download
Macfarlane A, Drey N, Godden S, et al. Identification and evaluation of standardised datasets for measuring and monitoring access to health care. Final report for the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D. 2005. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Player S. The private finance initiative: a policy built on sand. London: UNISON 2005. download
Rowland D, Pollock AM, Price D. La Unión Europea y la atención a la salud: creación de un mercado de servicios sanitarios. In: Sánchez Bayle M, Colomo Gómez C, Repeto Zilbermann C, eds. Globalización y salud. Madrid: Federación de Asociaciones para la Defensa de la Sanidad Pública 2005.
Pollock AM. Privatisation of the NHS is accelerating. The Guardian. 2005
2004
Kerrison S, McNally N, Pollock AM. United Kingdom research governance strategy: Authors’ reply. BMJ 2004;328:50–50. download
Rowland D, Pollock A. Choice and responsiveness for older people in the ‘patient centred’ NHS. BMJ 2004;328:4–5. download
Rowland D, Price D, Pollock AM. Implications of the draft European Union services directive for health care. The Lancet 2004;364:1200–2.
Talbot-Smith A, Gnani S, Pollock AM, et al. Questioning the claims from Kaiser. British Journal of General Practice 2004;54:415–21. download
Price D, Pollock AM, Player S. Public risk for private gain? The public audit implications of risk transfer and private finance. London: UNISON 2004. download
Pollock AM. Markets will value cash over caring. Times Higher Educational Supplement 2004.
Pollock AM. Tony’s private love affair has cost us billions. Mail on Sunday. 2004.
Pollock AM. Selling off by stealth is here to stay: co-payment is a menace already threatening our public services. The Guardian. 2004.
Pollock AM. Truth behind the American dream. Doctor 2004;14.
Pollock AM, Price D. We are left footing the PFI bill. The Guardian. 2004 Jul 27.
Price D, Pollock AM. Public services have become the final frontier for transnational corporations. Guardian Weekly. 2004.
2003
Dunnigan M, Pollock A. Downsizing of acute inpatient beds associated with private finance initiative : Scotland’s case study. BMJ 2003;326:905–8. download
Gnani S, Pollock A. The new GMS Contract — a Trojan horse? British Journal of General Practice 2003;53:354–5. download
Kerrison S, McNally N, Pollock A. United Kingdom research governance strategy. BMJ 2003;327:553–6. download
McNally N, Kerrison S, Pollock A. Reforming clinical research and development in England. BMJ 2003;327:550–3. download
Pollock AM, Price D. The BetterCare judgment – a challenge to health care. BMJ 2003 Feb 1;326(7383):236–77. download
Pollock AM, Price D. In place of Bevan? Briefing on the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill 2003. London: Catalyst 2003. download
Pollock AM, Price D. The public health implications of world trade negotiations on the general agreement on trade in services and public services. The Lancet 2003;362:1072–5.
Pollock AM, Price D. New deal from the World Trade Organisation. BMJ 2003;327:571–2. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Talbot-Smith A, et al. NHS and the Health and Social Care Bill: end of Bevan’s vision? BMJ 2003;327:982–5. download
Rowland D, Pollock AM. Understanding the Private Finance Initiative: value for money? Developments in Economics 2003;19:133–48.
Pollock AM. Foundation hospitals and the NHS Plan. London: UNISON 2003. download
Pollock AM. Bad medicine. New Internationalist. 2003;20–1.
Pollock AM. Foundation hospitals will kill the NHS. The Guardian. 2003.
2002
Bell C, Ma M, Campbell S, et al. Methodological issues in the use of guidelines and audit to improve clinical effectiveness in breast cancer in one United Kingdom health region. European Journal of Surgical Oncology 2000;26:130–6. download
Godden S, Majeed A, Pollock AM, et al. How are primary care groups approaching clinical governance? A review of clinical governance plans from primary care groups in London. J Public Health Med 2002;24:165–9. download
Pollock AM. A wake up call for primary care. Br J Gen Pract 2002 Nov 1;52(484):883–4. download: BJGP_2002_Pollock_WakeUp
Pollock AM, Price D. Market forces in public health. The Lancet 2002;359:1363–4. download
Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Vickers N. Private finance and ‘value for money’ in NHS hospitals: a policy in search of a rationale? BMJ 2002;324:1205–9. download
Price D, Pollock A. Extending choice in the NHS. BMJ 2002;325:293–4. download
Janzon K, Law S, Watts C, et al. Lost and confused. Health Service Journal 2000;26–9.
Rowland D, Pollock AM. Credit where it’s due? Public Finance 2002;26–7.
Pollock AM. NHS care, free at the point of use? NHS Support Federation 2002.
Pollock AM. What’s good about the NHS and why it matters who provides the service. London: UNISON 2002. download
Price D, Pollock AM. Debts, deficits and service reductions: Wakefield Health Authority’s legacy to primary care trusts. London: UNISON 2002. download
Price D, Pollock AM. A web of private interest: how the Big Five accountancy firms influence and profit from privatisation policy. London: UNISON 2002. download
Rowland D, Pollock AM. Understanding the private finance initiative: the essential guide for school governors. London: UNISON 2002. download
Pollock AM. America sneezes, we catch a cold: importing the US model will undermine the health service. The Guardian. 2002.
Pollock AM. A new NHS built on debt. The Observer. 2002.
2001
Godden S, Pollock AM. The use of acute hospital services by elderly residents of nursing and residential care homes. Health & Social Care in the Community 2001;9:367–74. download
Godden S, Pollock AM, Player S. Capital investment in primary care -the funding and ownership of primary care premises. Public Money and Management 2001;21:43–50. download
Kerrison SH, Pollock AM. Absent voices compromise the effectiveness of nursing home regulation: a critique of regulatory reform in the UK nursing home industry. Health & Social Care in the Community 2001;9:490–4. download
Kerrison S, Pollock A. Caring for older people in the private sector in England. BMJ 2001;323:566–9. download
Kerrison SH, Pollock AM. Complaints as accountability? The case of health care in the United Kingdom. Public Law 2001:115–33. download
Kerrison SH, Pollock AM. Regulating nursing homes: Caring for older people in the private sector in England. BMJ 2001;323:566–9. download
Player S, Pollock AM. Long term care: from public responsibility to private good. Critical Social Policy 2001;21:231–55. download
Pollock AM. Scotland the brave: collective responsibility for personal care for the elderly and for the young disabled. The Lancet 2001;357:412. download
Pollock A. Social policy and devolution. BMJ 2001;322:311–2. download
Pollock A. Will primary care trusts lead to US-style health care? BMJ 2001;322:964–7. download
Pollock AM, Player S, Godden S. How private finance is moving primary care into corporate ownership. BMJ 2001;322:960–3. download
Pollock AM. Is rationing the only way forward for the NHS? No. Nursing Times 2001;20.
Gaffney D, Shaoul J, Pollock AM, et al. Public services, private finance: affordability, accountability and the two-tier work force. London: UNISON 2001. download
Pollock AM, Rowland D, Vickers N. Briefing note for the general election on health and privatisation. 2001.
Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Rowland D, et al. Public services and the private sector: a response to the IPPR. London: Catalyst 2001. download
Rowland D, Pollock AM, Vickers N. The British Labour Government’s Reform of the National Health Service. Journal of Public Health Policy 2001;22:403.
Pollock AM. A bitter pill for the American people. Punch. 2001;14.
Pollock AM. Privateers on the march. The Guardian. 2001.
Pollock AM. Private sector lured by £30bn public gold rush. The Observer. 2001.
Pollock AM. The future looks highly unhealthy. Punch. 2001;19.
Pollock AM. Under the knife of private finance. Punch. 2001;10–1.
Pollock AM, Campbell F. Bye-bye Bevan. The Guardian. 2001.
2000
Godden S, Pollock AM, Pheby D. Information on community health services. BMJ. 2000 Jan 29;320(7230):265. download
Loux A, Kerrison SH, Pollock AM. Long term nursing: social care or health care? BMJ 2000;320:5–6. download
O’Dea G, Kerrison SH, Pollock AM. Access to health care in nursing homes: a survey in one English Health Authority. Health & Social Care in the Community 2000;8:180–5. download
Pollock AM, Dunnigan M. Beds in the NHS. BMJ 2000;320:461–2. download
Pollock AM. Will intermediate care be the undoing of the NHS? BMJ 2000;321:393–4. download
Pollock AM, Price D. Rewriting the regulations: how the World Trade Organisation could accelerate privatisation in health-care systems. The Lancet 2000;356:1995–2000. download
Pollock AM, Vickers N. Reducing DCO registrations through electronic matching of cancer registry data and routine hospital data. British Journal of Cancer 2000;82:712–7. download
Pollock AM, Price D. Globalisation? Privatisation! Health Matters 2000;41.
Pollock AM. PFI is bad for your health. Public Finance 2000;30–1. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Dunnigan M. Kidderminster’s unkindest cuts. Public Finance 2000;28–30.
Pollock AM, Price D, Dunnigan M. The real cost of PFI in Worcester. Public Finance 2000;26.
Pollock AM, Vickers N. Private pie in the sky. Public Finance 2000;22–3.
Gaffney D, Shaoul J, Pollock AM. Funding London Underground: financial myths and economic realities. London: Listen to London 2000. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Dunnigan M. Deficits before patients: a report on the Worcester Royal Infirmary PFI and Worcestershire hospital reconfiguration. 2000. download
1999
Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Pump-priming the PFI: why are privately financed hospital schemes being subsidized? Public Money and Management 1999;19(1):55–62. download
Gaffney D, Pollock AM, Price D, et al. NHS capital expenditure and the private finance initiative — expansion or contraction? BMJ 1999;319:48–51. download
Gaffney D, Pollock AM, Price D, et al. PFI in the NHS — is there an economic case? BMJ 1999;319:116–9. download
Gaffney D, Pollock AM, Price D, et al. The politics of the private finance initiative and the new NHS. BMJ 1999;319:249–53. download
Pollock AM. Devolution and health: challenges for Scotland and Wales. BMJ 1999;318:1195–8. download
Player S, Godden S, Pollock AM. Well-laid plans. Health Service Journal 1999;28–9.
Pollock AM. Primary care – from fundholding to health maintenance organisations? NHS Doctor & Commissioning GP 1998. download
Pollock AM, Dunnigan M, Gaffney D, et al. Planning the ‘ new ’ NHS : downsizing for the 21st century. BMJ 1999;319:179–84. download
Pollock AM. Modernising public services. Health Matters 1999.
Pollock AM, Gaffney D. The private cost of public health. Health Review 1999;20–1.
Pollock AM, Godden S, Player S. GPs’ surgeries turn a profit. Public Finance 1999;26–8.
Price D, Pollock AM, Shaoul J. How the World Trade Organisation is shaping domestic policies in health care. The Lancet 1999;354:1889–92. download
Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Downsizing for the 21st century: a report on the North Durham Acute Hospitals PFI scheme. London: UNISON 1999. download
Gaffney D, Pollock AM, Shaoul J. Capital investment and the NHS workforce: House of Commons Health Select Committee Future NHS Staffing Requirements. 1999.
Pollock AM, Gaffney D. Parliamentary briefing on PFI. 1999.
Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Gaffney D. The Private Finance Initiative and NHS hospital development. Report submitted to National Consumer Council. 1999. download
Price D, Gaffney D, Pollock AM. ‘The only game in town?’ A report on the Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle PFI. London: UNISON 1999. download
Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Clean bill of health. Herald. 1999.
Pollock AM. There’s no such thing as a free launch. The Express. 1999.
1998
Dunnigan M, Pollock AM. The shrinking acute hospital. British Journal of General Practice 1998;1197. download
Godden S, Pollock AM. How to profile the population’s use of health care and social care in one district. J Public Health Med. 1998;20(2):175–9. download
Harrington C, Pollock AM. Decentralisation and privatisation of long-term care in UK and USA. The Lancet. 1998 Jun;351(9118):1805–8. download
Pollock AM, Gaffney D. Capital charges – a tax on the NHS. BMJ 1998;317:157–8.
Pollock AM, Gaffney D, Dunnigan M. Public health and the private finance initiative. J Public Health Med 1998;20:1–2. download
Pollock AM, Vickers N. Deprivation and emergency admissions for cancers of colorectum, lung, and breast in south east England: ecological study. BMJ 1998;317:245–52. download
Pollock AM, Vickers N. Trends in colorectal cancer in southern England, 1989-1993: using HES data to inform cancer services reviews. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 1998;52:433–8. download
Pollock AM. Private finance and NHS hospitals. ACP News 1998;37–9. download
Pollock AM. Snowed under? Managing Care 1998;6–7. download
Pollock AM. The American way. Health Service Journal 1998;28–9. download
Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Has the NHS returned to strategic planning? The CPAG and the second wave of PFI. London: UNISON 1998.
Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Opening the lid on the PFI. A negotiators guide to PFI procurement documents. London: UNISON 1998. download
Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Putting a price on the PFI: the illusionist economics of the Private Finance Initiative. London: UNISON 1998.
Pollock AM, Gaffney D, Dunnigan M. Public health and the private finance initiative. J Public Health. 1998 Jan 3;20(1):1–2. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Shaoul J. Summary of key points and issues raised at the meeting convened by the five councils with West Herts Health Authority. 1998. download
Pollock AM, Price D, Shaoul. Response to ‘Choosing the Right Direction’, a public consultation document on the future of health services in West Hertfordshire. 1998. download
Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Gaffney D. The Walsgrave Hospitals PFI development. 1998. download
Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Price D. Liquidating care to cure the deficit? The case of West Hertfordshire Health Authority’s Review of Acute Care Services. 1998. download
Macfarlane A, Pollock AM. Statistics and the privatization of the NHS and Social Services. In: Dorling D, Simpson S, eds. Statistics in Society. London: Arnold 1998. 252–62. download
1997
Ma M, Bell J, Campbell S, et al. Breast cancer management: is volume related to quality? British Journal of Cancer 1997;75:1652–9. download
Pollock AM. It is not too late to save the NHS. Medical interface 1997;13–9. download
Pollock AM. Will UK NHS trusts be only recruitment agencies? The Lancet. 1997 Jul 12;350(9071):125. download
Pollock AM, Dunnigan M, Majeed A. What happens when the private sector plans hospital services for the NHS: three case studies under the private finance initiative. BMJ 1997;314:1266–71.
Pollock AM, Vickers N. Breast, lung and colorectal cancer incidence and survival in South Thames Region, 1987-92: the effect of social deprivation. J Public Health Med 1997;19:288–94. download
Pollock AM, Vickers N. Management of colorectal cancer in three South Thames district health authorities. Public Health 1997;111:165–70. download
Godden S, Pollock AM. Everybody counts. Health Service Journal 1997;30–4. download
Pollock AM, Gaffney D, Dunnigan M, et al. Time to strip the beds. Health Service Journal 1997 Nov 27;30–33.
Pollock AM, Rice DP. Monitoring health care in the United States. Public Health Reports 1997;112:108–13.. Public Health Reports 1997;112:108–13. download
Gaffney D, Pollock AM. Can the NHS afford the Private Finance Initiative? London: BMA 1997.
Godden S, Leicester M, Pollock A. Community information for planning and needs assessment. Information and management Group. London: Department of Health 1997.
Pollock AM, Vickers N. Purchaser provider flows and treatment trends in South Thames. London: Sutton, Merton & Wandsworth HA 1997.
Pollock AM. The politics of destruction. Rationing in the UK health care market. In: Harrington C, Estes C, eds. Health policy and nursing. Crisis and reform in the US health care delivery system. London: Jones and Bartlett 1997. 391–403.
Pollock AM. Rationing in the ‘reformed’ NHS. In: Iliffe S, Munro J, eds. Healthy choices: future options for the NHS. London: Lawrence & Wishart 1997.
Pollock AM, Godden S. Can we open the black box of care assessment? In: Gould N, Moultrie K, eds. Effective policy, planning and implementation. London: SSRADU. Information Management in Social Services: 1997. 74–91.
1996
Leicester M. Community care in South Thames (West) Region: is needs assessment working? Public Health 1996;110:109–13. download
1995
Majeed A, Pollock AM. Contract data. Health Service Journal 1995;28–9. download
Pollock AM. The NHS goes private. The Lancet 1995;346:683–4. download
Pollock AM. Where should health services go: local authorities versus the NHS? BMJ 1995;310:1580–4. download
Pollock AM. The creeping privatisation of community care. Health Matters 1995;20:9–11.
Pollock AM. Privatisation by stealth? Health Visitor 1995;68:98–9. download
Pollock AM, Benster R, Vickers N. Why did treatment rates for colorectal cancer fall in South East England between 1982 and 1988? The effect of case ascertainment and registration bias. Journal of Public Health 1995;17:419–28. download
Pollock AM, Brannigan M, Liss P. Rationing health care: from needs to markets? Health Care Analysis 1995;3:299–314. download
Pollock AM, Majeed A. Community oriented primary care. BMJ 1995;310:481–2.
Pollock AM, Vickers N. Reliability of the Thames cancer registry on 673 cases of colorectal cancer: effect on the registration process. Quality in Health Care 1995;4:185–9. download
Pollock AM, Vickers N. Why are a quarter of all cancer deaths in south-east England registered by death certificate only? Factors related to death certificate only registrations in the Thames Cancer Registry between 1987 and 1989. British Journal of Cancer 1995;71:637–41. download
Whitehead M, Pollock AM. To health care professionals and researchers: take courage and unite! Health Care Analysis 1995;3:167–70. download
1994
Pollock AM. The future of cancer registries. BMJ 1994;309:821–2. download
Pollock AM. Cancer data. Health Service Journal 1994 Nov 3;28–9. download
Pollock AM, Vickers N. The impact on colorectal cancer survival of cases registered by ‘death certificate only’: implications for national survival rates. British Journal of Cancer 1994;70:1229–31. download
1993
Benster R, Pollock AM. Guidelines for Local Research Ethics Committees: distinguishing between patient and population research in the multicentre research project. Public Health 1993;107:3–7. download
Pfeffer N, Pollock AM. Public opinion and the NHS. BMJ 1993;307:750–1. download
Pollock AM. The future of health care in the United Kingdom. BMJ 1993;306:1703–4. download
Pollock AM. Low tax means no brass. Health Matters 1993;15:8–9.
Pollock AM. The Health of the Nation – the end of health for all? Health for all network news 1993.
Pollock AM. Rationing – implicit or merely complicit? Critical Public Health 1993;4:19–23.
Pollock AM, Pfeffer N. Doors of perception. Health Service Journal 1993;26–8. download
Pollock AM, Vickers N. The reliability of cancer registry records. British Journal of Cancer 1993;68:1045–6.
Vickers N, Pollock AM. Incompleteness and retrieval of case notes in a case note audit of colorectal cancer. Quality in Health Care 1993;2:170–4. download
Pollock AM. Colorectal cancer – the search for consensus. In: Reducing the risks of cancer. 1993.
Pollock AM. Local voices. In: Rationing in action. London: BMJ Publishing Group 1993. 185–9.
1992
Pollock AM. Local voices. BMJ 1992;305:535–6. download: download
Pollock AM. The Health of the Nation – demolition or preservation of the old French barn? HFA 2000 News 1992;21:1–3.
Pollock AM. Split decisions. Health Service Journal 1992;26–7. download
Pollock AM. Paying the price for rationed health care. Health Visitor 1992;65:380.
1991
Pollock AM, Quirke P. Adenoma screening and colorectal cancer. BMJ 1991;303:3–4. download
Pollock AM, Whitty PM. Outbreak of clostridium perfringens food poisoning. Journal of Hospital Infection 1991;17:179–86. download
1990
Pollock AM, Whitty P. Crisis in our hospital kitchens: ancillary staffing levels during an outbreak of food poisoning in a long stay hospital. BMJ 1990;300:383–5. download
Pollock AM. Guide to colorectal cancer – the issues. London: The King’s Fund 1990.