There is more to being a doctor than medicine. The really big things that affect patient care are often political. Issues like the Health and Social Care Bill and the quest to find £20 billion in efficiency savings will have a huge impact on the service patients will receive in the next few years. There [...]
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Deaneries saved, but for how long?
Monday, June 20th, 2011NHS reform has hit the headlines again this week as the Future Forum delivered its recommendations on the the Government’s NHS reform plans (and more importantly, Government responded with what they’re going to do). Less well reported was that they also gave their verdict on the reforms for medical education and training. In my speech [...]
Cowboy builders
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011Like a firm of cowboy builders, the government has been casually knocking down the structures of the NHS without any serious thought to the problems it causes elsewhere. Take medical education and training for example. It is like Lansley and Co scratched their heads following the plan to demolish Strategic Health Authorities, wondered how they [...]
The NHS in stormy seas
Friday, January 28th, 2011The health reforms are big news – it is official. My barometer of when politics has got the attention of the wider public, my little sister, asked me what was happening to the NHS. The publication of the Health and Social Care Bill has made the changes to the NHS look very real. Doctors, nurses [...]