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Reading 28: The politics of choice - Coggle Diagram
Reading 28: The politics of choice
1 The social democratic left 👈
Hostile to choice and competition in public services
Markets have almost exclusively negative
associations.
A market orientated world is one where uncaring capitalists exploit vulnerable consumers.
Competing business worsen pay and inhouse conditions the workers
Expending wages on low-quality goods
High profit margins 💹
2 The conservative right 👉
More likely to favour choice over other models of public service.
These models were introduced into British health care and where the following ministers where responsible
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Adam Smith's invisible hand
Markets are the best way to provide incentives
The best to corral self-interest to meet the public interest
Public service delivery
Ethos to go for a 'full market'.
3 Providers
NHS 🏥
Nursing health was in better than ever before in British history
Numbered by 85,000 since 1997
NHS pay increased by 25% in real terms for entry level nurses
the average cash salary of nurses
had increased by around 50%.
. A nurse consultant grade had been
introduced; those promoted to that grade could earn twice the average.
4 Users
The British Consumers’ Association, for instance, seems opposed to the extension of user choice in the public sector.
The interests of users, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds often get lost in the hear of political debate.