Health Portal

A guide to the companies, lobbyists and think tanks involved in the privatisation of healthcare

What is happening to to the National Health Service? “The NHS will be shown no mercy and the best time to take advantage of this will be in the next couple of years." So said Mark Britnell, former high-flyer in the Department of Health, now global head of health at KPMG. Speaking at a conference in October 2010 organised by private equity firm, Apax Partners, he added: “In future, the NHS will be a state insurance provider not a state deliverer.” Government reforms of the way the NHS is structured and run offer unprecedented opportunities to private healthcare companies operating in the UK. The profiles in this Health Portal highlight the private healthcare companies, lobbyists, think tanks and individuals that have been courting politicians and officials and lobbying for such changes. This portal is part of Powerbase—your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR. Other health-related portals include Foodspin, Pharma and Alcohol. Powerbase has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by a managing editor.

Who are the private healthcare lobbyists? CLICK FOR THE COMPLETE LIST OF HEALTHCARE PROFILES. They include the following: Healthcare companies Circle Health Google HCA International Capita Lobbying firms MHP Communications Incisive Health Hanover Health reformers Simon Stevens Andrew Lansley Mark Britnell Healthcare lobby groups NHS Partners Network Reform Adam Smith Institute

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