Market Forces Have Benefited English National Health Service

Published: Oct. 24, 2011, 3:56 a.m.

b'LONDON\\u2014The National Health Service in England has benefited from being made subject to market forces since 2002 \\u2014 and it continues to serve as a good example of how \\u2018health for all\\u2019 can be achieved. This is according to a book published by the King\\u2019s Fund entitled: \\u201cUnderstanding New Labour\\u2019s Market Reforms of the English NHS\\u201d looking at the effects of a change of policy allowing competitive market practices. The book\\u2019s co-editor, Professor Nicholas Mays of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, discussed its findings and conclusions with Peter Goodwin.'