This is extremely interesting. Thank you so much for sending it to the list.
I've been thinking recently however that perhaps an increase in certain kinds marketisation might actually be a helpful in the NHS. In some way markets (i.e. aggregating the people's decisions about alternative business models) could potentially provide an alternative to the rigidity of the NICE guidelines. The Dazi review tries to create a market of sorts through, nominally at least, prioritising choice.
IAPT is potentially quite a good example of where markets might actually help. I can't help feeling that if there was 173 million quid available and the question of improving return to (and retention within) work was put out to tender some very innovative proposals (including some from members of this list) might have come back. Perhaps they might even have produced better results than the plan we've got!
John McGowan
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Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] FW: Say no to a market-based NHS - BY 30 APRIL
Hello all,
In case you are not already receiving these emails, here's an opportunity to voice your objections.
All the best,
Wendy
From NHS Support Federation, a founder organisation of Keep Our NHS Public
NHS services are now to be provided by a wide range of organisations all competing within a market. The new Co-operation and Competition Panel <http://www.ccpanel.org.uk/> for NHS-funded services is to help deliver the supposed benefits of competition. It will investigate potential breaches of the Principles and Rules <http://www.ccpanel.org.uk/content/Principle-and-rules-for-Cooperation-and-Competition.pdf> as defined by the Department of Health. It will also advise the Department of Health and the foundation trust regulator Monitor. The Co-operation and Competition Panel is a misnomer as its remit is weighted so heavily in favour of promoting competition, whilst neglecting the considerable benefits of cooperation.
We need your help to respond forcefully to the Panel's current consultation and to lobby MPs. Please write a letter objecting to the imposition of competition and commercial values on the NHS and raising the crucial questions listed below. Send your letter to the Co-operation and Competition Panel at the address below and a copy to your MP.
Send to: Interim Guidelines Consultation, Cooperation and Competition Panel, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ or email [log in to unmask] Respond by 30 April.
Points to make:
1. Will the panel ensure that the alternative of a publicly led service is included in consultations about future tenders?
2. Is the duplication of services to produce choice a good use of resources which constitutes economic efficiency, especially given that the benefits of competition in healthcare are unproven (indeed Minster of State Ben Bradshaw said that the "mix of competition and co-operation in the NHS is a unique model in the world")?
3. Will the tendering process be fair and transparent, with no discrimination against NHS organisations in favour of either commercial or voluntary bodies or social enterprises?
4. Will the public be consulted on an ongoing basis about local tenders e.g. via local involvement networks (LINks)?
5. Will the panel foster co-operation not only between commissioners and providers, but between providers, a hope expressed by Richard Taylor MP in a debate in Parliament on 24 February?
It is vital to protect and promote a publicly led NHS which has an ethos which is truly patient-centred. We must insist to the Panel that our objections to the notion of a health service based on a competitive market are widely shared. With your help we must ensure that our views are not ignored.
You can see the consultation paper <http://www.ccpanel.org.uk/content/consultation-paper.pdf> , the four guidance documents which are the subject of the consultation, and the response template at http://www.ccpanel.org.uk/reports-and-guidance/guidance-documents.html.
Please send us copies of your letters or emails. Thanks for your help.
NHS Support Federation
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