Professor Allyson Pollock is director of the Institute of Health & Society at Newcastle University. A public health physician, she is a leading authority on the fundamental principles of universal health systems, marketisation and public private partnerships, and international trade law and health. Her current research is around access to medicines, pharmaceutical regulation, and public health; and child and sports injury. Her book NHS plc: the privatisation of our health care was published by Verso, and she is currently working on a book The NHS reclaimed.
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Published in: ourNHSWhy the next Labour Manifesto must pledge to legislate to reinstate the NHSLabour’s 2017 health manifesto was a hodgepodge of offers but failed to tackle the underlying issues. Bold thinking and a commitment to the NHS Reinstatement Bill - is needed now.
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Published in: ourNHSBMA backs principles of NHS Reinstatement Bill to save NHS from destruction by market forcesAs politicians squabble over NHS funding figures, the British Medical Association's Council has backed the principles of radical legislation which would get the costly 'market' out of the NHS.
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Published in: ourNHSParliament must tackle commercial interests to save public health dataThe controversial care data programme - debated in parliament today - must be amended to ensure public, not private interests come first, and restore public trust.
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Published in: ourNHSOpting out of care.data is not the answer
Mistrust of care.data is not surprising, given the corporate interests involved - but simply opting out will make it even harder to monitor the impact of privatisation on Britain's health.
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Published in: ourNHSWhy we need a political campaign to reinstate the NHS in England
This extract is from the forthcoming publication on the future of the national health service for the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class)
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Published in: ourNHSBriefing paper - the NHS reinstatement bill
An explanation of what David Owen's new bill is trying to achieve and why it is needed