NHS Reforms

There is a plan to centralise services even further, so it is inevitable some general hospitals and A&E hubs will be shut and people will have to travel further. There is also a plan to introduce a remote GP service, which could be run by American providers (or anybody) from anywhere.

It really doesn't sound at all promising, does it?

and the lack of a common NHS number being used in social care.

Can you clarify this, B9exchange ? What 'NHS' number are you talking about?

LadyHonoriaDedlock

AGAA4

There has been so much criticism about the handing out of contracts to those who have failed to succeed in other spheres.
Test Track and Trace is one that would I feel have been better handled by the NHS.
It would be better if there were fewer private contracts but the devil is in the detail as some are saying.

I haven't caught up with the news yet but I think the govt is bringing to an end the GP commissioning groups that were set up in about 2011 under Andrew Lansley. You know, the chap who invited McDonalds to contribute to discussions on the future of the NHS.

Clinical Commissioning Groups haven't existed for some time. They have been absorbed into Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs). These will now be abolished and new area wide organisations introduced. There is a plan to centralise services even further, so it is inevitable some general hospitals and A&E hubs will be shut and people will have to travel further. There is also a plan to introduce a remote GP service, which could be run by American providers (or anybody) from anywhere.

A new bill to reform the NHS in England: the wrong proposals at the wrong time:

blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/02/11/a-new-bill-to-reform-the-nhs-in-england-the-wrong-proposals-at-the-wrong-time/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

Private outsourcing will not be abolished, but some of the checks and balances on tendering rules will be. The government will have more direct control over the NHS. There will also be no requirement to offer minimum services.

The devil will be in the detail - it always is. Until I know more detail, I will , as ever view with deep suspicion any thing they say about their intentions towards the NHS. ( this generally saves time later)

AGAA4

There has been so much criticism about the handing out of contracts to those who have failed to succeed in other spheres.
Test Track and Trace is one that would I feel have been better handled by the NHS.
It would be better if there were fewer private contracts but the devil is in the detail as some are saying.

I haven't caught up with the news yet but I think the govt is bringing to an end the GP commissioning groups that were set up in about 2011 under Andrew Lansley. You know, the chap who invited McDonalds to contribute to discussions on the future of the NHS.

The plans to remove the market competition for services can only be a huge improvement. However trying to join up the NHS and social care has been the aim for decades, but will always run into problems because of different funding arrangements and the lack of a common NHS number being used in social care.

There has been so much criticism about the handing out of contracts to those who have failed to succeed in other spheres.
Test Track and Trace is one that would I feel have been better handled by the NHS.
It would be better if there were fewer private contracts but the devil is in the detail as some are saying.