Milburn, Powell and Hayek: for and against planning in the NHS
Milburn, Powell and Hayek: for and against planning in the NHS
This paper contrasts the views of two prominent politicians on the ways in which the distribution of hospital services should be organised, and relates them to the views of Hayek on the nature of planning. It is argued that, in relying on an independent regulator to supervise access to health care under the new 'foundation' hospitals regime in the English National Health Service (NHS), not only is the Labour government distancing itself clearly from old-style top-down planning, it also risks greater variability in the definition of fair access to health care. There are relevant historical parallels with the mixed economy of the pre-NHS era that policy-makers should make explicit.
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Mohan, J.
01d0f96b-aee7-4f4d-ad3f-e177231005f6
2004
Mohan, J.
01d0f96b-aee7-4f4d-ad3f-e177231005f6
Mohan, J.
(2004)
Milburn, Powell and Hayek: for and against planning in the NHS.
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 9 (1), .
(doi:10.1258/135581904322716139).
Abstract
This paper contrasts the views of two prominent politicians on the ways in which the distribution of hospital services should be organised, and relates them to the views of Hayek on the nature of planning. It is argued that, in relying on an independent regulator to supervise access to health care under the new 'foundation' hospitals regime in the English National Health Service (NHS), not only is the Labour government distancing itself clearly from old-style top-down planning, it also risks greater variability in the definition of fair access to health care. There are relevant historical parallels with the mixed economy of the pre-NHS era that policy-makers should make explicit.
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