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The 'Purchaser-Provider split' in the NHS: A brief history
Articles originally published in 2018 in Labour Affairs


The New NHS and You, government leaflet, September 1948. Taken from ttps://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/nhs-national-health-service-film


Part One: Under New Labour

Part Two: Before New Labour - the National Health Service and the "internal market"

Part Three: First principles of the "internal market"