Latest Publications

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.

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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
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
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
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
Author: SMF Health Commission
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