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A history of Privatisation
An occasional series of longer articles for
The Lowdown
by John Lister
Part 1:
The first steps to contracting out support services
Part 2:
Community care and the birth of the internal market
Part 3:
30 years of marketisation
Part 4:
The early days of PFI
(see pages 12-16)
Part 5:
The arrival of Tony Blair & NHS Plan 1997-2003
Part 6:
NHS money commissions new private hospitals
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