See below. About the NHS in England but a very valuable presentation of its underlying principles and how it is being/has been dismantled which has wider relevance. Could be very useful teaching material.
Paul
Paul Bywaters
Professor of Social Work, Coventry University
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Subject: [POHG] Privatisation of the NHS - a TEDx talk by Allyson Pollock
Allyson Pollock: Privatisation of the NHS - a TEDx talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz5dl9fhj7o&sns=tw
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the
TED
Conferences. The 1948 Act establishing the NHS gave the Secretary of
State for Health the duty to provide universal health care.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 removes this duty and introduces a
market. Allyson Pollock describes why we need to worry.
Allyson Pollock is Professor of Public Health Research & Policy at Queen
Mary, University of London. She is one of the UK's leading medical
intellectuals, and undertakes research and teaching intended to assist
the realisation of the principles of social justice and public health,
with a particular emphasis on health systems research, trade, and
pharmaceuticals.
She trained in medicine in Scotland and became a consultant in public
health. Among her previous roles she has been director of the Centre for
International Public Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh and
director of research & development at UCL Hospitals NHS Trust. She is
the author of NHS plc and co-author of The New NHS: a guide
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