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Will expansion of the NHS abroad benefit UK patients? No

BMJPublished 2 January 2012
Allyson M Pollock
Citations2
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score2.98
SNIP9.45

TL;DR

The new NHS mandate calls for hospitals to set up more profit making branches abroad, which will bring new revenue to the cash strapped service, but Allyson Pollock says that promoting trade in healthcare over universal access benefits no one.

Abstract

The new NHS mandate calls for hospitals to set up more profit making branches abroad. Philip Leonard (doi:10.1136/bmj.e8493) says this will bring new revenue to the cash strapped service, but Allyson Pollock says that promoting trade in healthcare over universal access benefits no one

Keywords

Health Professions