By Dr Mark Britnell, Chairman of KPMG’s Global Health Practice

The news that NHS foundations trusts may be able to earn up to 49% of their revenues from independent sources has provoked fears that a two-tier NHS will flourish. Whilst these anxieties are understandable, I believe that this reform will help enable the NHS to flourish in the future.

By Nicholas Fox, Lead Partner for Home Affairs

It is just over a year since the Government announced the results of its Spending Review. One outcome was that the budget for policing was reduced for the first time in 70 years. It is a challenge for any organisation when growth goes into reverse, all the more so when this involves the end of a post-war tradition of annual increases.

By Dr Mark Britnell, Chairman of KPMG’s Global Health Practice
Beyond the intrinsic value in healing sick people, it is tempting in these straitened times to write off the money we pour into the health service as a burden on the economy. We should be more radical and see the NHS as a potential money-spinner for UK plc, giving a boost to Britain’s growth rate.