Comments on: Does Burnham’s speech create a real NHS dividing line? https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/does-burnhams-speech-create-a-real-nhs-dividing-line/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:50:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: joe fd https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/does-burnhams-speech-create-a-real-nhs-dividing-line/comment-page-2/#comment-217 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:50:44 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1114#comment-217 Gp choice isn’t the divide – it’s how markets are used across the service – burnham said nhs was the ‘preferred provider’ but comp should be used where it could improve quality and efficiency (or of course where patients choose it). This needs working thru but seemed to be a shift from tendering as the norm.

]]> By: matthew bond https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/does-burnhams-speech-create-a-real-nhs-dividing-line/comment-page-2/#comment-9125 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:45:45 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1114#comment-9125 RT @leftfootwd Burnham’s signals divide with Tories on market? http://bit.ly/9fGFf T+T:Public ownership makes healthcare choice viable.

]]> By: Thomas Byrne https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/does-burnhams-speech-create-a-real-nhs-dividing-line/#comment-213 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:43:59 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1114#comment-213 Hey Matthew, at least we don’t have private insurance like that terrible healthcare system in France!

]]> By: Matthew Taylor https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/does-burnhams-speech-create-a-real-nhs-dividing-line/#comment-212 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:43:49 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1114#comment-212 There was no dividing line in Burnham’s speech. He gave in and accepted that something the Tories have been backing for a while was in fact the right approach.

The cynic in me wonders if it had more to do with trying to use individual doctors’ desire to grow their practices as a way to break through some of the BMA’s more protectionist approaches, than a conversion to this as the best way to do business.

]]> By: matthew bond https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/does-burnhams-speech-create-a-real-nhs-dividing-line/#comment-210 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:40:16 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1114#comment-210 I think that we should use markets where possible. Great thing about public ownership of NHS is we can have the benefits of markets while mitigating costs of professional rent seeking.

]]> By: Thomas Byrne https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/does-burnhams-speech-create-a-real-nhs-dividing-line/#comment-209 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:39:38 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1114#comment-209 And yet no-one apart from Private Eye from what I have seen have criticised him for attacking localism, despite it being the next step in Labours NHS policy. (Foundation Trusts and the like.)

]]> By: Ellie Gellard https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/does-burnhams-speech-create-a-real-nhs-dividing-line/#comment-9126 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:38:03 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1114#comment-9126 RT @leftfootfwd: Does Andy Burnham’s speech signal a real health dividing line with the Tories on use of the market? http://bit.ly/9fGFf

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