Health minister Lord bDarzi's/b report High Quality Care for All endeavours to make separation more appealing. It encourages models such as community foundation trusts and social enterprises, which extend freedoms offered to other b..../b Another option the DH is fleshing out is the "propco" or property company concept, which would free service providers from concerns over assets such as bestates/b by putting them in the ownership of a company which would lease them to the ...
As the President-Elect said last week before he went on bvacation/b, the problems with health care are closely associated with the economic crisis - implying the solution to health care will help with the economic crisis. Moreover, it is the first year or b..../b Lord bDarzi/b has been the platform for this initiative and Tony Blair was critical to its establishment. Unfortunately, since their GP's are unionized, it has faced a lot of opposition with Gordan Brown's administration. ...
Nigel Edwards: Lord bDarzai's/b proposed clinics shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. The principles behind them draw on some of the best healthcare in the world. b.../b Many GP bestates/b are run down and vastly in need of investment. Putting GP services somewhere with better facilities that may be more accessible hardly seems cataclysmic. Above all, we need to measure what works, debate the issue calmly and talk to local people about what they want. b.../b
