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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User charges for health
This paper, presented by the SMF Health Commission, reviews the case for user charges in health care.
| Published: | 02 September 2004 |
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| Author: | SMF Health Commission |
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Defining a core package for the NHS
This paper addresses the challenge of constructing and justifying a core package' of NHS services that would bring significant benefits.
| Published: | 22 July 2004 |
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| Author: | SMF Health Commission |
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Direct to Patient Communication: Patient Empowerment or NHS Burden?
This collection of essays puts forward the arguments for and against relaxing the rules on direct to patient communication, with contributions from David Colin-Thome, Nicholas Bosanquet and Angela Coulter.
| Published: | 08 April 2004 |
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| Author: | Jessica Asato |
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Integrating Transport
In this pamphlet, Professor Begg reviews how far the Government has come, what has really been achieved and what can be done in the future to revive our transport network.
| Published: | 18 February 2004 |
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| Author: | David Begg |
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Introducing Social Insurance to the UK
In this report, the Health Commission reviews the main attractions of social insurance schemes, including greater consumer responsiveness, choice and transparency.
| Published: | 06 February 2004 |
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| Author: | SMF Health Commission |
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Private Payment for Health: Boon or Bane?
This report argues that the analysis of the role private payments could play in UK health care has often been hindered by over-simplistic ideological views.
| Published: | 06 February 2004 |
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| Author: | SMF Health Commission |
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A fairer prescription for NHS charges
This publications explores user charges, revealing a system lacking all logic. It argues that the current cluster of systems perpetuates injustice, distorts medical priorities and hinders access to vital treatment.
| Published: | 11 June 2003 |
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| Author: | SMF Health Commission |