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A tale of two countries: new academic reports show Scotland’s public hospitals proved superior at surgical care to privatization in EnglandShortcomings of two decades of privatization in England must be learnt by Ontario before it’s too late, warn advocates

TORONTO – Public hospitals in Scotland were more egalitarian and efficient at reducing surgical wait-times than private clinics and hospitals contracted out by England’s health system, according to new academic reports.”

Dr Allyson Pollock

https://ochu.on.ca/2025/11/10/a-tale-of-two-countries-new-academic-reports-show-scotlands-public-hospitals-proved-superior-at-surgical-care-to-privatization-in-englandshortcomings-of-two-decades-of-privatization-in-eng