Short cuts 'Stifled competition will create shortages' warning

Maverick Conservative former trust chair John Spiers has argued the NHS is the 'last failed nationalised industry' in a book published by right- wing think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs. The decision to remove the price mechanism and 'stifle competition' have created 'the classic conditions for scarcity', Mr Spiers argues, ...

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