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| | (D) 51.497312, -0.127374, Liberal Democrat headquarters | | (D) 51.497312, -0.127374, Liberal Democrat headquarters |
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| | + | 51.506398, -0.12696, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry |
| | + | <div style="width: 330px; height: 120px">[[Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry]] is the UK pharmaceutical industry's main industry body and lobby group. Members include seventy five companies in the UK producing prescription medicines, supplying more than 90 per cent of the medicines prescribed through the National Health Service</div> |
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| | + | 51.497148, -0.145375, International Federation of Health Plans |
| | + | <div style="width: 330px; height: 60px">[[International Federation of Health Plans]] is a global network of one hundred private health insurance companies in 31 countries</div> |
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| − | 51.497182, -0.143081, NHS Partners Network | + | 51.516424, -0.129837, Independent Healthcare Advisory Services |
| − | <div style="width: 330px; height: 60px">The [[NHS Partners Network]], part of the [[NHS Confederation]] is a lobby group representing the interests of private healthcare providers to the NHS</div> | + | <div style="width: 330px; height: 60px">[[Independent Healthcare Advisory Services]] is an influential lobby group representing private healthcare companies in the UK. Members include hospital groups, cosmetic treatment providers and staffing agencies</div> |
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| − | 51.495217, -0.138663, 2020health
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| − | <div style="width: 330px; height: 60px">[[2020health]] is a Westminster based centre right think tank for health and social care, set up in 2006</div>
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| − | 51.495886, -0.128381, Civitas health unit
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| − | <div style="width: 330px; height: 120px">The Civitas health unit, part of the right-wing think tank [[Civitas]], was set up to 'facilitate informed and impartial debate among key stakeholders, patients, and the grassroots of the medical profession, in order to help build consensus on the future of health care in the UK</div>
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| − | 51.49678, -0.128966, Doctors for Reform
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| − | <div style="width: 330px; height: 60px">[[Doctors for Reform]] is a lobby group supported by the free market think-tank, [[Reform]], which believes in liberalising the public sector</div>
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| | 51.500437, -0.129955, Policy Exchange | | 51.500437, -0.129955, Policy Exchange |
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(A) 51.499831, -0.124726, Parliament
(B) 51.502486, -0.125318, Department of Health
(C) 51.492605, -0.125428, Conservative Party headquarters
(D) 51.497312, -0.127374, Liberal Democrat headquarters
51.506398, -0.12696, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry is the UK pharmaceutical industry's main industry body and lobby group. Members include seventy five companies in the UK producing prescription medicines, supplying more than 90 per cent of the medicines prescribed through the National Health Service
51.497148, -0.145375, International Federation of Health Plans
51.516424, -0.129837, Independent Healthcare Advisory Services
Independent Healthcare Advisory Services is an influential lobby group representing private healthcare companies in the UK. Members include hospital groups, cosmetic treatment providers and staffing agencies
51.500437, -0.129955, Policy Exchange
Policy Exchange is a think tank close to Conservative leader David Cameron. On healthcare reform it believes in competition between different providers and for a greater role in private sector companies delivering NHS services
51.497937, -0.129351, Adam Smith Institute
Think tank, the
Adam Smith Institute, is a fierce critic of the NHS. It argues for a shift in healthcare spending away from tax and more to the individual, as well as for a bigger role for private for-profit healthcare providers
51.497054, -0.134905, Westminster Advisers
Lobbying firm
Westminster Advisers counts as a client the lobby group
H5, which represents the five largest private hospital groups in the UK
51.518925, -0.111382, Weber Shandwick
51.511392, -0.136265, Cicero Consulting
51.509072, -0.071885, College Hill
51.512938, -0.124399, Fleishman Hillard
51.518208, -0.141719, MHP Communications
51.512928, -0.143005, Humana
US owned commissioning services firm
Humana is poised to cash in on proposed government changes, which will see commissioning handed over to GPs
51.510378, -0.085104, Aetna
American health insurance company and commissioning firm,
Aetna is looking to benefit from the move to GP commissioning
51.5169, -0.135829, Tribal Group
The healthcare arm of consulting firm
Tribal Group sees a major opportunity in providing infrastructure for new GP consortiums
51.497582, -0.134192, Capita
Outsourcing group,
Capita, has a sizeable health business. Its CEO,
Paul Pindar ranks 75th in the Health Service Journal's top 100 most influential people in health 2010
51.519707, -0.180782, UnitedHealth
US owned commissioning services firm
UnitedHealth is poised to cash in on proposed government changes, which will see commissioning handed over to GPs
51.518199, -0.149073, Circle
Circle is the first private hospital group in the UK to take over the running of an NHS hospital. Part-owned by employees, it is popular with Conservatives who see this development as 'mutualisation not privatisation'
51.521368, -0.163837, HCA International
HCA International is a private hospital group operating in the UK and owned by HCA Inc, a US private hospital giant with a turnover of $26 billion
51.499084, -0.113369, Association of British Healthcare Industries
51.514242, -0.081583, Aviva
Aviva is the UK's third-largest private medical insurer
51.51451, -0.085319, Axa UK
51.516131, -0.085482, Care UK
Care UK is a private health and social care firm
51.517704, -0.123266, Bupa
Bupa is an international healthcare company specialising in health insurance
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(A) Parliament
(B) Department of Health
(C) Conservative Party headquarters
(D) Liberal Democrat headquarters
