This is an article about capturing social value I wrote for for the Centre for Innovation in Health Management, published in the summer. Apparently policy makers have been pretty interested in social value measures since the credit crunch - with less money around, it helps to know which projects are most likely to succeed. More relevant than ever since the spending review.
Just ghosted an opinion piece for CIHM which has gone up on Guardian professional. Do we really want patients to think of themselves purely as customers, with the potential for footstamping and tantrums that entails? It may have some short-term benefits but ultimately it encourages mindless individualism, the last thing the NHS needs. What is needed is true patient engagement and consumerist discourse works against that. Check the full argument out - by CIHM's brilliant Becky Malby and Irwin Turbitt - here .
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