IEA Featured Healthcare

IEA research on the impact that NHS reform would have on the number of lives saved each year due to various illnesses has been referenced by Kate Andrews in The Spectator. Kate uses the IEA's findings to highlight the importance of bringing debate around the efficacy of NHS to the fore. "Five years ago, the ... Continue reading

Kristian Niemietz, the IEA's Head of Political Economy, has given his thoughts on the left's reaction to this week's Parliamentary vote on the Health and Care Bill. As Kristian observes, amongst much of the left, the Bill has triggered the usual response to healthcare reform - that it is part of a covert strategy for ... Continue reading

Kristian Niemietz, Head of Political Economy at the IEA, has penned an article for CapX on the pervasive misleading claims that NHS privatisation is being pushed via a secret political agenda. As Kristian demonstrates, relative to other countries, the NHS is far from escaping state control. "Only one in ten British hospitals are private. In ... Continue reading

Annabel Denham, the IEA's Director of Communications, has written for the Spectator about proposed plans to force GPs to work in more deprived areas in an effort to resolve shortages. The plan, recommended by the Social Market Foundation, would ensure that GPs are not allowed to work in 'over-doctored' areas and instead would be directed ... Continue reading

Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the IEA, has been quoted in the Daily Mail over Amanda Pritchard's disproven claim that Covid admissions are currently 14 times higher than they were at this time last year. Regarding Pritchard's overestimation, Christopher commented that "The idea that NHS England does not have access to figures that are ... Continue reading

Amanda Pritchard, the Head of NHS England, has been widely disparaged for her incorrect claim that "We have had 14 times the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 than we saw this time last year". In actuality, the number of people currently hospitalised with Covid is almost 3000 less than November last year. Christopher Snowdon, ... Continue reading