{
  "abstract": "Last month’s 10 year plan for the NHS in England proposed initiatives aimed at patients as consumers of services, using information in directories or league tables to exercise choice about their care.123 I understand that these approaches are now integral to private sector service industries. They also affect public services, such as parents’ selection of state schools or indeed the provision of private health or social care. But how appropriate is this approach to a tax funded, resource constrained, universal public service, free at the point of care and based on need?",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Berkshire"
      ],
      "name": "David Oliver"
    }
  ],
  "title": "David Oliver: Are more choice and consumerism really solutions to the NHS’s woes?",
  "uid": "4452cdbb-afcc-55ff-8e45-1b7b2eff593e"
}