Presentation
03/03/2015In this slideshow, Clare Marx, President at the Royal College of Surgeons presents on some of the context around the debate on rationing and considers whether local variation in health services is …
Data story
19/02/2015In this third survey, we take a closer look at rationing in the NHS.
Conference/seminar
19/02/2015 • 16.00–18.00 Ben Page Clare Marx CBE DL PRCS Dr David Jenner Professor Karol SikoraThis event was a lively, interactive debate, shining a light on 'rationing' challenges and discussing how best to make these priority-setting decisions within a tax funded and constrained budget.
Blog post
18/02/2015 Dr Steve Kell OBESteve Kell argues that while rationing may be a new term, prioritisation is not, and CCGs offer a vital new perspective in making rationing decisions for their local populations.
Blog post
18/02/2015 Mike BirtwistleRationing is the price we pay for a publicly funded health system, argues Mike Birtwistle. NHS organisations will need to be prepared to defend their decisions.
Blog post
14/01/2015 Duleep AllirajahWhile the Cancer Drugs Fund is not perfect, it has gone some way to plugging a gap, argue Duleep Allirajah and Keyan Salarkia of Macmillan Cancer Research.
Blog post
14/01/2015 Eric Low OBEThe news that the Cancer Drugs Fund was to be extended into 2016 delighted its proponents. However, it raised huge concerns for those that could see its obvious flaws.
Journal article
01/12/2012This paper reports findings from a qualitative research study which investigated local priority-setting activity across five English primary care trusts, between March and November 2012.
Video
23/02/2012In this video interview, The Guardian Columnist Polly Toynbee explores who should hold responsibility for making rationing decisions in health care – including the role of the public – and …
Book
01/12/2005 Elizabeth Russell Eric MatthewsThis report explores the topical issue of whether health care should be rationed on the basis of age.