The NHS in the UK at 75: On life support or death watch?: It's the politics, stupid (to misquote Bill Clinton)

This Perspective argues that the NHS in the UK is facing a critical 'tipping point' which means that its very survival is at stake. The article considers the political responses to this crisis-(briefly) from the Conservative government; (briefly) from the 'anti-NHS' Right in poli...

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Published inThe International journal of health planning and management Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 1601 - 1612
Main Author Paton, Calum
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2023
Subjects
Crises
Government
Health care policy
Health policy
Health services
Labor parties
Life sustaining treatment
Lifting
Politics
Reforms
Sustainability
United Kingdom > UK
England
Tony Blair Institute
NHS
Labour Party
crisis
UK
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Summary:This Perspective argues that the NHS in the UK is facing a critical 'tipping point' which means that its very survival is at stake. The article considers the political responses to this crisis-(briefly) from the Conservative government; (briefly) from the 'anti-NHS' Right in politics; (briefly) from the 'centre' in politics in the form of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; and (in depth) from the left-of-centre, the Labour Party. Labour is likely to form the next government, which is why its approach (in terms of both political strategy and the substance of health policy) is considered in depth. It is argued that Labour's approach, derived from an understandable desire by leader Sir Keir Starmer to disown its 'unelectable' recent past, is currently inadequate for the task of putting the NHS on a secure footing for the future.
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ISSN:0749-6753
1099-1751
DOI:10.1002/hpm.3699