Clearly brain dead or in the pay of drug barons!
Phillips, Ceri wrote:
> It's the same group that launched itself with an advert in The Times
> in February 2004 - they stated that they were committed to the NHS
> ideals of equitable and universal healthcare but believed that this
> would be better achieved by an insurance based system!!
>
> Ceri
>
> Ceri Phillips
> Institute for Health Research
> School of Health Science
> Swansea University
> Singleton Park
> Swansea
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> *From:* the european health care systems discussion group on behalf of
> Adam Oliver
> *Sent:* Mon 03/04/2006 16:25
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* BBC Panorama programme: Note from John Appleby
>
> Adam
>
> Along with Alan Maynard I was another contributor to the Panorama
> programme about NHS deficits. Like Alan and you, I too think the NHS is
> basically a good system. That said, it can't be right that we censor any
> criticism (although the programme and comments in it were not critical
> of the system - just some of the players and their actions/policies)
> because we might undermine the NHS fundamentally.
>
> However, take a look at the front page of the Guardian today - 900
> 'Doctors for Reform' (who they?) call for changes in the funding system
> in the wake of the NHS's overspending.....but there will always be those
> who will exploit events to promote their own interests/agenda.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> John Appleby
> Chief Economist
> King's Fund
> 11-13 Cavendish Square
> London W1G 0AN
>
> Visiting Professor, City University
>
> T: 0207 307 2540
> M: 07831 638774
> F: 0207 307 2807
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: the european health care systems discussion group
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adam Oliver
> Sent: 01 April 2006 03:58
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: BBC Panorama on NHS financial position
>
> A colleague, James Mountford, forwarded the following link to a recent
> Panorama programme on the NHS to me, which some of you may find
> interesting. I just hope that the combination of the English
> Government's highly contestable health care policies and the responses
> of those who contest these policies (which I guess includes me - you
> see, I live by the anti-hypocritcal oath), does not serve to undermine
> the NHS fundamentally. After all, it's basic organization is, I think,
> the best in the world.
>
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/default.stm#
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/default.stm>
>
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