Let’s Raise a Half-Full Glass to the Zombie NHS: A Response to Recent Commentaries

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Health Services Management Centre, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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I am very grateful that esteemed colleagues have taken the time to respond to my article,1 particularly engaging in the style of my original contribution. I will respond in terms of their level of agreement with me: to Rudolf Klein (largely right), Scott Greer (partly right), Ian Greener (right and wrong and right), and David Hunter (largely wrong)... (Read more...)

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  1. Powell M. Who killed the English National Health Service? Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015;4(5):267-269. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.72
  2. Klein R. Rhetoric and reality in the English National Health Service: Comment on “Who killed the English National Health Service?” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015;4(9):621-623. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.105
  3. Greer SL. Slow poisoning? Interests, emotions, and the strength of the English NHS: Comment on “Who killed the English National Health Service?” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015;4(10):695-697.   doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.129   
  4. Greener I. Wolves and Big Yellow Taxis: How would be know if the NHS is at death’s door? Comment on “Who killed the English National Health Service?” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015;4(10):687-689. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.124
  5. Hunter DJ. The slow, lingering death of the English NHS: Comment on “Who killed the English National Health Service?” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015;5(1):55-57. doi:10.1177/026101839601604702
  6. Powell M. Granny’s footsteps, fractures and the principles of the NHS. Critical Social Policy. 1996;16:27-44. doi:10.1177/026101839601604702

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  • Receive Date: 14 December 2015
  • Revise Date: 16 December 2015
  • Accept Date: 14 December 2015
  • First Publish Date: 01 February 2016

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