Policy

Policy

26th August 2010

Bow Group Responds to Andy Burnham's Comments on Newsnight

Bow Group Health Policy Committee – Stuart Carroll and Gary Jones

As the authors of the Bow Group paper, 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS - Opportunities and Challenges', we were delighted to see the Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham MP, make direct reference to our paper on Newsnight

18th August 2010

'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS' - Opportunities and Challenges

Bow Group Health Policy Committee – Stuart Carroll and Gary Jones

On 12th July 2010, the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley MP, announced the publication of the Government's flagship Health White Paper, 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS'.

19th July 2010

‘The Case for Energy Crops’ How developing countries can help themselves and boost UK energy security

The Bow Group Energy Committee

Britain needs to build a considerable 8GW of new renewable electricity generation in under ten years in order to meet legally binding green energy and greenhouse gas reduction targets.

14th April 2010

The Enterprise Nation? Developing Northern Ireland into an Enterprise Zone

Ross Carroll, with foreword by David Trimble

• At the Conservative Party conference in October 2009 Owen Paterson MP, Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced that should the Conservative Party win the next general election

2nd February 2010

The Quality and Outcomes Framework - What Type of Quality and Which Outcomes?

Gary Jones, Stuart Carroll, Jennifer White

Analysis of the Quality and Outcomes Framework Report for the NHS. This policy paper evaluates the progress that QOF has made since its introduction and considers the different ways in which the QOF can be reformed. It specifically looks at the role the QOF can play in tackling health inequalities, which is widely recognised as a persistent health challenge confronting the UK.

3rd January 2010

'The Right Track’ - Delivering the Conservatives’ Vision for High Speed Rail

Lord Heseltine & Tony Lodge

For the last four months the Bow Group's Transport Committee has analysed the various proposals which have been submitted to the Government to build the next phase of high speed rail (HS2) in Britain, connecting London with Birmingham and the north.

13th November 2009

More for Less: Cutting Public Spending, Protecting Public Services

The Rt. Hon John Redwood MP & Carl Thomson

This pamphlet will looks at the main departmental budgets and identify what the Government is spending, how much they think they need to cut to balance the books, and what can be done to deliver greater efficiencies and value for money without harming essential front line public services.

10th November 2009

"People Power: Reforming QUANGOs” – Is this Applicable to Health Agencies?

Stuart Carroll & Nick Hoile

including contributions from Sir Andrew Dillon, Dr. Richard Barker and Dr. Bill Moyes.

In our research piece published today, we apply David Cameron's criteria to each of the key health agencies and bodies in the UK to better understand which health QUANGOs (defined as agencies, committees, advisory boards and other organisations) should be scrapped, reformed or merged.

14th August 2009

Telecare: a crucial opportunity to help save our health and social care system

Sue Yeandle, Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds

By 2025 the number of people aged 85 or older in England is set to increase by 70% to nearly two million. In this group more than a third of men (37%) and more than half of women (55%) live alone. Most have a limiting long term illness.

14th July 2009

Our Towns, Our Cities: The Next Steps for Planning Reform

Nick Cuff and William Smith

Today we are publishing a paper by Nick Cuff and William Smith on planning and urban design. The paper argues that house building is being plagued by a system of box ticking, gold plating and target setting at a time when the recession is cutting new builds by half.