Hall, David, Lister, John and Mercer, Helen (2020) Privatised and Unprepared: The NHS Supply Chain. [Working Paper]

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Abstract

Months after the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, huge numbers of UK health and care workers still lack adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). The aim of this report is to expose the role that the privatisation of health and social care has played in this preventable catastrophe. Privatisation has created a system which is both chaotic and bureaucratic – both fragmented and sclerotic. There has been an outcry over PPE shortages in media coverage of the pandemic, but little has been said about privatisation. This is a serious oversight, which this report will address.

Item Type:	Working Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Covid-19, Privatisation, NHS, supply chain, UK
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Centre for Work and Employment Research (CREW) Faculty of Business > Centre for Work and Employment Research (CREW) > Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) Faculty of Business > Department of International Business & Economics
Last Modified:	28 May 2020 15:00
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/28230

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