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Controlling NHS Expenditure: The Impact of Labour’s NHS White Papers

1 December 1998

The English, Scottish and Welsh National Health Service (NHS) White Papers published by the government in December 1997 and January 1998, have changed the tone of NHS policy. Co-operation is…

Environmental sustainability in the NHS 10 Year Health Plan: The need for green 

29 September 2025

…proposals or calls to action related to explicitly decreasing NHS carbon emissions or improving climate resilience. Instead, it refers back to the NHS’ Net Zero plan from 2020 without commenting…

The Economics of the Private Finance Initiative in the NHS

4 January 2001

…deal was signed in the NHS. However, since its election in May 1997 the Labour government has enthusiastically advanced PFI in all parts of the public sector. In the NHS…

Turning around the NHS: Reflections on the 2025 OHE Annual Lecture

14 October 2025

…prevention The NHS 10 Year Plan articulates three key shifts: from treatment to prevention, from hospital to community care, and from analog to digital NHS. While these goals are a…

The Long-term Sustainability of the NHS and Adult Social Care

13 April 2017

…on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS published a report of their inquiry into the sustainability issues facing the NHS: “ The Long-term Sustainability of the NHS and Adult Social…

Making Outcome-Based Payment a Reality in the NHS. Phase Two: Practical Considerations

1 December 2021

Outcome-based payment (OBP) is a flexible payment mechanism linking the price the NHS pays for a medicine to the outcomes it achieves in practice for NHS patients. In 2019 we…

The changing role of the NHS over time

14 August 2023

…awareness around health, and the healthcare that should be provided by the NHS. Early OHE reports document a shift of general public opinion that the NHS should be concerned with…

Presentation at the NHS Global Health Volunteering Group Meeting: “The Value of International Volunteering and Placements to the NHS”

OHE presented at the NHS Global Health Volunteering Group meeting in London on research measuring the value of international volunteering for the NHS. The Office of Health Economics has recently…

Using Competition with Care: Comment on the Revised Regulations for the NHS

19 March 2013

OHE’s Jon Sussex has studied and written extensively on competition in the NHS. He was a member of the OHE Commission on Competition in the NHS and rapporteur of its…