Wolves and Big Yellow Taxis: How Would Be Know If the NHS Is at Death’s Door? Comment on “Who killed the English National Health Service?”

Document Type : Commentary

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School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK

Abstract

Martin Powell suggests that the death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been announced so many times we are at risk of not noticing should it actually happen. He is right. If we ‘cry wolf’ too many times, we risk losing sight of what is important about the NHS and why.

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  1. Powell M. Who killed the English National Health Service? Int J Health Policy Manag.2015;4(5):267-269. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.72
  2. Pollock A. NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care. London: Verso; 2004.
  3. Frey B, Osterloh M. Successful Management by Motivation: Balancing Intrinsic and Extrnsic Incentives. London: Springer; 2001.

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  • Receive Date: 06 June 2015
  • Revise Date: 14 July 2015
  • Accept Date: 07 July 2015
  • First Publish Date: 01 October 2015

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