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Open letter to Jeremy Hunt on the 69th anniversary of the NHS

9 July 2017 allysonpollockUncategorized

This first appeared on the Huffington Post 05 July 2017 Dear Mr Hunt The 69th anniversary today of the National Health Service is a timely but sad occasion on which to draw your attention to the end of the service…

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The abolition of the NHS in England

15 March 201615 March 2016 allysonpollockhealth service reforms, NHS1 Comment on The abolition of the NHS in England

This first appeared in the Huffington Post UK on 14 March 2016 Written with Peter Roderick, co-author of the NHS Bill On Friday, the cross party NHS Bill returned to the Commons for its second reading (watch the video). The…

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Latest articles and publications

Waiting times and admissions policies in England and Scotland before and after privatisation of services for elective surgery in England

Lessons for Ontario Canada: the privatisation of elective surgery for hips, knees, and cataracts in England compared with Scotland

The struggles that led to the unwise demise of the Public Health Laboratory Service, 1979–2003, in the context of changing economic policy

Areas of interest

Sports injury & injury epidemiology

Regulatory science & pharmaceuticals

Essential medicines

Public inquiries – infected blood and covid-19

NHS reforms

Health and Care Bill 2021-22

PFI & PPPs

Covid-19

Unpublished papers

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The 1960s apartheid govt of South Africa labelled the ANC as terrorists and used a compliant judiciary to suppress their activists and supporters. Today's British govt uses the same tactics against Palestine Action and its supporters.

Here's a photo of Judge Quartus de Wet who

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Public speaking

• Keynote address: waiting times, inequality and the role of the independent sector
NHS Waiting List Conference, London
Date: 10-11 June 2026
• Keynote address: Corporate control and the evolution of general practice into a business: a historical perspective
The business of healthcare – ethical issues for doctors, vets, and dentists. Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL
Date: 09:00, 19 June 2026
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Recent posts

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  • Health and Care Bill 2021-22

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