Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don’t cover everything, or even what’s most important – just a few papers that have interested the author. Visit… Read More »Lazaros Andronis’s journal round-up for 4th September 2017
Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don’t cover everything, or even what’s most important – just a few papers that have interested the author. Visit our Resources… Read More »Chris Sampson’s journal round-up for 25th July 2016
Monday saw the first strike by health service staff in England and Wales for 32 years. This dispute surrounds the refusal of the government to implement a 1% pay rise recommended by the NHS pay review body. The reason for… Read More »Nurses on strike
It was recently proposed that, here in the UK, foreigners should start having to pay towards their health care because of the apparent budgetary pressure from ‘health tourists’. Let’s be clear upfront; this isn’t a problem. If you believe the media, ‘health tourism’… Read More »No borders, no nations, no user charges
Many have spoken out in opposition to the bill. Some have spoken out in support. As health economists most of us have done little of either. I recently wrote to health economists asking them to answer a simple question: “With… Read More »Health and Social Care Bill 2011
Credit Crunch Health Care – How economics can save our publicly funded health services Paperback, 160 pages, ISBN: 9781847427526, published 16 February 2011 Amazon / Google Books / The Policy Press Cam Donaldson has chosen to use his powers of prophecy for good in his new book… Read More »Review: Credit Crunch Health Care (Cam Donaldson)
Last week a significant chunk of the UK public sector went on strike. It was over pensions. This isn’t the first of its kind, and it certainly won’t be the last. As the government tries to deal with an ageing… Read More »Health and retirement policy
Science minister David Willetts recently claimed that universities were responsible for picking up the slack in R&D following Pfizer’s run for the hills – in this writer’s opinion the first of many rats* to flee this sinking ship. We need… Read More »Requiem for UK R&D
