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TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking Competition in Healthcare
T2 - Reflections from a Small Island
AU - Guy, Mary
PY - 2021/5/11
Y1 - 2021/5/11
N2 - After approximately 30 years, and following a decisive move towards integratedcare systems, competition reforms in English healthcare seemto be rejected, even though the underlying relationship between the publichealthcare system and private healthcare market remains. This paperexplains how competition in English healthcare has developed to involvethe Competition and Markets Authority and a sectoral regulator (NHS Improvement), and how general UK merger control and the prohibition on anticompetitive agreements have been applied. Current legislative proposalscall for a substantial refocusing of competition authority involvement andremoval of the regulator’s competition powers. These proposals are developingagainst a backdrop of closer cooperation between public and privatehealthcare providers in response to COVID-19. This paper concludes bysuggesting that the current opportunity to rethink how competition worksin English healthcare is a welcome development.
AB - After approximately 30 years, and following a decisive move towards integratedcare systems, competition reforms in English healthcare seemto be rejected, even though the underlying relationship between the publichealthcare system and private healthcare market remains. This paperexplains how competition in English healthcare has developed to involvethe Competition and Markets Authority and a sectoral regulator (NHS Improvement), and how general UK merger control and the prohibition on anticompetitive agreements have been applied. Current legislative proposalscall for a substantial refocusing of competition authority involvement andremoval of the regulator’s competition powers. These proposals are developingagainst a backdrop of closer cooperation between public and privatehealthcare providers in response to COVID-19. This paper concludes bysuggesting that the current opportunity to rethink how competition worksin English healthcare is a welcome development.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
JO - Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle
JF - Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle
IS - 1
ER -