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The Privatisation Paradox
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Sep 28, 2012

The Privatisation Paradox

by Ewen Speed
Log into twitter and follow the #NHS hashtag and it doesn’t take long to conclude that the NHS is in the throes of a back-door privatisation programme, driven by an overzealous government with the ideological ‘bit’ between its teeth.  This... More…
"We need to talk about Jeremy"
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Sep 13, 2012

“We need to talk about Jeremy”

by Simon Carter and Ewen Speed
As far back as the ‘National Listening Exercise’ in April 2011 it was fairly obvious that the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, was a dead man walking. This became reality last week when Lansley was replaced by Jeremy Hunt as Secretary... More…

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