Sadly we have had yet another rounds of claims that £10bn could be saved if the NHS market was removed in England. Yet again the only basis for the claim is one line in a report from a Health Committee report – in fact misquoting what was actually said. The claim is that the introduction of the internal market increased NHS administration costs from 5% to 14% of total expenditure; so removing the market will save 9% or around £10b. Sadly this is complete nonsense. The source for the claims about 5% and 14% is the 4th Report of the [...]
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