Latest Publications
Public Services
Strong public services are vital in a social market economy, but what they deliver matters much more than who delivers it. Our work is about understanding how to reform and modernise those services to deliver the greatest benefit to society.
Latest Publications:
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Reform Works
In this volume, several junior ministers argue that reform of public services is the natural concomitant of equity and efficiency and set out the direction of future travel.
| Published: | 09 February 2005 |
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| Author: | Philip Collins |
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Limits of the Market, Constraints of the State: the public good and the NHS
In this essay, published in January 2005, Secretary of State for Health Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP sets out the case for extending patient choice within the NHS.
| Published: | 12 January 2005 |
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| Author: | John Reid |
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To the point: A Blueprint for Good Targets
This report is a thorough examination of the government's use of targets in four public services: education, health, housing and the criminal justice system.
| Published: | 09 January 2005 |
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| Author: | Social Market Foundation |
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The BBC and Public Value
Davies argues, from an economic standpoint whilst avoiding the usual social and cultural terms, that the BBC should be retained in its standard form after its Charter renewal of 2006 despite changes in the broadcasting market brought about by digital technology.
| Published: | 03 December 2004 |
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| Author: | Gavyn Davies |
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Professionally-led regulation in healthcare – just a cosy club?
Written in the light of the fifth report of the Shipman enquiry, the essays tackle the question of whether the regulatory bodies for health care professionals have been reformed sufficiently or whether they still require a lot of change.
| Published: | 16 November 2004 |
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| Author: | Jessica Asato |
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Choice and Contestability in Primary Care
This paper examines the case for introducing certain kinds of choice into the primary care sector of the NHS.
| Published: | 10 November 2004 |
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| Author: | SMF Health Commission |
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Whose responsibility is it anyway? Perspectives on public health, the state and the individual
This collection of essays brings together different perspectives on the public health debate, seeking to find the balance between state intervention and individual responsibility.
| Published: | 20 October 2004 |
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| Author: | Jessica Asato |
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Supporting Choice
This publications reviews the arguments presented by experts during a seminar held by the SMF in October 2004 on the promotion of public choice amongst those with special needs or limited capabilities.
| Published: | 12 October 2004 |
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| Author: | Claudia Wood |
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A 2020 Vision for the Early Years
This paper formed part of an extensive project at the Social Market Foundation, which explored the contribution of early years to improving the life chances of disadvantaged children and their families.
| Published: | 11 October 2004 |
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| Author: | Vidhya Alakeson |