NHS market liberalisation and the TTIP agreement

Regan, P; Ball, E

Abstract

Governments over the past three decades have undermined the founding principles of the NHS through reforms and market liberalisation. With greater involvement of commercial interests in health care, the NHS will become less democratic and transparent. Recent reforms, which were intended to improve productivity, quality and cost efficiency, have left the NHS exposed to the unwieldy model of market liberalisation and the attrition of public health care. The role of community nurses has been particularly destabilised by commissioning, as their work is difficult to measure. The advent of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership could further undermine the NHS to the benefit of international commercial interests.

Keywords: NHS reforms, politics of healthcare, health policy

Citation

Regan, P., & Ball, E. (2016). NHS market liberalisation and the TTIP agreement. British Journal of Community Nursing, 21(7), 356-358. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2016.21.7.356

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jul 11, 2016
• Publication Date: Jul 11, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 27, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 31, 2016
• Journal: British Journal of Community Nursing
• Print ISSN: 1462-4753
• Electronic ISSN: 2052-2215
• Publisher: MA Healthcare
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 356-358
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2016.21.7.356
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2016.21.7.356
• Related Public URLs: http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/toc/bjcn/current