Confuse and Conceal

The NHS and Independent Sector Treatment Centres

By: Stewart Player

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Paperback | 21 January 2008

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Unfolding a complex story told in three parts, this chronicle examines Britain's government-funded National Health Service (NHS) and its Independent Sector Treatment Center program, as it was originally intended: as a public service that cut waiting times for elective treatments such as hip and knee replacements. The book then explores how the House of Commons Health Select Committee tried to assess the NHS before, finally revealing what the the program really is: a bridgehead for the private sector to take over NHS services and staff on a steadily-growing scale. Describing how the true aims of the program have been obscured--information about the program has been regularly massaged or withheld from public scrutiny--this study exposes how the NHS is closing services and diverting patient income to for-profit providers on highly advantageous terms.

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"This is the first detailed analysis we have of the evolution, make-up and implications of independent treatment centres. What the book gives us is not only the story of a critical moment in the restructuring of the NHS but also a story of the persistent reluctance of the authorities to disclose information the public should be fully entitled to. The book should be read by anyone interested in holding our policy-makers to account." --Sally Ruane, health policy research unit, De Montfort University

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Foreword
The ISTC Programme - Its History and Characteristics	p. 5
Assessing the ISTC Programme - the Health Select Committee's Enquiry	p. 22
The ISTC Programme in Context - Creating a Healthcare Market	p. 71
Postscript	p. 107
Department of Health Freedom of Information Response	p. 114
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