Mutuals in healthcare are a hot topic in the UK and Sweden, and are often seen as a alternative to for-profit operators. Here, Julian Le Grand, professor at the London School of Economics and an influential pro-competition adviser on healthcare to recent New Labour governments in the UK, talks to Healthcare Europa’s Max Hotopf about the rise of mutuals in the UK.

Le Grand, who had a ring-side seat on many of the reforms carried out under New Labour, addresses and analyses the main methods of controlling healthcare systems – Trust, Mistrust, Patient Voice, Patient Choice and Regulation.