{"id":2894,"date":"2020-03-22T13:33:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T12:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2894"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:26:08","slug":"nhs-reforms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2894","title":{"rendered":"NHS reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.healthpol.2026.105605\">Waiting times and admissions policies in England and Scotland before and after privatisation of services for elective surgery in England<\/a>. <em>Health Policy<\/em>. 2026;105605.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. The consequences of the privatization of surgeries in England &amp; Scotland. CUPE 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CUPE_2025_Summary-NHS-Privatization-and-Lessons-for-Ontario.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. The two-tier system in England\u2019s NHS: a report on the impact of privatising services for publicly funded elective hip and knee replacement surgery. 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CUPE_2025_NHS-Privatization-Report-Hips-and-Knees.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. How privatisation is shrinking public provision of eye surgery in England\u2019s NHS: a report on the impact of outsourcing NHS cataract surgery. 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CUPE_2025_NHSPrivatizationReportCataracts.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pourquoi les soins de sant\u00e9 publics sont meilleurs pour tous\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UPx_6cXNZ-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manifiesta, September 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Politicians Ruined a Brilliant Example of Universal Health Care | NYT Opinion\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zb0COrH_gxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Westbrook A. Politicians ruined a brilliant example of universal health care. 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pollock AM. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbu.org.uk\/magazine\/august-september-2023\/nhs-75-and-breaking-point\">The NHS at 75 \u2013 and at breaking point<\/a>. Fire Brigades Union. 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16 June 2023<\/strong>. Pollock AM. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/labourhub.org.uk\/2023\/06\/16\/labour-must-end-our-two-tier-health-service-end-marketisation-and-privatisation-and-reinstate-the-nhs-in-england\/\" target=\"_blank\">Labour must end our two-tier health service, end marketisation and privatisation and reinstate the NHS in England<\/a>. Labour Hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17 March 2023<\/strong>. Pollock AM, Roderick P. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/17\/opinion\/nhs-britain-privatization.html\" target=\"_blank\">Britain\u2019s National Health Service is exhausted<\/a>. The New York Times. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NYT_2023_Pollock_NHS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>25 July 2022<\/strong>. Roderick P, Pollock AM. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/00207314221114540\" target=\"_blank\">Dismantling the National Health Service in England<\/a>. International Journal of Health Services 2022:00207314221114540. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IJHS_2022_Roderick_DismantlingNHSEngland.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13 July 2021<\/strong>. Pollock AM, Roderick P. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?p=3690\" target=\"_blank\">Health and Care Bill 2021-22: key points and questions for the second reading, 14 July 2021<\/a>. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AP_2021_Pollock_HCBill2ndReading.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>04 June 2021<\/strong>. KONP. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Letter_THHealthScrutiny_04Jun2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Open letter to members of Tower Hamlets Health &amp; Adults Scrutiny Sub-committee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 2021<\/strong>. KONP. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summary_NCL-CGG_OperoseClaim.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Operose Health takeover of GP surgery contracts: next step judicial review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>19 March 2021<\/strong>. Letter from London councils to the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LondonCouncils_Centene_19Mar21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US health insurance corporation, Centene<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>22 February 2021<\/strong>. Letter to the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Letter_SoS_HSC_Centene_22Feb2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Centene\u2019s take-over of GP services in London: request for an investigation by the Care Quality Commission under section 48 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>20 February 2021<\/strong>. Letter to the chair of North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Letter_Chair_NCL_CCG_20Feb2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centene\u2019s take-over of AT Medics Limited<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=3697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health and Care Bill 2021-22<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2865\">NHS &#8211; values and reinstatement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2867\">Private finance initiative &amp; public private partnerships<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lancaster J, Roderick P, Pollock AM. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/shm\/hkaf049\">The struggles that led to the unwise demise of the Public Health Laboratory Service, 1979\u20132003, in the context of changing economic policy<\/a>. Social History of Medicine 2025:hkaf049. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lancaster_2025_SHM_PHLS.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2896\">Privatisation &amp; marketisation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2890\">Accountable care organisations and integrated care providers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2873\">Globalisation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=4137\">Waiting times<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2875\">Beds in the NHS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2885\">Health services in Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2881\">Long term care &amp; community care<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2883\">NHS information &amp; data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2879\">Primary care &amp; general practice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2888\">Health and Social Care Act 2012<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/?page_id=2892\">NHS reforms (general)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. The consequences of the privatization of surgeries in England &amp; Scotland. CUPE 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CUPE_2025_Summary-NHS-Privatization-and-Lessons-for-Ontario.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. The two-tier system in England\u2019s NHS: a report on the impact of privatising services for publicly funded elective hip and knee replacement surgery. 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/allysonpollock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CUPE_2025_NHS-Privatization-Report-Hips-and-Knees.pdf\">download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. Waiting times and admissions policies in England and Scotland before and after privatisation of services for elective surgery in England. Health Policy. 2026;105605. Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. The consequences of the privatization of surgeries in England &amp; Scotland. CUPE 2025. download Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. 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