BMJ 1994;308:151-152 (15 January)

Editorials

Arbitration and the internal market

Arbitration as a means of settling disputes is not commonly used in the NHS. Its greatest use has probably been in general practice to settle partnership disputes. In 1991 the Department of Health issued a consultative paper on the use of arbitration to settle cases of medical negligence,1 but ministers have so far taken this no further. Now at least one health authority has used arbitration to settle a dispute arising from the workings of the internal market in the NHS.2

As part of their job of managing the market, regional health authorities have played an important part in arbitrating - or, more accurately, mediating - in disputes that arise between purchasers and providers. On p 177 Scott and Stokoe describe how North West Hertfordshire Health Authority opted for arbitration in such a dispute - in this case between a resident and the authority over whether to fund continuing treatment . . . [Full text of this article]


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to StumbleUpon StumbleUpon   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?

Relevant Articles

Arbitration in medicolegal disputes
J Quarrie
BMJ 1994 308: 792. [Extract] [Full Text]

Arbitration and the NHS
K R K Harding
BMJ 1994 308: 656. [Extract] [Full Text]

This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Quarrie, J (1994). Arbitration in medicolegal disputes. BMJ 308: 792-792 [Full text]  
  • Harding, K R K (1994). Arbitration and the NHS. BMJ 308: 656-656 [Full text]  
Access jobs at BMJ Careers
Whats new online at Student BMJ