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"For more than a decade government ministers have worked behind the scenes with the private sector to turn the not-for-profit National Health Service into a healthcare market.

Leys and Player reveal how this was done and how the private healthcare industry in England is poised to take over a fast-growing share of the NHS budget. They show what Mr Lansley's 'any willing provider' free-for-all will mean for patients, placed at the mercy of ruthless corporations and ambitious 'doctorpreneurs'.

They also show that the government's mantra 'that there is no alternative' is a deception, and how Scotland and Wales have successfully chosen a different course."

Colin Leys and Steward Player, Merlin Press, 2011.

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