NHS for Sale: Myths, Lies & Deception (44 page)

4
Figures from
http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/
.

5
Commissioning Strategy Plan 2012 – 15,
Part A: Delivering Service Change in North West London, December 2011,
http://www.northwestlondon.nhs.uk/_uploads/~filestore/665BD053-9434-490D-A085-29366356E0B6/3%20NHS%20NWL%20Commissioning%20Strategy%20Plan%20Part%20B.pdf
.

6
Figures are taken from the
PreConsultation Business Case,
Volume 8, Appendix C, page 10 (20 June 2012):
http://www.healthiernorthwestlondon.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/PCBC-Vol08-AppC-v1.1.pdf
.

7
Commissioning Strategy Plan 2012 – 15,
Part B: The commissioning and provider landscape and NHS NWL’s enabling plans NHS NW London, page 163, June 2012,
http://goo.gl/6rCeL
.

8
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/waiting-times-at-ae-at-west-london-hospitals-hit-a-record-after-closures-9850531.html
.

9
Campbell D. 2012. ‘NHS needs to close wards and hospitals to centralise care, says doctors’ leader’,
The Guardian,
July 24,
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/jul/24/nhs-hospitals-need-to-close
.

10
Smith, R. 2010. ‘Do not downgrade A&Es: president of College of Emergency Medicine’,
Daily Telegraph
29 April, 2010,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7644567/Do-not-downgrade-AandEs-president-of-college-of-emergency-medicine.html
,

11
http://www.healthemergency.org.uk/pdf/McKinsey%20affordability%20document%20for%20NHS%20London%202009.pdf
.

12
Lister, J. 2014.
Briefing for Cynical Commissioning Groups,
Health Emergency,
http://www.healthemergency.org.uk/pdf/CynicalCommissioningGroups1.pdf
.

13
Healthcare for London, 2007.
A Framework for Action – Technical Paper:
http://www.healthemergency.org.uk/pdf/Technical%20report.pdf
.

14
Healthcare for London, 2008.
Study of Unscheduled Care in 6 Primary Care Trusts Central Report,
http://www.healthemergency.org.uk/pdf/HfL-Study-of-Unscheduled-Care-in-6-PCTs-Central-Report.pdf
.

15
Primary Care and Emergency Departments,
http://www.healthemergency.org.uk/pdf/Primary%20Care%20and%20Emergency%20Departments.pdf
.

16
Ibid, p. 4.

17
Ibid, p. 5.

18
Ibid, p. 8.

19
Health Equalities Impact Assessment,
p. 24.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213356/VOL-3-Appendix-L.pdf
.

20
Lister, J. 2014.
Reasons to be Fearful,
a response to plans from Bedfordshire & Milton Keynes CCGs, UNISON Eastern Region,
http://www.healthemergency.org.uk/pdf/1%20Bedfordshire4-pager%20August%202014.pdf
.

21
Integrated Strategic Plan 2010-2015, First Stage Report,
(Healthcare for
London), NHS London, January 2010,
http://www.peoplesinquiry.org/pdf/NHS%20London%20Integrated%20Strategic%20Plan%20smaller.pdf
. p.3.

22
http://www.hsj.co.uk/5046128.article?referrer=e2
.

23
Lister, J. 2012.
NW London’s NHS Under the Knife, a response to Shaping a Healthier Future,
http://www.healthemergency.org.uk/pdf/NorthWestLondonNHS-UndertheKnife.pdf
.

24
http://www.healthiernorthwestlondon.nhs.uk/
.

25
Lister, J. 2014.
Costly Savings, East Midlands Region UNISON,
http://www.healthemergency.org.uk/pdf/1%20Costly%20Savings%20updated%20final.pdf
.

26
Lister, J. 2014.
Briefing for Cynical Commissioning Groups,
Health Emergency,
http://www.healthemergency.org.uk/pdf/CynicalCommissioningGroups1.pdf
.

27
The full 842 page report can be downloaded from:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_113018
.

28
Integrated Strategic Plan 2010-2015,
pp. 3-4.

29
Purdy, S. et al. 2012.
Interventions to reduce unplanned hospital admission: a series of systematic reviews: final report.
Bristol: University of Bristol,
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/primaryhealthcare/migrated/documents/unplannedadmissions.pdf
.

30
Roland, M., Abel, G. 2012.
Reducing emergency admissions: are we on the right track?
BMJ 2012;345:e6017, 16 September,
http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e6017
.

31
Stevens, S. 2014.
Five Year Forward View,
NHS England,
http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/5yfv-web.pdf
.

32
http://www.nhshistory.com/Leading%20local%20change.pdf
.

Chapter 11

1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12250186
.

2
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/letwin-nhs-will-not-exist-under-tories-6168295.html
.

3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH2EmVGowCk
.

4
https://www.ipsos-mori.com/Assets/Docs/Polls/Feb2013_Trust_Topline.PDF
.

5
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jul/12/nhs-private-companies-gps-funds
.

6
http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/
.

7
http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html
.

8
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-hospital-corporation-america-donates-2246513
#.

9
http://www.peoplesnhs.org/lord-popat/
.

10
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/03/healthcare-companies-links-tories-nhs-contracts
.

11
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/03/healthcare-companies-links-tories-nhs-contracts
.

12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6989408/Andrew-Lansley-bankrolled-by-private-healthcare-provider.html
.

13
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/10/gove-appoints-john-nash-education-minister
;
http://politicalscrapbook.net/2013/01/tory-donor-given-peerage-and-ministerial-job-john-nash-education
.

14
http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-warner/1732
.

15
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/apr/24/labour-peer-nhs-regulations
.

16
http://tompride.co.uk/2013/04/23/why-lord-warner-really-supports-nhs-reform-hell-make-loads-of-money-from-it/
.

17
It never ceases to amaze that politicians can make sweeping statements backed by little or no evidence and yet be allocated many column inches peddling their mischievous ideas without being challenged. Even the
Guardian
is not beyond criticism in this respect.

18
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/31/10-pounds-each-save-nhs?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
.

19
Norman Warner, Jack O’Sullivan, 2014.
Solving the NHS care and cash crisis: Routes to health and care renewal,
London: Reform (available online).

20
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-03-31/labour-would-not-consider-nhs-monthly-charge
.

21
http://www.bmj.com/content/321/7269/1101.1
.

22
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9066483/Downing-Street-does-not-want-Andrew-Lansley-taken-out-and-shot.html
.

23
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10593106/Poverty-tsar-Alan-Milburn-makes-a-million.html
.

24
http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/2270407/alan-milburn-takes-pwc-health-role
.

25
http://www.lobbyingtransparency.org/15-blog/general/62-revolving-door-is-unhealthy
.

26
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/nov/23/david-cameron-privatisation-adviser-health-lobbyist
.

27
Leys, Colin & Player, Stewart, 2011.
The Plot against the NHS,
London: Merlin, p. 15.

28
http://spendmatters.com/uk/exclusive-department-health-settle-court-ken-anderson-commercial-director/
;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389609/NHS-troubleshooter-given-free-Porsche-exotic-holiday-sued-250-000.html
.

29
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/sep/30/politics
. freedomofinformation.

30
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/01/nhs-chief-simon-stevens-private-innovation?CMP=twt_gu
.

31
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/06/lynton-crosby-lobbied-for-tobacco-giant-philip-morris
.

32
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/06/we-need-talk-about-nhs-cameron-must-break-crosby-imposed-silence
.

33
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/sep/28/news.business
.

34
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/accenture_nhs_penalty/
.

35
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1473927/Bill-for-hi-tech-NHS-soars-to-20-billion.html
.

36
http://www.nao.org.uk/report/department-of-health-the-national-programme-for-it-in-the-nhs/
.

37
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/part/9/enacted
.

38
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315003/U-turn-NHS-database-opt-Victory-privacy-campaign-hunt-backs-down.html
.

39
http://www.england.nhs.uk/2013/10/16/care-data/
.

40
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_government_data_losses
.

41
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/19/nhs-patient-data-available-companies-buy
.

42
http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/scr
.

43
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/06/why-tories-have-stopped-talking-about-nhs
;
http://www.leftfutures.org/2014/09/leaks-show-us-multinationals-now-directing-doctors-commissioning-groups/
.

44
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/30/nhs-bosses-summits-contracts-unitedhealth-insurer
.

45
Leys, Colin & Player, Stewart, 2011. p. 6.

46
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9722661/David-Cameron-ordered-to-stop-saying-NHS-spending-is-up.html
.

47
http://skwalker1964.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/cameron-repeats-his-nhs-12-7bn-lie-in-pmqs-twice-help-shut-him-down/
.

48
http://www.greenbenchesuk.com/2013/11/jeremy-hunts-latest-lie-is-insult-to.htm
;
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/your-party-told-tissue-lies-7973329
.

49
Leys, Colin & Player, Stewart, 2011. p. 6.

50
Paton, Calum, 2014.
At what cost? Paying the price for the market in the English NHS,
London: Centre for Health and the Public Interest
http://chpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/At-what-cost-paying-the-price-for-the-market-in-the-English-NHS-by-Calum-Paton.pdf
.

Chapter 12

1
‘NHS reforms our worst mistake, Tories admit.’
The Times,
1 and 13 October 2014,
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4234883.ece

2
Appleby J. 2013. ‘Spending on health and social care over the next 50 years, Why think long term?’ King’s Fund,
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files/kf/field/field_publication_file/Spending
per cent20on per cent20health per cent20… per cent2050 per cent20years per cent20low per cent20res per cent20for per cent20web.pdf.

3
Helm T, Campbell D. 2014. ‘GP numbers tumble in England as recruitment crisis bites’,
The Observer,
14 June,
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/14/gp-numbers-fall-recruitment-crisis-bites
; Cooper C. 2014. ‘District nurses could be a thing of the past in 10 years without urgent action, warns Royal College of Nurses’,
The Independent,
June 17,
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/district-nurses-could-be-a-thing-of-the-past-in-10-years-without-urgent-action-warns-royal-college-of-nurses-9541526.html
.

4
Ham C. 2014. ‘The NHS is more fragmented than ever: Are ministers prepared to provide the means required to deliver integrated care?’
The Independent,
14 January 2014,
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-nhs-is-more-fragmented-than-ever-9057015.html
.

5
Lintern S. 2014. ‘Exclusive: Staff shortage fuels recruitment of nearly 6,000 overseas nurses’,
HSJ,
17 December,
http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/exclusive-staff-shortage-fuels-recruitment-of-nearly-6000-overseas-nurses/5077720.article?blocktitle=Nursing-news&contentID=1745#.VJcJjDpAGg
.

6
McNicoll A. 2014. ‘Mentally unwell children sent hundreds of miles for care amid bed shortage’
Community Care,
February 20, 2014,
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2014/02/20/mentally-ill-children-sent-hundreds-miles-care-due-bed-shortage/
.

7
Lister J. 2014a.
London’s NHS at the Crossroads, Executive summary,
Unite the Union, March,
http://www.peoplesinquiry.org.uk/pdf/NHSattheCrossroadsExecsummary.pdf
.

8
Syal R. 2014. ‘Half of councils at risk of financial failure within five years, say auditors’,
The Guardian,
19 November,
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/19/councils-risk-financial-failure-auditors
.