This extract is from the forthcoming publication on the future of the national health service for the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class)
An explanation of what David Owen's new bill is trying to achieve and why it is needed
"How the Health and Social Care Bill 2011 would end entitlement to comprehensive health care in England" republished from The Lancet with thanks.
In unscripted remarks, the UK Prime Minister revealed his true agenda: he wants to turn our universal health care system into “a fantastic business”. Not patient choice but choice of patient will be the order of the day.
