A recent post at the Freakonomics website set out their plans for a changed NHS. My opinion is that the main issue with the NHS is not to do with the demand side (which in any case is pretty tightly controlled through referrals through GPs and the NHS Direct portals) but rather the supply side (with too much spent on management, administration and inefficiency). Leaving that aside, does the Freakonomics proposal make sense? Continue reading “When the population isn’t homogenous”