Reform at the mercy of government

James Gubb, 4 September 2008

In an article for The Fraser Institute, we argue the lessons for Canada from the NHS reform programme are less that competition in health care has failed, but rather that market-based health care reforms in the UK have been crippled by the government’s unwillingness to stop directing the service from the centre. The reform programme as a whole has been ‘a botched job driven by political imperative, constant reconfiguration, and central diktat’.