Competition – a friend or foe to NHS patients?
Sponsored by Carter Lemon Camerons LLP
Carter Lemon Camerons are pleased to be sponsoring a discussion with Stephen Dorrell and Richard Smith on competition in the NHS
Event Details
Tuesday 6 December 2011, 7.45 am - 10.00 am
Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TZ
Room: LG002
Cass Healthcare Forum invite attendees to join in an active discussion on whether competition will revive the NHS to become the envy of the world, or will it be the beginning of its demise?
Speaker(s)
The Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee and former Minister of Health
Prof Richard Smith, Director of Ovations and former Chief Executive of UnitedHealth
Description
The event is hosted by the Cass Healthcare Forum and sponsored by Carter Lemon Camerons LLP, solicitors. This is an opportunity to discuss with Stephen Dorrell, Richard Smith and other leading thinkers on the NHS the role of competition in the NHS. This controversial topic is one on which Stephen Dorrell spoke out when he caused the ‘pause’ in the Health and Social Care Bill in April. Should competition be promoted between NHS providers? Should contracting be with Any Willing Provider, which includes the private sector and third sector? Is this the way to increase efficiency and effectiveness through innovation in the delivery of NHS services? Alternatively will it make the service more fragmented and variable, increasing costs and reducing accountability?