IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton has been quoted in The Daily Express arguing that the NHS should … Continue reading “The NHS should pursue prevention, not just cures”

The NHS continues to stumble from crisis to crisis, and each new crisis seems to be a little worse than … Continue reading “Book review: “The Market Reform in Dutch Health Care” by Patrick Jeurissen and Hans Maarse”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Daily Mail on the prospect of pandemic-style restrictions … Continue reading “NHS’ annual winter crisis not “an excuse to reintroduce Covid-era restrictions””

IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh has appeared on GB News to discuss the NHS’ ongoing emergency care crisis. … Continue reading “NHS “winter crisis”: same as every winter”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written for Spiked! criticising the push for a Christmas lockdown in 2021. … Continue reading “Remember the public health grinch”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written for The Daily Mail discussing Labour Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s … Continue reading “Prescribe a dose of consumer choice and market competition to cure the NHS”

The Institute of Economic Affairs and the Adam Smith Institute are currently running their annual Freedom Week conference at Cambridge … Continue reading “Moral panics and conspiracy theories around NHS “privatisation” (Part 2)”

Summary In 1980, an article in The Times predicted that over the next five years, the National Health Service (NHS) … Continue reading “Repeat Prescription? The NHS and four decades of privatisation paranoia”