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NHS for Sale: Myths, Lies & Deception (45 page)

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10
Available
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Partnerships Bulletin. 2014. ‘Miliband offers PFI defence’, 9 December,
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Monbiot G. 2010.
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http://www.peoplesvotefornhs.org.uk/pledges
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Lister J. 2014b.
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December 2014
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http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/5yfv-web.pdf
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/11182590/The-health-revolution-is-under-way-but-no-fanfare-please.html
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18
https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/shibley-rahman/nhs-five-year-forward-view-wishlist-for-privatisers
.

19
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/alarm-at-surprise-fall-in-life-expectancy-amid-fears-that-cuts-and-pressure-on-nhs-may-be-to-blame-for-earlier-deaths-9973848.html
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Lister J. 2014c, ‘A blow against privatisation’,
Morning Star,
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http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-627a-A-blow-against-privatisation#.VJcvvDpAGg
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21
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29094093
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22
Iacobucci G. 2014. ‘A third of NHS contracts awarded since health act have hone to private sector’, BMJ, 10 December, doi:
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Stoye G. 2013. ‘Public payment and private provision: the changing landscape of healthcare in the 2000s’, Institute for Fiscal Studies, May 2013.

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http://www.healthinvestor.co.uk/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=3501&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
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25
http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Privatisation-fears-75million-NHS-services/story-21299045-detail/story.html
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26
https://www.facebook.com/cancernotforprofit
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27
e.g.
www.nhsbill2015.org/
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Campbell D. 2014. ‘Half of voters happy to pay more tax to fund NHS – poll’,
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29
Milne S. 2012. ‘A roll call of corporate rogues who are milking the country’,
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30
http://policy.greenparty.org.uk/he.html
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31
http://nhap.org/our-policies-1/
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32
http://www.nhsbill2015.org/category/news/page/3/
.

33
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/09/circle-hospital-private-firms-nhs-report-poor-care-hinchingbrooke
.

34
Ibid.

35
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2632191/Private-firm-turned-failing-NHS-hospital-award-winner-From-basket-case-best-country-patient-care.html
.

36
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2905936/There-s-no-reason-pull-plug-miracle-hospital-say-patients-suspicion-mounts-privately-run-hospital-stitched-up.html
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37
https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/caroline-molloy/hinchingbrooke-why-did-england
per cent27s-privatised-hospital-deal-really-collapse.

38
http://news.rapgenius.com/Noam-chomsky-the-state-corporate-complex-a-threat-to-freedom-and-survival-annotated#

Appendix 1

1
David Cameron speech ‘Rebuilding Trust in Politics’, 8 February 2010.

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United Health Group website, accessed January 2015
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United Health Group website, accessed January 2015
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Gallager P. ‘Is Simon Stevens really the right person to run the NHS?’,
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; Miller V and Feeley J. ‘UnitedHealth to Pay $500 Million Over Hepatitis Doctor’,
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UnitedHealth Group profile, OpenSecrets.org;
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?cycle=2014&id=D000000348
.

6
Paduano M. ‘Private companies on Staffordshire cancer contract shortlist’, BBC website, 6 November 2014:
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7
Email from Christopher Exeter, United Health lobbyist, to Bob Ricketts, NHS England, 25 April 2014: document received under FOI law from NHS England.

8
Ibid.

9
Doward J. ‘Calls for greater disclosure on NHS chiefs’ meetings with private US health insurer’,
Observer,
30 August 2014:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/30/nhs-bosses-summits-contracts-unitedhealth-insurer
.

10
Ibid.

11
Foot T. ‘Over here… US team drafted onto board of firm running GP surgeries’,
Camden New Journal,
3 July 2008:
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.

12
Hanover Communications entries on the Association of Professional Political Consultants’ voluntary register of lobbyists:
http://www.appc.org.uk/members/
.

13
NHS England spending data 2013-14:
http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/pub-scheme/spend/#payments
.

14
Harrison A. ‘The Simon Stevens I worked with at the Department of Health’, Hanover Communications blog, 24 October 2013:
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.

15
Ramesh R. ‘Private healthcare group lobbied competition body for NHS inquiry’,
Guardian,
29 July 2011:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jul/29/prk
.

16
NHS Partners Network, ‘Director’s update on the NHS Reforms’, 20 May 2011, released by the NHS Partners Network.

17
Ibid.

18
‘Transparency’, Reform website, accessed January 2015:
http://www.reform.co.uk/about/transparency/
.

19
Cave T and Rowell A.
A Quiet Word,
Vintage, 2014, pp. 132-4.

20
‘About Us’ and ‘Our supporters’, Cambridge Health Network website, accessed January 2015:
http://cambridgehealthnetwork.com/about-us/
; ‘
http://cambridgehealthnetwork.com/about-us/supporters/
; Cambridge Health Network, Judge Business School website, accessed January 2015:
http://www.health.jbs.cam.ac.uk/corporate/outreach.html
.

21
‘Events’,
Cambridge Health Network website, accessed January 2015:
http://cambridgehealthnetwork.com/events/previous-events/page/3/

22
Penny Dash is also a former Trustee and Vice Chair of the King’s Fund, former Head of Strategy for the NHS, and headed the McKinsey team working with then Labour minister Lord Darzi on his Next Stage Review.
http://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/summit/2011/speakers/dr-penny-dash
.

22
‘Our Team’, Cambridge Health Network website, accessed January 2015:
http://cambridgehealthnetwork.com/about-us/our-team/
.

23
Player S, and Leys C. ‘Dismantling the NHS’,
Red Pepper,
October 2010:
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.

24
‘Spending over £25,000’, April 2013 to April 2014; data releases by Department of Health, NHS England; and Monitor.

25
Rose D. ‘The firm that hijacked the NHS’,
Mail on Sunday,
12 February 2012.

26
Email from ‘MM’ at McKinsey to David Bennet and Adrian Masters of Monitor, 31 May 2010, received under FOI law from Monitor.

27
Ramesh R. ‘German company involved in talks to take over NHS hospitals’,
Guardian,
4 September 2011, based on documents released under FOI law to Tamasin Cave by the Department of Health:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/sep/04/german-company-takeover-nhs-hospitals
.

28
NHS England spending data 2013-14:
http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/pub-scheme/spend/#payments
.

29
Ibid.

30
Doward J. ‘Calls for greater disclosure on NHS chiefs’ meetings with private US health insurer’,
Observer,
30 August 2014:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/30/nhs-bosses-summits-contracts-unitedhealth-insurer
.

31
Apax Global Healthcare Services Conference, ‘Opportunities Post Global Healthcare Reforms’, October 2010:
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.

32
Reed K. ‘Alan Milburn takes PwC health role’,
Accountancy Age,
23 May 2013
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.

33
John S.
The Persuaders: When Lobbyists Matter,
Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, p. 52.

34
Novatis’ entries on the voluntary registers of lobbyists operated by the Association of Professional Political Consultants and the Public Relations Consultants Association:
http://www.appc.org.uk/members/
;
http://www.prca.org.uk/paregister
.

35
Memorandum from The Association of the British Pharmaceutical
Industry to the Public Administration Select Committee, May 2008:
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmpubadm/36/36we15.htm
.

Appendix 2

1
http://www.nhsforsale.info/uploads/images/contract%20alert%20report%20Apr-Apr%20final%20(1).pdf
.

2
http://www.nhscampaign.org/about/briefings-and-documents/nhs-unlimited.html
.

3
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/laura-donnelly/10730105/NHS-spending-doubles-on-private-ambulances-used-for-999-calls.html
.

4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-25362545
.

5
http://www.nhsforsale.info/private-providers/private-provider-profiles-2/care-uk.html
.

6
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:234407-2014:TEXT:EN:HTML&tabId=1
.

7
http://www.hscic.gov.uk
.

8
http://www.hscic.gov.uk
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9
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/nov/19/nhs-patients-treated-private-firms
.

10
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:199182-2014:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0
.